43rd Battalion

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Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group

Component:

43rd Battalion

Active Dates:

Contributors:

enter names of CEFSG members participating

Theatre of Operations:

Major Battles:

Location of War Diaries:

	Library and Archives Canada (WD Link)
	CEFSG War Diary Transcription (in progress = IP)

Background:

Please refer to the Internet site noted below for details on the role of the 79th Cameron Highlanders Regiment and the formation of the 43rd Battalion.

For a description of the role that the 43rd Battalion played in the "Canadian Independent Force" on and about August 8, 1918. Please refer to Livesay's text "Canada's Hundred Days", freely available as an Archive Download, as noted in the references that follow. In particular, a description of the Independent Force is provided on page 35, with details described on the actions in Chapters V and VI.

Sub-Components:

Primary References:

Secondary References:

Livesay, J. F. B. 1919. Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11, 1918. Thomas Allen, Toronto. (Available on the Internet as an Archive Download)

Internet References:

	43rd Battalion - Cameron Highlanders
	Regiments.org: 43rd Battalion

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