Instituted September 20th
1916 with "La Grippe" (Influenza)
flanked by rows of leafing on either side
England and found work as a warehouseman in Canada prior to the First World War
Realizing that he had found the Japanese strike force
Canada, CEF. A 238th Infantry Battalion “Canadian Forestry Battalion” Cap Badge Newly Listed Instituted September 20thIn pickled brass, voided, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 45. 4 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Valcartier under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed September 11, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. R. Smith with a strength of 44 officers and 1,088 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the