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Canadian Expeditionary
Force Study Group
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| Component: |
109th Infantry Battalion |
| Contributors: |
rlaughton; tltt |
| Theatre of Operations: |
Not an active
battalion.
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| Major Battles /
Battle Honours: |
Arras, 1917;
Hill 70; Ypres
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| Location of War Diaries: |
 | Library and Archives Canada (WD Link) |
| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
(in progress = IP) |
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Background:
| Stewart reports that the 109th
Battalion was organized with a strength of 775 men on December
22, 1915 in Lindsay, Ontario and was broken up on September 15,
1920. The battalion was absorbed by the 12th Reserve
Battalion which provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in
the field. It is affiliated with the 252nd Battalion.
Love reports that the 12th Reserve
Battalion provided reinforcements to the 3rd, 15th, 20th and
75th Battalions in France.
Meek notes that the unit was recruited from Victoria and
Halliburton counties in Ontario. It was active in Canada
from November 15, 1915 to July 24, 1916 and in England from July
31, 1916 to December 8, 1916. Meek differs from Love in
that his records state that the 109th was absorbed into the
20th, 21st, 38th and 124th Battalions.
Nicholson does not report on the 109th
Battalion.
From Library and
Archives Canada:
| no online records |
| 25 files in Library
and Archives Canada, including images and text |
From the CEFSG Forum:
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Sub-Components:
War Diary Entries:
Primary References:
| Nicholson, G. W. L. 1962. Official
History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Canadian
Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Queens Printer and Controller
of Stationary, Ottawa, Canada.
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| Stewart, C. H. 1970. "Overseas" The
Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914
-1919. Little & Stewart, Mission Press, Toronto, Canada.
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| Love, D. W. 1999. "A Call to Arms"
The Organization and Administration of Canada's Military in World
War One. Bunker to Bunker Books, Winnipeg & Calgary,
Canada
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| Meek, John F. 1971. "Over the Top!
The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Privately Published,
Orangeville Ontario Canada. |
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