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William Dillon Otter [graphic material]

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Date:

[ca. 1919]

Reference:

R13814-0-1-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3995637

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William Dillon Otter
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Date(s):

[ca. 1919]

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 photograph : silver gelatin print mounted on board ; 23.8 x 18.6 cm (image) 42.0 x 31.8 cm (board).
Positive Paper Silver - gelatine
Support 42.000 x 31.800 cm
Image 23.800 x 18.600 cm

Language of material:

English

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Item is a portrait of William Dillon Otter by an unknown artist.

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Lapointe, Richard

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Otter, W. D. (William Dillon), 1843-1929

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Otter, W. D. (William Dillon), 1843-1929 : William Dillon Otter was born in 1843 near Goderich, Ont., and educated at Upper Canada College. He entered the service of the Canada Company as a clerk at the age of 15, and joined a company of volunteer militia in 1861. He was commissioned in 1864, and served with the Niagara frontier patrol through the winter of 1864-1865. He fought at Ridgeway, 1866, as adjutant of the Queen's Own Rifles and eventually took command of that regiment. In 1883 he secured a permanent militia commission, and in 1885 commanded a column of the North West Field Force, winning national fame by fighting at the Battle of Cut Knife Creek and capturing Poundmaker.

He then assumed command of the Infantry School Corps at Toronto, and worked in various militia staff appointments until October 1899, when he took command of Canada's first contingent for service in South Africa. Victory at the Battle of Paardeburg in February 1900 brought Otter to Imperial notice. After the war, he became the first native-born brigadier in the Canadian Militia, and the first Canadian major-general, in a series of staff positions culminating in his appointment as Chief of General Staff at Ottawa in 1908, and as Inspector General of Canadian Militia in 1910.

In 1914 he was appointed Director of Internment Operations and retired permanently in 1918 with the rank of general. General Sir William Dillon Otter received numerous awards and was knighted in 1913. He was the author of the immensely popular soldier's handbook, The Guide, first published in 1880 at Toronto, which ran to eleven editions by 1914.

William Dillon Otter died in 1929.

See: Canadian Encyclopedia, p. 1345; Morgan, Canadian Men and Women of the Time, 1912, pp. 876-877.

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Custodial history:

Donated by Richard Lapointe in 2009.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Signature : in black ink, recto l.r.: [.... ] / M.D.[?] Otter / General

Inscription : in black ink, recto l.c.: General Sir William Dillon Otter, K.C.B.; C.V.O.; C.B. (born Dec. 3 1843) / Inspector General 1910-1912 / Director Internment Operations 1914-1919 Canada

Related material:

See also the William Dillon Otter fonds (R3902)

Subject heading:

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Portraits

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2010-00051-X
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada

Volume [R13814]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit : Library and Archives Canada / archival reference number R13814 / e008300575
Copyright: expired
Restrictions on use: nil

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Date modified:: 2024-07-04