Military Recruiting

 

Edmonton Bulletin

11Dec1915

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FINE RECRUITING RECORD.

The Hillside House, 9819 104th street, Edmonton, has established a remarkable record in this city in furnishing nearly fifty volunteers to the various regiments organized and recruited here since the war began. A list of the names, also occupations, is given below. They were either permanent boarders at the Hillside House when the war broke out, or they had formerly lived at the Hillside House some time during the past three years:

T. H. S. Hoey

F. R. Stewart

Newton Pearce

Sergt. Arthur Campbell

Sergt. A. G. Rowland

A. S. Ashwell

-- Ellis

Lieut. Morris

N. Carter

-- Cooper and

H. Cook, all of Merchants' Bank

A. L. Rowden, Dominion Bank

H. Wray and A. Morton, Canadian Bank of Commerce

Donald Dewar

H. Dawson

Corporal H. C. Saunders and

C. F. Corbett, all civil engineers

Lieut. P. Corbett, student at University of Alberta

Corporal J. C. Hudson and

H. Lamont, engineers

Fred A. Drummond,

Sergt. S. C. West and

R. H. Hoyt, Bank of Nova Scotia

Corporal J. M. Bateson and

H. P. Rocke, accountants

Guy Rocke, draughtsman

N. Peacock, Merchants' Bank

S. R. Campbell and

H .Clark, clerks

A. Towler, accountant

H. J. Voysey, Donald McLean,

N. Howard and H .Tomlinson, clerks

Lieut. Pike and

Lieut. Leonard, ranchers

Lieut. Goddard, school principal

Lieut. Craze, lawyer

Corporal D. A . Fazan, accountant

Corporal G. Fazan, rancher

Douglas L. Purvis, trainman, C. N. R.

Sergt. P. H. Roberts, foreman, National Paving Co.

D. Falconer, clerk
In addition, Mrs. A. L. Purvis, who conducts the establishment, has given her youngest son, Douglas L. Purvis, to the Empire. He is with the 49th Battalion, at the front.

 

 

Extracted by Jenny Kynman 2006-12-01