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Military service, South African War papers and World War I paperss [textual record]

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Date:

1899-1916.

Reference:

MG30-E376

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

117602

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John Frederick Holmes Ussher fonds

Military service, South African War papers and World War I paperss
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Date(s):

1899-1916.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.01 m of textual records (43 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of South African War papers including correspondence which describes his voyage to South Africa on the S.S Sardinian and his service with "C" Company, 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment prior to the Battle of Paardeberg; letters from Ussher's Canadian employer The Canadian Mutual Loan and Investment Company and from Edith Cockburn Kerr, a Canadian resident in England; and miscellaneous newspaper clippings concerning the activities of Pte. Ussher after his return to Canada, original, 1899-1902, 35 pages and photocopy, 1900-1902, 3 pages.

The series also contains World War I papers including a letter describing aspects of Valcartier Camp, 10 June 1915, a letter, n.d, written by Lt.-Col. Ussher describing his capture at the Battle of Mount Sorrel, 2 June 1916, the death of Major-General Malcolm S. Mercer and the capture of Brigadier-General Victor A.S. Williams, and the English translation of a diary of an unidentified lieutenant of the 127th Infantry Regiment Imperial German Army for the period 24 May-13 July 1916, original, 1915-1916, 8 pages, and photocopy, n.d., 1915-1919, 7 pages.

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MG30-E376
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