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Brandon College Platoon

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Part Of
Joseph H. Hughes collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1916
Accession Number
3-1997
Part Of
Joseph H. Hughes collection
Creator
Photographer: Davidson Studio
Description Level
Item
Series Number
3-1997.1
Item Number
3-1997.1.66
Accession Number
3-1997
Other Numbers
Hughes #81
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1916
Physical Description
13.5" x 10.5" (b/w)
Material Details
on matting
Physical Condition
Photograph beginning to separate from matting
History / Biographical
Brandon College established a Canadian Officer Training Corps (COTC) program in 1916 and had enough students for a platoon that would join the 196th Western Universities Battalion's B Company. COTC logs for in the SJ McKee Archives show that at least 40 men regularly attended classes on campus during the 1916 winter term. The Brandon Daily Sun published the names of 60 potential platoon recruits before they headed to Camp Hughes to train in the summer of 1916. Although Lt. J.R.C. Evans spearheaded the training of the COTC enlistees at Brandon College, he was found medically unfit for overseas service. In his stead, the son of the college's founder, Lt. William Carey McKee, lead the platoon to Camp Hughes where they joined the 196th Battalion. Of the 60 recruits identified in the local paper, 20 would not survive the war, including Lt. McKee. [ST/2016]
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a group of 40 men wearing WWI uniforms. The men have the Canada general service cap badge on their headdress. The officer in the centre of the group (i.e., the man with the cane) is J.R.C. Evans. The group of men are likely members of the first Brandon College Platoon, which joined the 196th Western Universities Battalion.
Name Access
J.R.C. Evans
Subject Access
portraits
First World War
Great War
Storage Location
Hughes oversize drawer
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