It was posted by the City of Toronto, and contained a web site address for the Mackenzie House.
Here I could see that they were interested in collecting personal stories about the Eaton's employees who enlisted in the war.
It had a link that allowed you to view the soldiers and their portraits.
Apparently, Eaton's took pictures of all their employees who left for the war, and displayed them in the Toronto store.
I was delighted to find my uncle's picture among the hundreds of other portraits, and I"snipped" it for my family collection.
So I sent off a little note and included my only picture of Henry William (Cecil) Axbey to the folks at the Mackenzie House.
I received a fairly prompt response, and was asked if I would agree to an interview.
Of course, I said yes, and arranged to meet Mr. Beaton on the following Monday.
I put some information on a flash drive, and took the Memorial Cross with me to the interview.
He recorded the little bit that I knew (from talking with my Aunt Doris) and took some pictures, then scanned my picture of Uncle Cecil.
When we were done, he gave me a pass to the museum, and advised me that the exhibit would be ready in September of 2017.
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