Fonds F1913 - Victor Wheeler fonds

Victor Weeks Wheeler, 1893-1979, was born in England and came to Alberta in 1912. During the First World War he was a signaller with the 50th Infantry Battalion in France. On his return he spent several years as a telegraph operator at Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) railway stations across Canada. He then moved to North Carolina, USA. During the Second World War he served on the staff of the British Petroleum Mission in Washington, DC. After the war he became a naturalized American citizen, and worked for the Office of Price Stabilization, also in Washington, DC. He and his wife, Nellie, retired to Nebraska. In 1960 he decided to write a book about his experiences with the 50th Infantry Battalion. The book The 50th Battalion in No Man's Land, was published by the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation in 1980.