Alma Russell Letters
Letters of British Columbia men on active service with Canadian and British Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1918. Learn more.
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THE BIVOUAC BOTANIST.
Written in billets while on Active Service, August, 1915.
By Jack A. Gunn. Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders.
Died of wounds received in action, 13th November, 1916.
"A gift he had, a royal gift he gave, A gift that meant to him the summer's sun, Youth's glorious hopes, the lover's ecstasy, Life's fair endeavour, scarcely yet begun! A gift he had, a royal gift he have, Proud to exchange it for a soldier's grave!"
BC Archives, MS-1901 Box 1 File 5 / RUSSELL, Alma M., 1873-1964. Victoria; librarian. / Letters and associated items from Private Jack A. Gunn, 1915 - 1916.