213th Battalion CEF

The 213th battalion was recruited in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, and mobilized in St. Catharines, Ontario, with two drafts with a strength of 3 officers and 99 other ranks, and 2 officers and 85 other ranks. The first draft embarked from Halifax on 20 December, 1916 on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 26 December. The second draft embarked from Halifax on 26 January, 1917, on the troop ship Grampian, and disembarked in the UK on 6 February.