217th Battalion CEF

The 217th battalion was recruited in eastern Saskatchewan, and mobilized in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, with a strength of 24 officers and 634 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 2 June, 1917, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 9 June.

217th Bn postcard - To cheer you.pdf (2.65 MB)

217th Bn postcard - Sutherland, William.pdf (2.52 MB)

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Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario

Contemporary Accounts

First World War