Revisiting this email exchange below, I was reminded of an earlier email from Margo Gewurtz:  “As for the Boyds, they were indeed part of the Canadian Presbyterian/United Church  Mission in North Henan.  Herb Boyd, as I’m more used to seeing his name, went with others in the Mission to officer the Chinese Labour  Corps in France in WWI and held the rank...

I found this an interesting passage from your link, Peter.  I am woefully ignorant of world geography, but doesn’t this account of Norman Mellor seem to parallel some of the photos in the Zalewski album?   “Being too young for demobilization, he (Norman Mellor) volunteered to join the HQ of the CLC instead of serving with the Army of Occupation of the Rhine,...