This collection contains material relating to the Lieutenant Colonel D.V. Currie, V.C Armoury dedication ceremony on June 12, 1988 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Lieutenant Colonel G. F. Carline, C.D. was the master of ceremonies. The fonds contains the program for the event as well as a typescript of his speech, with handwritten additions and corrections.

North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) troops during inspection.

Exterior view of the Officers Mess, Canadian Forces Base, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Image of Governor General, Lord Tweedsmuir visiting veterans at Fort San.

Captioned: Staff member Winston Everett joins the 44th Field Battery.

Captioned: Victory Circle.
Image displays a large group of men in uniform standing with 6 women on the front steps of the Fort San administration building.

COTC cadets marching and shouldering rifles outside Rutherford Rink; two [officers] marching at extreme right.

COTC band members seated and in uniform, seated in bleachers at [Rutherford Rink].

Western Universities Battalion on parade and standing in line formation in an open field. The book is braced and held by hand. Caption beneath the photograph reads "B (Sask.) Co. 196th Western Universities Battalion."

Image of a receiving line during a [retirement dinner]. From l to r: Joseph H. Thompson, [Mrs. Thompson] receiving a bouquet of flowers; Norman K. Cram, Norma Jean Cram, [Fr. Basil Sullivan or Fr. Joseph O'Donnell, St. Thomas More College]; and [Mrs. John S.M. Allely]. Honour roll in the main lounge of the Memorial Union Building visible in background.

Bio/Historical Note: "One of the chief prices which Canada paid in the last war for her lack of preparation was the tragic waste of thousands of her best young men killed while fighting in the ranks because they had not been previously trained for a more useful career as officers. It is to prevent such a waste in any possible future war that every Canadian University is now giving facilities to its students to qualify as officers during their undergraduate course. Our own contingent of the C.O.T.C. came to life in January of this year and is already recruited up to a strength of 170." (The Spectrum, 1921) The Canadian Officers' Training Corps was a unit in the Active Militia of Canada. The Corps prepared university students for the examinations for a Lieutenant's or Captain's Commission and the universities granted course credit for COTC work. Senior commissions were held by faculty while all junior commissioned and non-commissioned ranks were open to undergraduates. Interest in the Corps declined in the 1950s and came to an end in 1964.

Seven rows of COTC officers and cadets seated in front of Chemistry Building.

Aerial view of the buildings and roads at Canadian Forces Base, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Dinner guests at the Tri-Service Ball seated and talking at a table.

Guests in evening attire seated at dinner table during the Tri-Services Ball.

Image of Col. Ronny Morton, Area Commander of Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: Ronald Edward Alfred Morton was born in Toronto in 1900. Morton went overseas in 1942 as commander of the Fort Garry Horse, a Winnipeg armoured regiment. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for bravery on 23 December 1944. Morton was stationed in Japan as head of Canada’s Far East Military Mission until 1947, when he was transferred to Regina as area commander for Saskatchewan. Morton died in Toronto in 1976.