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Canadian postcards: B Company Mobilizes

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Description: Black and white photo postcard featuring a large group of men in World War I uniforms standing in the Square in Goderich, Ontario. The Model Theatre is in the background. The photograph is of B (Goderich) Company. ...Date: 1916.

The 161st (Huron) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in London, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in Huron County. After sailing to England in November 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the 4th Reserve Battalion on February 15, 1918. The 161st (Huron) Battalion, CEF had two Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. H. B. Combe (October 30, 1916—May 16, 1917) and Lieut-Col. R. Murdie, DSO (June 28, 1917—February 23, 1918).

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1916
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161st Huron Battalion

The 161st (Huron) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War
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Huron County Museum and Historic Gaol
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https://www.huroncountymuseum.ca
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