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The Training of the Jewish Legion at
Fort Edward during the First World War
Sara Beanlands
Royal United Services Institute
May 30, 2018
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[Mr. Robert Dimmock; West Hants Historical Society]
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David Ben-Gurion 1886-1973
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Vladimir Ze’ev Jabotinsky 1880-1940 Joseph Trumpeldor 1880-1920
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi and David Ben-Gurion, 1918
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Jewish Legion volunteers bid farewell
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D.A.R. Station, Windsor, Nova Scotia, 1907
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Fort Edward, ca. 1910[NSA Photo: Army: Forts: E (14)]
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Jewish Legion Volunteers, Halifax, 1918[www.jewishpubliclibrary.org]
Major John Walkley, Windsor, March, 1918[www.jewishpubliclibrary.org]
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Fort Edward at Windsor, ca. 1922, showing Blockhouse and Officer’s Quarters [NSA Photo: Army: Forts E]
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BEF Camp, May 25, 1918, Fort Edward [NSA Ellen Wainwright fonds, 1996-101 No.2]
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Private David Ben-Gurion, 1918[Army Museum, Halifax Citadel]
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Major W.F.D. Bremner
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Joseph Bernbaum, Toronto Harry Brookman, Winnipeg Benjamin Chaitman, Montreal
Canadian Volunteers of the 39th Battalion[Jewish Public Library]
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The Hants Journal, September 18, 1918
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American and Canadian Jewish volunteers of the 39th Battalion Windsor, Nova scotia, April, 1918
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Jewish Legion at Windsor, Nova Scotia, prior to departure for England, First World War[Ontario Jewish Archives]
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Crown Hill Barracks
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39th Battalion in Palestine
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April 14, 2016Photo Credit: Tim Reed
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Commemorating the
Jewish Legion at Fort Edward
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
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Commemorating the
Jewish Legion at Fort Edward
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Commemorating the
Jewish Legion at Fort Edward
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Commemorating the
Jewish Legion at Fort Edward
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Commemorating the
Jewish Legion at Fort Edward
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THANK YOU
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Jewish Legion Centennial Society
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