243rd Battalion CEF

The 243rd battalion was recruited in Prince Albert, North Battleford, Saskatoon and Yorkton, and mobilized in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, with a strength of 16 officers and 391 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 2 June 1917, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 9 June.

243rd Bn postcard - McGill - Marks.pdf (2.78 MB)

243rd Bn postcard - Tower Bridge.pdf (3.08 MB)

243rd Bn postcard - New Malden.pdf (3.6 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