- J-02414
- Item
- 1917-02-09
Part of Ernest Crocker fonds
Photograph depicts the 143rd Battalion (BC Bantams) on the docks of the CPR station at Victoria's Inner Harbour as they board a ship. They can be seen here carrying their full equipment kits. Civilians and soldiers line the streets around the dock. On the side of the building is an ad for the British Columbia Telephone Co. Ltd. The BC Bantams were initially going to be sent overseas as a railway construction battalion but were later broken up for reinforcements.