38th Battalion CEF

The 38th battalion was recruited in Ottawa and district (Brockville, Perth, Prescott and Alexandria) and mobilized in Ottawa, Ontario, with a strength of 35 officers and  1001 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Montreal on 1 August 1915, on the troop ship Caledonian, and disembarked in Bermuda on 12 August. The battalion embarked from Bermuda on 30 May 1916, on the troop ship Grampian, and disembarked in France on 13 August.