In The Trenches 1914-1918

My Father Frank S. Iriam signed up the same day as Germany declared war in 1914.
In Valcartier they announced that a sniper group was about to be formed. Frank signed up immediately and this book describes some of his experiences as a sniper.

Do to some prior military service in Halifax he had been promoted to Sargent in Kenora and he maintained that rank through out the war.
Frank describes the fact that he was able to mentally beat the shell shock he was starting to suffer all on his own.

He spent three years seven months in the front lines being wounded by machine gun fire during the battle of Ameins where the allies chased the Germans out of their trenches never letting them dig another.

After a lengthy recovery period he got back to Kenora, his job as a Railroad Engineer and canoeing his favorite pass time.