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Battalion of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force

Officers of the 148th Battalion in Canada, 1916
Man sitting in a chair with a newspaper and smoking a pipe thinking about what it would be like to be a soldier and the soldier is thinking about a hockey game. Other small images on the poster include dancing, a stage show, hockey, skating, baseball, and a man and women having dinner. The poster states “why don’t I go? The 148th Battalion needs me. Headquarters 197 Peel St. . A.A. Magee Lt. Col. ." The Battalion is “affiliated with McGill University Contingent Canadian Officer Training Corps.”
“Why don’t I go?” war poster created from the Archives of Ontario poster collection.

The 148th Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in that city and the surrounding district. After sailing to England in September 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the 20th Reserve Battalion on January 8, 1917. The 148th Battalion, CEF had two Officers Commanding: Lieut-Col. A. A. Magee, and Major Alfred Soden English (Canadian Grenadier Guards) who had served with the 14th Battalion (RMR) in France in 1915.

References

  1. "Officers' Declaration Paper". Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B2914-S045
  • Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971.


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