53rd Battalion CEF
The 53rd battalion was recruited in Prince Albert Saskatoon, Battleford and Melfort and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a strength of 35 officers and 1063 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 1 April 1915, on the troop ship Empress of Britain, and disembarked in the UK on 9 April.
53rd Bn postcard - New Year.pdf
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53rd Bn postcard - Red Ensign.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