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Troops at the Armoury, WWI

A black and white photograph of a large group of soldiers standing to the left of a wooden building; a mounted officer is in the foreground; trees and houses in the background

Aurora Museum & Archives (988.6.1)

The Armoury was the official gathering place for soldiers before they left for the war.

Dr. Robert M. Hillary, a well respected local doctor, was Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel of the 12th York Rangers and is pictured here riding his horse. In 1916, at the age of 53, he went to France as medical officer of the 127th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.