Wayback Wednesday: 122nd Overseas Battalion, c. 1915

Wayback Wednesday: 122nd Overseas Battalion, c. 1915

This photo is from The Five Points Muskoka Photography.

It depicts the 122nd Overseas Battalion, Muskoka.

Via Wikipedia:

The 122nd Overseas Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Huntsville, Ontario & Bracebridge, Ontario the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in the Muskoka district. After sailing to England in June 1917, the battalion was absorbed into the Canadian Forestry Depot on June 9, 1917. The 122nd Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col.D. M. Grant.

The Battalion had 4 different versions of their cap badge.

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