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Francis Barber Starkey with bear cub

Francis Barber Starkey with bear cub

Title

Francis Barber Starkey with bear cub

Subject

Starkey, Francis Barber

Description

Card: Received from Mrs. A.M. (Daphne) Field on December 8, 1987 - photo of her father and little black bear cub taken out West in about 1915-16. She said that her father was with the 88th Battalion Machine Gun Corps of the C.M.G.C. His name was Francis Barber Starkey. He went overseas in 1916 rising from the ranks to a Captain.

Date

1915-1916 (circa)

Rights

Colebourn Family Archive. Terms & Conditions.

Format

1 photographic print : 12.2 x 8.6 cm ; Gelatin Silver process

Type

Image

Identifier

page029c