Ellison Family Letters
Letters from Price F., Vernon, Herbert and Albert Ellison of Vernon, B.C., to their mother Mrs. Price Ellison, and their sisters Elizabeth and Ellen. Learn more.
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C.F.A. CANADA C.E.F. QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT D BRIGADE
Sunday 11.30 A.M. Petawawa Camp Aug. 5/17
My Dear Mother:
We got your letter the other day, and hope you received mine,
At present I am on main guard. We mounted last night at 5 o'clock and dismount to-night at 7. I am on the Bank of Montreal guard. I have two hours on beat and four off. When we are not on our beat we have to stay around the guard room. Last night two prisoners escaped
BC Archives, MS-0249 Box 1 File 13 / ELLISON FAMILY. Vernon. / Mrs. Price Ellison, correspondence inward from her son Vernon Ellison, 1917-1920.