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General Harry Crerar - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of General Harry Crerar, Canadian General during World War II, and honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient. Image possibly taken near time of presentation.

Bio/Historical Note: General Henry Duncan Graham "Harry" Crerar CH, CB, DSO, CD, PC (1888 -1965) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who became the country's leading field commander in World War II, where he commanded the First Canadian Army.

William Yeates Hunter - Portrait

Portrait of William Yeates Hunter in uniform with hat and a riding crop.

Bio/Historical Note: Major (Manitoba Regiment) William Yeates Hunter (b.1868) of Saskatoon was KIA 19180928 and is buried at Reninghelst New military cemetery southwest of Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He was the son of Dr. William Frith Hunter and came from Margate, Kent, England, to homestead on NW21-49-4-W3, west of Shellbrook. Hunter served more than 13 years in the British Army and was with the 8th Kings (Liverpool) Regiment in the South African War. Hunter completed a BA at the University of Saskatchewan in 1915 and was a professor of English when he enlisted at Winnipeg, Manitoba, early the next year, leaving a wife Ethel Helen later of Montréal, Québec. Hunter was serving as an area commandant of part of liberated Belgium when he was killed (most likely by enemy bombs).