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One of Ernest Dalton Roy Dunsmore's diary entries. (Blair Dunsmore.)

Ernest Dalton Roy Dunsmore. (Blair Dunsmore.)

Ernest Dalton Roy Dunsmore

Ernest Dalton Roy Dunsmore enlisted with the 1st Depot Battalion Saskatchewan Regiment on October 18, 1917.

Ernest Dalton Roy Dunsmore enlisted with the 1st Depot Battalion Saskatchewan Regiment on October 18, 1917. The private was never sent overseas. After the war he lived in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, where he ran a trucking business. He married Sarah (née Hay) in 1924 and they had three kids.

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Ernest Dalton Roy Dunsmore

Ernest Dalton Roy Dunsmore enlisted with the 1st Depot Battalion Saskatchewan Regiment on October 18, 1917.

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George Henry Harrington

“I guess he papered the walls of the shed because he thought it was a good way to be surrounded by history while he was relaxing in the shed.”

Arthur Frederick Boniface and his wife Rose Rands

“My mother said that he could never become reconciled to the changing roles of women in society following the war.”

Walter Hickmott

“She was 7 years old. She never saw him again, a memory she carried the rest of her life.”

William Hebenton

He served as a gunner with the 15th Brigade, 62nd Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery and spent most of the war in action near Arras and Lens.

Alexander Wright McSeveny

McSeveny served in the 58th Battalion and saw action in France.