SERGT. ALEX DUNBAR
PASSES

THE FORCE lost another of its veteran
members when Sergt. Alex Dunbar passed
away at the Royal Jubilee Hospital at Vic-
toria on May 12th last. The late Sergeant,
who had been seriously ill for many months,
was widely
known through-
out British Co-
lumbia.
Born at Loch
Goilhead, Argyle-
shire, Scotland, in
1884, he came out
to Western Can-
ada as a young
man and joined
the B. C. Police
at Golden in Au- eer
gust, 1912. When Guard of Provincial Police officers at the graveside
World War I
broke out he Funeral services were held in the capital
joined the 2nd_ city May 15th, attended by Commissioner ’
Canadian Mount- T. W. S. Parsons, Deputy Commissioner SID'S STORES
ed Rifles and J. Shirras, Inspector Robt. Owens and a Dry Goods, Groceries and
served with oe squad of provincial officers with Sergt. C. C. Confectionery
tinction in France. Jacklin in charge.
He was awarded Agent Vancouver Island Coach Lines Ltd.
the Military Med- SERGT. McCue: “I bought some of those LAKE COWICHAN, B.C.
al. Returning very durable shirts that the manufacturer
; * to Canada he re describes as able to ‘laugh at the laundry’.”
Sergt. Alex Dunbar enlisted in the por _Sergt. Dooley: “And how did they stand Subscrite to The Shoulder Strap.
lice and served at the treatment?”
Prince Rupert, Victoria, Sidney and Cum- Sergt. McCue: “They came home with
berland. In 1923 he left the police to serve their sides split.” —National Police Review. Long Distance Telephone via Duncan
with the federal Fisheries Department. Five D. ERICKSON, Proprietor

years later he returned again to the police RIVERSIDE INN

and served in charge of Police Motor Launch LICENSED PREMISES
No. 6 at Victoria and No. Wate Port Alberni. €- © |B E) © Real Dining Room in Connection
Bus Service

Later he served at Lake Cowichan, Alberni,
Ashcroft, Duncan, Queen Charlotte City A GOOD PLACE TO FISH ALL YEAR ‘ROUND
and Revelstoke. It was here that illness & : © BY Sf Lake Cowichan, Vancouver Island, B.C.
overtook him.

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