227th Battalion CEF

The 227th battalion was recruited in Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury, Chapleau, Thessalon, Blind River, Bruce Mines, Massey, Webbwood and Parry Sound, and mobilized in Camp Borden, with a strength of 28 officers and 783 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 11 April 1917, on the troop ship Carpathia, and disembarked in the UK on 22 April.