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1972.022.001

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72nd BATTALION CEF, SH of C

72e BATAILLON CEF, SH de C

WW I field message book with a bullet hole through it carried by Captain McIntosh.

WW I field message book with a bullet hole through it. It was carried by Captain McIntosh. The story is that he went "over the top" in WW I with the message book in one pocket of his tunic and cigarette tin in other pocket and that a German machine gun shooting at him. Lt (later Major) William George McIntosh, 72nd (Seaforth) Battalion, CEF arrived in France on 13 August, 1916 and was wounded on 23 July, 1918. He was transferred to England on 8 January, 1919. On 28 June 1917 he fought well at La Coulette where he was a company commander.
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