Memoirs & Diaries
Captivating accounts
Lieutenant A.H. Cantin DCM MM
Memoir 1972
An original member of the 49th Battalion (E.R.), Alf Cantin enlisted at the age of 15. By the end of the war, he was an officer and amongst the most decorated in the battalion.
Private J.B. Hayfield
Private Diary 1918-1919
A career criminal who upon his early release enlisted, he reached the 49th Battalion (Edmonton Regiment) after his brother was killed at Passchendaele in 1917.
Private H.O. Palmer
Memoir 1936
Orville Palmer enlisted with his brother in 1915. He risked his life to rescue his badly wounded brother at Regina Trench in 1916 and would go onto serve until Mons in 1918.
Private T. Peterson
Letters 1915-1919
A Swede by birth, Tony immigrated to Canada before the Great War. He enlisted in 1915 and served overseas in the transport section.
Private F. R. Hassé
Memoir 1932-1945
Reggie had enlisted with his brother Edwin in 1915. Initially serving as a Signaller, following his brother's death in 1916, Reggie transferred to the Transport.
CQMS D.A. Barbour DCM MM
Private Diary 1915-1916
An original member of the battalion and thrice wounded, he was a well known and remembered Fortyniner both before and after the war.