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1985.002.006b
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1985.002
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Matchbox
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Eddy's Match Box case ("Con Jones")
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72nd BATTALION CEF, SH of C
72e BATAILLON CEF, SH de C
Eddy's Match Box case ("Con Jones")
Matchbox Eddy's matches, "Don't Argue - Con Jones Sells Fresh Tobacco, Con Jones, Vancouver, B.C.
These matches were with the aluminum match box case engraved "H L Henderson Cambrai Mons Foch's Big Drive 1918"
This match box belonged to Pte. Harold Leslie Henderson # 1015808 of the 231st and 72nd Battalions, CEF. He arrived in France on 1 August, 1917 and was invalided sick on 12 December, 1918.
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