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185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders)
Photos and Photo Postcards - WW1 - Canada - 1916
Photo Postcard
This section contains one photo postcard showing the 185th Battalion on a route march in Broughton, NS, in the spring of 1916.
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Route March
185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders)
Broughton, NS
Spring, 1916
The 185th Battalion is on a route march led by its commanding officer, Lt-Col. Frank Parker Day. Directly behind Day, and only partly visible, is the battalion adjutant, Capt. Roderick Colin Jackson. The large building on the right is the Crown Hotel.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 0-1 (3-2-2.2)
Image Information: Scan of original postcard
Source: Cape Breton Highlanders Museum, Sydney, NS