Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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14th, New Moon | 14th, New Moon | ||
4:31 a.m. FEBRUARY | 4:31 a.m. FEBRUARY | ||
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Monday 15th Feb | Monday 15th Feb | ||
Near Kamloops at daybreak. Reveille 6 am. Breakfast 6:30. 6:35 at Revelstoke about 2 feet snow. Our platoon taken for a run thru Town. Guards at both ends of every bridge and tunnel throughout BC. At Glacier Station about 5.4 feet of snow. | Near Kamloops at daybreak. Reveille 6 am. Breakfast 6:30. 6:35 at Revelstoke about 2 feet snow. Our platoon taken for a run thru Town. Guards at both ends of every bridge and tunnel throughout BC. At Glacier Station about 5.4 feet of snow. | ||
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+ | [Margin - written sideways ] | ||
+ | Note- up to Jne 1st 28 casualties out of 52 men | ||
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+ | Sunday 14 Shrove Sunday | ||
Call. Navy | Call. Navy | ||
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+ | Monday 15 | ||
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Atten J.A | Atten J.A | ||
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Dowling J. -- already listed Lce-Corp Bde Staff | Dowling J. -- already listed Lce-Corp Bde Staff | ||
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− | Sgt. Maj. Hammond - | + | Sgt. Maj. Hammond - Wnd. My 20- Shot thru thig |
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− | + | Hastings Sig. - Comn - Killed | |
− | Collison | + | |
− | Both | + | Moncur P.Sats- Wnd - Died Jan 1921 |
− | Butler " | + | |
+ | Tuesday 16 [47-318] Shrove Tuesday | ||
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+ | Collison Wnd | ||
+ | Both comma | ||
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+ | Butler "Buckskin" | ||
Capt Heavy artillery | Capt Heavy artillery | ||
− | Lee-Cor. Little | + | |
− | corp- | + | Lee-Cor. Little lost eye |
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+ | corp- lost, use arm Jne 13/16 | ||
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77359 Hobbs | 77359 Hobbs | ||
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77863 Maynard EH in hospital | 77863 Maynard EH in hospital | ||
+ | [Begin attached scrap 2] | ||
Tuesday Feb 16th | Tuesday Feb 16th | ||
Near medicine hot in the morning - Very little snow on the Prairies. No enthusiasm at the etation - Nothing but sullen foreign faces | Near medicine hot in the morning - Very little snow on the Prairies. No enthusiasm at the etation - Nothing but sullen foreign faces | ||
No guards along the line | No guards along the line | ||
− | Juas needs orderly all day, all of us for our car - all food carried from the dinner | + | Juas needs orderly all day, all of us for our car - all food carried from the dinner six cars behind |
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Wednesday 17 [48-317] | Wednesday 17 [48-317] | ||
− | No | + | No [text hidden by attached scrap] |
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Wed Feb. 17th | Wed Feb. 17th | ||
− | Arrive at Winnipeg in the morning | + | Arrive at Winnipeg in the morning - Winnipeg troops having left the day before - Got the Findlays on the phone + James gets down in time to see me. Stop over an hour, but not allowed out of the station. At dark reach Fort William and are met by a large crowd + band - Taken for a march. Through town. Shake hands with half the girls in town. All Sudbury out to see us. |
− | -Winnipeg troops having left the day before- Got the Findlays on the phone + James gets down in time to see me. | + | [End attached scrap 3] |
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+ | BC Archives, MS-0392 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS | ||
+ | Box 1 Diary and enclosures, 1915. | ||
+ | Volume 4 |
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Troop Train across Canada 14th, New Moon 4:31 a.m. FEBRUARY
[Begin attached scrap 1]
Monday 15th Feb
Near Kamloops at daybreak. Reveille 6 am. Breakfast 6:30. 6:35 at Revelstoke about 2 feet snow. Our platoon taken for a run thru Town. Guards at both ends of every bridge and tunnel throughout BC. At Glacier Station about 5.4 feet of snow.
[End attached scrap 1]
[Margin - written sideways ] Note- up to Jne 1st 28 casualties out of 52 men
Sunday 14 Shrove Sunday Call. Navy
Monday 15
Atten J.A
Dowling J. -- already listed Lce-Corp Bde Staff
Sgt. Maj. Hammond - Wnd. My 20- Shot thru thig
Hastings Sig. - Comn - Killed
Moncur P.Sats- Wnd - Died Jan 1921
Tuesday 16 [47-318] Shrove Tuesday
Collison Wnd Both comma
Butler "Buckskin" Capt Heavy artillery
Lee-Cor. Little lost eye
corp- lost, use arm Jne 13/16
77359 Hobbs
77863 Maynard EH in hospital
[Begin attached scrap 2] Tuesday Feb 16th Near medicine hot in the morning - Very little snow on the Prairies. No enthusiasm at the etation - Nothing but sullen foreign faces No guards along the line Juas needs orderly all day, all of us for our car - all food carried from the dinner six cars behind [End attached scrap 2]
Wednesday 17 [48-317] No [text hidden by attached scrap]
[Begin attached scrap 3] Wed Feb. 17th Arrive at Winnipeg in the morning - Winnipeg troops having left the day before - Got the Findlays on the phone + James gets down in time to see me. Stop over an hour, but not allowed out of the station. At dark reach Fort William and are met by a large crowd + band - Taken for a march. Through town. Shake hands with half the girls in town. All Sudbury out to see us. [End attached scrap 3]
BC Archives, MS-0392 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS Box 1 Diary and enclosures, 1915. Volume 4