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Recruitment

Original title:  Canadiens-Français, Enrolez-vous! :  recruitment campaign.

Source: Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 3635531

Onésime READMAN is not known for his accomplishments, as this snippet from his biography makes clear:

“Onésime Readman is remembered because his life illustrates some of the difficulties and misfortunes associated with recruiting in Canada during World War I.”

If you want to know more about recruiting successes and failures, we invite you to explore these biographies.

CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD GLENLYON (Glen)
CHASSÉ, HENRI (baptized Marie-Joseph-Émilien-Henri)
LESSARD, FRANÇOIS-LOUIS (baptized Louis-François-Guillaume)
MIGNAULT, ARTHUR (baptized Michel-Antoine-Arthur)
PRICE, Sir WILLIAM
READMAN, ONÉSIME
ROGERS, ROBERT
ROSS, WILLIAM GILLIES
WHITE, WILLIAM ANDREW
WILSON, ERASTUS WILLIAM
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