On July 27, 1918, while Dominion Police officers were searching for deserters, Officer Daniel Campbell came across Albert Goodwin in the forest. Goodwin then decided to hide in the mountains near Cumberland on Vancouver Island, along with others who opposed conscription. The tribunal provisionally denied “Ginger” Goodwin’s application in January 1918 and formally rejected it in April. The Military Service Act had been passed in summer 1917, a divisive measure in both national politics and public opinion. Some months before the end of the First World War, Albert Goodwin applied for an exemption from conscription, most likely on the basis of his political beliefs and ideals. 5 Mine, showing tipple and sub-station, Cumberland, B.C.
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