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A PATRIOTIC RECORDSeven in KhakiMorrissey camp, the 107th E. K. R. and indeed all British Columbia should he proud of a family with the magnificent record of self-sacrifice that Pte. W. G. Clark, of Victoria, B.C., and his sons and daughters possess.Private Clark is an Englishman .vhose home is in the capital city. He enlisted with the 102nd Kamloops Regiment last May and was sent to Edgewood internment camp, being transferred to “E” Co., 107th East Kootenay Regiment last month and is now a member of the guard at Morrissey.Private Clark’s oldest son, Jack G. Clark, was living in Washington, D. C., when the war broke out and was engaged, through the French Embassy there, with the armoured train service of the French army. He has been in many hot engagements but has been missing for some months.We are privileged to produce a photo of another son, Pte. Chuck Clark, taken at Vernon, B.C. His is the head at the bottom of the picture. He enlisted with the 54th Batt., C. E. F., now in France, and was wounded at St. Eloi, June 15th. Chuck playedschool in Vancouver, B. C., and now nursing our wounded troopers at the Casino, Bologne, France, is a daughter of Private W. G. Clark, 107th E. K. R., and like her brothers is doing noble work.A married daughter, Mrs. Widdi-field, lives in Honolulu, H. I., where she is a school teacher. This is a great record and one for our guardsman to be proud of. We are sorry we cannot also reproduce a photograph of the father of this patriotic family.goal for several seasons with the Rossland, B.C., hockey team.Orderly Sergeant Harold Clark, of the 48th Battalion, scout division, Victoria, B.C., was wounded last April and is now convalescing at Epsom, the scene of many Derby days. His photo speaks for itself. He looks a fine fellow and we hope he will soon be fit again.Sergt. Leo Clark, now at Hawkins, Kent, enlisted with the 5th Regiment at Kamloops, B.C., and was at Val-cartier and Salisbury plains. He spent two winters in the trenches but was wounded at Festubert on the 24th of last May. He is now training engineers in trench work in England with the 5th Brigade Field Engineering staff.Private Cecil Clark, another member of this splendid family, is somewhere in France with the Army Medical Corps, and letters received a month ago gave good news of his health.Miss Ethel Clark, formerly teaching
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Fernie Morrissey Mention
Fernie, British Columbia, CA
Thu, Oct 12, 1916
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