Image: A picnic party at the Wapiti River, May 24, 1913. Left to right: Cecil Sully, Sadie Crerar, Jack Depencier, Elizabeth Dunlop, Anna Patterson, Mamie Moore, Bill Innes, Luella Patterson, Bernard Sully, Jack Oatway, Delmer Pratt, Ed Crerar, and Jim Crerar. Young Garnet Pratt is sitting in the front and Mrs. William Pratt and Mrs. Ed Crerar are standing in the back. The photograph appears to have been acquired from a member of the McQuarrie family. (SPRA 0032.08.08.0552a)
Regimental Number: 6784
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Branch: 1st Battalion
Jack was born on April 25, 1889 in North Bay, Ontario. He came to the South Peace in 1911 and filed on homesteads at 11-72-6-W6 and 10-72-6-W6. Jack set up a jewelry store in Grande Prairie in 1911/1912. On September 15, 1914, Jack enlisted in the Canadian army. While serving overseas, he met Violet Mary Beer. They were married in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England in November of 1915. Jack and Violet had a son, John Richard, who was born in England on February 28, 1917.
Sources: Grande Prairie Capitol of the Peace p. 11, 25, 41; Pioneers of the Peace p. 172, 189, 198, 265; Edson to Grande Prairie Trail p. 114