The Timmins Museum: NEC is proud to present a lecture by historians Dieter Buse and Graeme Mount on Thursday, November 1st, 2018, 7:00pm at the museum. The presentation will look at Northern Ontario military history from 1662- to World War One and is based on their new book Untold: Northeastern Ontario’s Military Past Volume 1, 1662- World War 1, published by Latitude 46. Admission is free.
Dieter Buse and Graeme Mount have spent the last few years researching and writing about Northeastern Ontario’s military history, bringing the stories of this region’s past to life.
Brought together for the first time are the remarkable and mostly unacknowledged contributions, experiences, and remembrances of warfare by the people of Northeastern Ontario. Untold chronicles the stories of men and women from the region who contributed to the war effort, of Indigenous people who participated yet were excluded, of soldiers and civilians captured and incarcerated.
“Until now military contributions by Northeastern Ontario has received little acknowledgement in books and articles,” said Buse. “Untold: Northeastern Ontario’s Military Past seeks to fill in the gaps of our collective knowledge of our region and our people.”
The book also contains rare photos, anecdotes and even writing space to encourage readers to delve into their own family histories. Untold explores battles that took place in Northeastern Ontario, the overseas war-zone activities of men and women from Northeastern Ontario, events on the home front during successive conflicts, and the ways in which subsequent generations have remembered the warriors and peace-keepers.
The second volume of Untold: Northeastern Ontario’s Military Past is scheduled for a fall 2019 release.
