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2015.011.006
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231st BATTALION CEF (2nd RESERVE BATTALION)
231e BATAILLON CEF (2e BATAILLON DE RÉSERVE)
Bayonet fighting (practical) training by recruits of the 231st Bn CEF, 1917
Bayonet fighting (practical) training by recruits of the 231st Battalion C.E.F. (Seaforth Highlanders) at Hastings Park, Vancouver in 1917. The image depicts two men training with practice bayonets on rifles on the race track. They are wearing fencing helmets, leather gauntlets, trousers and padding. There is a Seaforth officer in Service dress monitoring the practice. The photo could also be from the the 1st (BC) Depot Battalion which formed at Hastings Park.
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