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2002.029.001.003
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2002.029
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231st BATTALION CEF (2nd RESERVE BATTALION)
231e BATAILLON CEF (2e BATAILLON DE RÉSERVE)
231st Bn, CEF officers wearing life jackets on ship (SS Northland), 1919
231st Battalion, CEF officers wearing life jackets on a troopship (the SS Canada or the SS Northland), April 1917. There are three Seaforth officers with one civilian man and one woman. The original donor, Signals Sergeant Alex Aitken would have been on this ship with the 231st Battalion. He most likely took the photograph.
To the extreme right is Lt Col Francis Eaton Leach, Commanding Officer of the 231st Battalion, CEF. He joined the 231st Battalion on 22 March, 1916. To the extreme left is Major Fleck. The lifejackets are stencilled: "FRONT / ADULT / CHILD".
From the Nominal Roll of the 231st Battalion, CEF:
EMBARKATION:
Port: -Halifax, N. S.
Ship : -S.S. " Northland."
Date:- April 11, 1917.
Port:-Halifax, N. S.
Detail Ship: -S.S. "Canada."
Date: - April, 18, 1917.
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