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	December 10, 2011
The Unknown Family Soldier
This page is dedicated to the following people who may or may not have been family, yet served in WWI and WWII If you know who they are , please let Roy know.

	Unknown Soldier 1 IMG_SCAN_3448_PC_Canadian WWI Soldier probably 1900-1914 photo postcard Could this photo be of Barney? In Ila TAYLOR Badger's info there is a reference to Brother-In-Laws death, which I never noticed before. I have included the whole notation below. "...Barney taught in Fair Valley School, north of Glenboro, May 1916. He was killed at Vimy Ridge March 17, 1918...." Ila is granddaughter of 2nd Great Grandfather to Roy Ida (should be Ila) Beryl born 1900, lived with her parents until she married Jonas Bjarnason in 1920. Jona's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kristjan Bjarnason with their two sons, Barney, seven years old and Jonas, two years old came to Glenboro from Iceland in 1902. They resided in Glenboro until 1938, moving to live in the Icelandic Home at Gimli, Manitoba. From the Sig & Hank Christopherson Collection

Left: Enlargement of Cluster on collar of photo above.
You decide if a match, 44th?

Add image of four soldiers with George Biles.
From the Sig & Hank Christopherson Collection

Back side

Unknown Soldier 2
"72nd Highlanders Camp at Cumberland B.C. during Coal Strike August 1913"

Possible someone in the family went by the camp and took a photo. below is person on right.
Digital copy sent to The Seaforth Highlanders Regimental Association , Vancouver, BC V6J 3G4
Robert Goddard , Seaforth Association

From the Sig & Hank Christopherson Collection

Unsure of date. Men in kilts.
From the Sig & Hank Christopherson Collection

Examining the photo, large close up photo on the right is from another photo which is is posed with a woman and then he is in another photo posed with Eloise Stoneson and a man. Possibly Donald Stoneson, yet Roy only has two photos of him at a later
age. This man has a cleft in his chin.

The photo above with man on the right may be one in the same. Note he is right handed and smokes. Has a couple patches on right shoulder yet unable to make out. His belt seems to have two circles or an '8', along with fellow on right. Three in middle seem to have two laurels, again too grainey to tell.

This man was photoraphed with Eloise Stoneson. Does not appear to be Donald.
From the Sig & Hank Christopherson Collection

From Robert Goddard , Seaforth Association
Our Regimental History shows a
K42613 Pte Stoneson, DJ was with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada from 21
May1943 to 25 Sep 1945
There is no record of him being a Sgt.

Unknown Soldier 3

A great photo. Possibly a seaman with his parents.
Perhaps someone might identify them or his Class, location, etc.

From the Sig & Hank Christopherson Collection