52nd (New Ontario / Port Arthur) Battalion, CEF Cap Badge The 52nd Battalion (New Ontario), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 52nd Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 23 November 1915. It disembarked in France on 21 February 1916, where it fought as part of the 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920. The 52nd Battalion recruited in Port Arthur, Kenora, Fort Frances and Dryden, Ontario and was mobilized at Port Arthur. The 52nd Battalion was awarded the following battle honours and is perpetuated by The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment: MOUNT SORREL SOMME, 1916 Flers-Courcelette Ancre Heights ARRAS, 1917, '18 Vimy, 1917 HILL 70 Ypres 1917 Passchendaele AMIENS Scarpe, 1918 Drocourt-Quéant HINDENBURG LINE Canal du Nord Cambrai, 1918 VALENCIENNES FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1916-18