252nd Battalion CEF
The 252nd battalion was recruited in Victoria and Haliburton counties, and mobilized in Lindsay, Ontario, with a strength of 6 officers and 127 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 2 June 1917, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 9 June. The battalion was absorbed by the 6th Canadian Reserve Battalion on 10 June.
252nd Bn postcard - Christmas.pdf
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252nd Bn postcard - Frensham.pdf
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Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
First World War