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1998.120.004.d
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1998.120
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Flask
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Silver Flask - No. 9 Platoon
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REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION AND VETERANS
ASSOCIATION RÉGIMENTAIRE ET ANCIENS COMBATTANTS
Silver Flask - No. 9 Platoon
Silver Flask - No. 9 Platoon / 1915 - 1918 Last Survivor Flask". The badge of the 72nd Battalion is mounted on the side and a swatch of tartan is attached to the cap.
Nine Platoon Flask Inscription: "This service flask was donated by Captain A. Leighton to No. 9 Original Platoon 72nd Seaforth Battalion C.E.F. / The contents to be consumed by the last two surviving members of the Platoon" (K.I.A.)
"S. Allen; R. Annand; A. Bath; G. Baxter; W. Bellamy; J. Brockman; I. Bielby; R. Brook[e]; W. Brown; L. Burnham; R. Bryce; W. Boyd; W. Cass; J. Cameron; R. Crann (K.I.A.); H. Croft; D. Christie; J. Dryden (K.I.A.); R. Dyer; R. England; W. Fance; B. Funnell(K.I.A.); L. George; A. Gibbard (K.I.A.); D. Gray
C. Green; J. Hall; F. Hanson; J. Hardman; J. Hartley; E. Howatt, L. Johnston; L. Kean; W. Laughton (Possibly Lawton); C. Le Messurier (K.I.A.); A. Leighton; H. Lee; R. Major; R. Marshall; C.S. Mill; J. Miller; A. Moody; L. Mount; J. McDougal; J. McKenzie; J. McMurtrie; D. New; J. Osborne (K.I.A.); H. Peters; P. Reid;
N. Robertson; T. Roden; W. Russell; R. Simmons; A. Sinclair(K.I.A.); M. Snow; C. Shillingford; W. Summer; R. Swally [Swalley] (K.I.A.); V. Thirkell; J. Thompson; G. Wallace; J. Watt; J. Wellband; A. Willingham; C. Wood; W. Wright;
Hon. Members: Gen. J.A. Clark; Unknown Person; Syd J. Thomson [CONFIRM]; Major H.P. Gorst; Brig. The Hon. H.P. "Budge" Bell-Irving"

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