79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada

[DougH]

Good afternoon chaps,

If I am not mistaken we have a plethora of kilted-unit history buffs in our midst, and a number of Canadians, and I am hoping that these two groups overlap.

I am doing some family history research in my free time, I know there is a separate forum for that, and have been transcribing my g.grandfather's service record. It appears that he served with the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada for the duration of WWI. Ironically he went to Manitoba for a family vacation just before WWI started, so he sent the family home to Scotland and enlisted.
Anyway, I would love to find some pictures. So I was wondering if any of you history buffs were aware of any repositories of photographs from this era. I have visited the regimental website and have seen the representational photos, but was hoping there might be a collection somewhere.

He served as company quartermaster sergeant major for the 27th Battalion, and as a Lewis gun instructor for an as yet unidentified training battalion (illegible notation on the file), so I'm hoping that those facts increase the likelihood of a picture existing. Sadly a picture is the only thing missing from his file, I have everything else.

This may be a long shot, but thank you for entertaining my fantasy,

Thanks,
Doug