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Summary: Canadian soldiers embark for home after the First World War.
Description: '5000 CANADIANS LEAVE FOR HOME: S.S. Olympic's historic departure from Southampton'. Cheerful soldiers mill about on quayside, and crowd onto the walkways of SS Olympic. Caption: 'Sir Edward Kemp (on the Right), C.F. HAYES, Capt of the "Olympic": and Major Gen. Hogarth.' The three men pose onboard. The Olympic, fully laden, prepares to set sail.