Contemporary Accounts

The 143rd Battalion was recruited in British Columbia and mobilized in Victoria. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 17 February, 1917 on the troop ship Southland, and disembarked in the UK on 27 February. 

The 144th battalion was recruited and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a strength of 29 officers and 962 other ranks. The battalion embarked in Halifax on 19 September, 1916, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 25 September.

The 145th Battalion was recruited in Kent and Westmore counties, and mobilized in Moncton with a strength of 19 officers and 524 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 27 September, 1916 on the troop ship Tuscania, and disembarked  in the UK on 6 October. 

The 146th battalion was recruited from the Frontenac, Lennox and Addington counties, and mobilized in Kingston with a strength of 26 officers and 581 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 27 September, 1916 on the troop ship Southland, and disembarked in the UK on 6 October.

The 147th Battalion was recruited from Grey County, and mobilized in Owen Sound with a strength of 32 officers, and 910 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 14 November, 1916 on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 20 November.

The 148th battalion CEF was recruited from the Montreal district of Quebec, and mobilized in Montreal with a strength of 32 officers and and 951 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 27 September, 1916 on the troop ship Laconia, and disembarked in the UK 6 October.

The 149th Battalion CEF was recruited in Lambton County, and mobilized in Watford, Ontario, with a strength of 18 officers, and 439 other ranks in 1915. The battalion embarked from Halifax aboard the troop ship Lapland on 28 March, 1917, and disembarked in the UK on 10 April, 1917. 

Mr. Grant Dexter, the associate director of the Winnipeg Free Press wrote this analysis of the differences between the conscription debates of 1917 and 1944, and used them as a tool to exemplify the changes happening to Canadian politics. This booklet featured in the Winnipeg Free Press included historical attitudes, constitutional aspects, and different pressure groups' perspectives when discussing conscription. 

Annual report on the spending of the Department of War Services during the fiscal year of 1945. The report addressed expenditure on various war effort related departments, ranging from ammunition costs to disability payments to injured servicemen. 

The air battle over Britain in the summer of 1940 generated enormous public interest in Canada - in part because of skillful propaganda produced by Britain's Air Ministry. This account was published in Canada by the Queen's Canadian Fund on Behalf of the British Air Ministry. A French version of the magazine was also published to satisfy the interest of Francophone communities, and to garner more of their support for Britain.