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72nd SEAFORTH HLDRS OF CANADA DEPOT, 1914-1919
72e DÉPÔT DES HÔTELS DE LA MER DU CANADA, 1914-1919
1st BC Depot boxing match at Hastings Park, Vancouver, 1917
Recruits of the 1st BC Depot in a boxing match. The referee is a Seaforth officer (Lt) wearing a glengarry, service dress tunic, serge trousers and running shoes. The ring is made of a wooden plank floor and a rope around it. There is a civilian an unknown army NCO and a 231st Battalion CEF soldier wearing the distinctive 231st Battalion balmoral with an eagle feather just outside the boxing ring. NOTE: The feather may also be from the cap worn by the highland troops of the 1st Depot Battalion at Hastings Park.

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