His Commanding Officer at 17 Training School tried in vain to have him transferred to scouts
Conduct Medal
A Rare First War 15th Infantry Battalion "48th Highlanders" Trench Divider - Cast iron
one with a handwritten message
1917 and is documented as having continued to have been monitored and treated for "flat feet" in June
A First War 79Th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Archive His Commanding Officer at 17Canada: Pickled copper, unmarked, 37. 5 mm x 45 mm, both lugs intact, very light contact and surface wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 79th Infantry Battalion was raised in Manitoba and mobilized at Brandon, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 24, 1916 with a strength of 37 officers and 1,095 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. Clinglan. In England, the Battalion was