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Original 'C' Company Gun Section


The Forty-Niner ran the following caption with this photograph: 'This picture was taken in France after the first sheepskin jackets were issued in the spring of 1916. Front Row (L. to R.): J. Spittal, A. Petherick, J. Dale, H. Denford, T. Turner. Back Row (L. to R.): E. Rendall, F. Martin.\r\nE. (Bondy) Jackson, 'D' Co'y. transport man, is shackled to a tree in the rear. Martin was killed in Ypres in 1916; Petherick transferred to the Imperials and is still in England; J. Dale also lives in England; J. Spittal is farming north of Edmonton; T. Turner is in the City.'

The Forty-Niner, Volume 1, Number 14, January 1932.