156th Battalion CEF

The 156th battalion was recruited in Leeds and Greenville counties, and mobilized in Brockville, Ontario with a strength of 28 officers and 777 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 18 October, 1916 on the troop ship Northland, and disembarked in the UK on 28 October. 

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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