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Yukon Selective Draft; Willows Camp

Yukon Selective Draft; Willows Camp

Photograph depicts a group of men belonging to the Yukon Selective Draft. These soldiers were likely enlisted through the Military Service Act. This photograph was taken at Willows Camp in Victoria, B.C.

Yukon Selective Draft

Yukon Selective Draft

Photograph depicts a group of men belonging to the Yukon Selective Draft. These men were likely enlisted through the Military Service Act. This photograph was taken at Willows Camp in Victoria, B.C.

Yukon Infantry Company leaving Willows Camp

Yukon Infantry Company leaving Willows Camp

Photograph depicts soldiers of the Yukon Infantry Company leaving the grounds of Willows Camp. Other soldiers present at the camp but who are not leaving lift their hats off and cheer at the group. The company would leave Willows Camp and march toward the harbour where they would board a ship for Vancouver before continuing their journey to Europe.

Yukon Infantry Company leaving Willows Camp

Yukon Infantry Company leaving Willows Camp

Photograph depicts soldiers of the Yukon Infantry Company leaving the grounds of Willows Camp. Other soldiers present at the camp look on at the departing soldiers. The company would leave Willows Camp and march toward the harbour where they would board a ship for Vancouver before continuing their journey to Europe.

Yukon Infantry Company departure scene

Yukon Infantry Company departure scene

Photograph depicts soldiers of the Yukon Infantry Company marching toward the CPR station docks in Victoria. The streets are lined with civilians and soldiers from other units who cheer for the departing soldiers. The view looks down Belleville Street where cabs and the legislative buildings can be seen.

Yukon Infantry Company departure scene

Yukon Infantry Company departure scene

Photograph depicts soldiers of the Yukon Infantry Company marching toward the CPR station docks in Victoria. The streets are lined with civilians and soldiers from other units are present to support the departing soldiers. The view looks down Belleville Street where cabs and the legislative buildings can be seen.

Young Women's Christian Association (Victoria, B.C.) minutes

Minutes of meetings of the board of directors. The Victoria branch of the Y.M.C.A. was formed in 1892 from a group of church women engaged in weekly bible studies, its first president and major impetus being Miss Edith Carr. Activities soon expanded into work with homeless girls and fund raising projects to provide community services for young women. Not long afterwards the Y.W.C.A. acquired its first paid officer and first premises on Government St., then moved to a flat over Shotbolt's Drugstore on Johnson St. where a boarding house was operated on a small scale. Eventually, the association took over the old Protestant Orphan's Home (Annex) on Courtney St., until the lean years before the war forced closure; the Y.W.C.A. remained dormant till 1916. In that year the association was reactivated, moving three times in the years that followed, finally back into the Courtney St. Annex. During the war years the association was active in community service, even providing girls for farm labour. As a result of laborious fund-raising efforts through the 1920s, a new Y.M.C.A. building was erected and opened in October 1927, providing a home for girls and recreational facilities. Other women's groups used the new building, too, with club and activities groups proliferating after 1935. The depression years 1934-1939 saw new responsibilities, as the association provided unemployment relief for girls, leadership training, study groups, health and recreation activities, household and religious training, and vocational training. The war enlarged the scope of the Y.W.C.A., as the association provided group hospitality programs and facilities for service men and women. The years after the war brought continued expansion of existing services such as the ever-active Traveler's Aid program, in operation since the early 1900s. The necessity for expansion into better facilities was planned in the 1950s, and a commonality of interests, as well as a need for economy, was seen by both the Victoria Y.W.C.A. and Young Men's Ch ristian Association. In January of 1961, therefore, the two associations were amalgamated with a joint Board of Directors, a new constitution and plans for a new, larger building, which was constructed on Y.M.C.A. property at Quadra and Courtney Streets and occupied by both Y.s in 1965. The records consist of the minutes of regular and special meetings of the Y.W.C.A. Board of Directors, Victoria Branch, from 1910 to 1951 arranged chronologically in ten (10) volumes, seven bound and three ring binders. Within the minute books are items related to the business of the minutes. These include lists of board members, officers, and committees; records of attendance for board members, various special reports on association activities; clippings, and other items. In almost all cases, these items form part of the body of the minutes and are incorporated in them.

Young Women's Christian Association, Victoria Branch

Young soldier posing in full uniform and equipment

Young soldier posing in full uniform and equipment

Photograph depicts a young soldier in full uniform posing as he is drafted for service. He is wearing Oliver 1903 Pattern equipment. His bandolier with five ammunition pouches and decorated riding crop suggest he trained as cavalry. He wears the Canadian 7-button Service Dress jacket, breeches, puttees and ankle boots. He is also equipped with a mess tin, canteen and additional storage pouches. A white lanyard worn on the right shoulder, as well as the badge on his peaked cap shows that he was a member of the 5th Garrison Artillery Regiment (Canadian Field Artillery).

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