59th Battalion CEF

The 59th battalion was recruited in Ottawa, Kingston, Belleville, Picton, Cobourg, Brockville, Perth, Lindsay, Port Hope, Prescott, Peterborough and Alexandria and mobilized in Barriefield, Ontario, with a strength of 36 officers and 1073 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 5 April 1915, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 11 April.