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The Dispatch: Private George Adkins

An excerpt of the letter Private George Adkins of 49th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, sent to his mother during the June 2-13, 1916, Battle of Mount Sorrel. [Henry Edward Knobel/DND/LAC/PA-000169]

Adkins not only survived the carnage there—in total, 8,430 Canadians were killed, wounded or reported missing—but also the war, returning to Edmonton in March 1919.

Private George Adkins of 49th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force [The Canadian Letters & Images Project]

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