Sounds like the the Queens Own Rifle Northwest Rebellion Manitoba and Assiniboina in 1885. See http://www.militaryheritage.com/queensownrifles.htm Only other suggestion is Boer War1899-1902. He would have been too old for WW1.Good Luck, Clemm> From: clarkson3@gmail.com > Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:08:09 -0400 > To: newbrunswick@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ NB ] help identify a uniform > > 1. Can I attach a file with a photograph? thought I d ask first > > 2. The photo is of John Currie( 1865-1934), son of Wm Duncan Currie and > Charlotte Mckeen of Mactaquac. He was in some war, probably overseas, > either between 1883 and 1898 or the early 1900s. He is wearing a plain > probably khaki wool uniform with a peaked cap and collar insignia that are > shaped roughly like a maple leaf, and a straight row of buttons down the > front. He became a well known cook so may have been in that role. After > years of searching I have found a breakthrough with his family but the > military story remains a mystery. He eventually moved to Boston, then New > Hampshire where my family had lost track of him until just this weekend.. > > Thanks for any help or suggestions. My grandmother remembered that he > learned to do professional french cooking, perhaps even in France. > -- > Beverley Clarkson > Sambro Head, Nova Scotia > > *All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. > * > * *attributed to Edmund Burke ( 1729-1797) AKA the Father of Modern > Conservatism > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > List home page at: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/CAN/NewBrunswick.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message