August, 13th, 1915.

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I certify that I have seen FRANK C. SWANNEL and consider him a suitable candidate for a temporay commission.

(sd) R.E.W. Turner.

BRIGADIER GENERAL, 3rd Infantry Brigade.

September 16th, 1915.

I CERTIFY that I know Frank C. Swannell of the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion. He attended a period pf three years at the School of Practical Science in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Toronto, obtaining a certificate therefrom in 1900. The course that he took while there was mining Engineering and from my own knowledge of this course, gives a wide instruction in all technical work of design and consturction, as well as mathematics etc. On this account I consider this man to have a good practical education which would make him a suitable candidate for a commission in the Engineers.

(sd) C.H. Mitchell Lt) Colonel General Staff Canadian Corps. Graduate B.A. Sc. University of Toronto, Civil Engineering

BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 4 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1915.