2nd image of page 43. Page contains 2 photographs depicting George Westman at the time of his departure for overseas service--on a motorbike and marching with the Signallers. Clippings report on the sendoff for the Signallers in Ottawa, March 28, 1917 and their arrival in England, May 1, 1917.
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SIGNALLERS LEAVE
FOR EASTERN POINT
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Crowds Were Determined to Say
Goodbye, and Did So.
Burly constables and strong
soldiers were brushed aside
like children by the immense crowd of
citizens who had gathered at Central
station yesterday to watch the
draft from the Signal Training Depot
entrain for an eastern point.
Although every entrance to the
station was guarded by policement
they were not strong enough in
numbers to cope with the people
who wanted to say goodbye to the
young men who had enlisted in the
Ottawa unit.
The draft was composed of six
officers and 150 men in charge of
Lieut. Hyman. Accompanied by
the band of the 235th Battalion the
Signallers marched to the station
and in a short time were entrained.
The officers on the draft are:
Lieuts. E. Hyman, J.D. Baker, L.
A.B. Hutton, W.M. McPhail, Palmer
and Stevenson.
Though the police had unprecedented
difficulties with the crowd
nothing serious happened. The
women were determined to see the
boys going away and, as one officer
said, nothing could stop them.
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ADDITIONAL TROOPS
ARRIVE IN ENGLAND
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It is officially announced, through
the Chief Press Censor's office that
the following troops have arrived
safely in England.
231st Vancouver Highlanders Battalion.
164th Halton and Dufferin Battalion.
227th Battalion, Hamilton.
210th Battalion, Moose Jaw.
Drafts: Halifax Field Artillery;
Engineers; Infantry; Signallers; Army
Service Corps, and Army Medical
Corps.
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May 1 - 1917 (annotatio in ink)