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Voltigeur 24-07-16 05:03 PM

WW1, Canadian Engineers, Need Identification
 
According to the IWM....Captain G. W. Hall. Unit: Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force......but I can't identify the cap or collar badges...
Jo

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs

Bill A 24-07-16 08:10 PM

Hi Jo, I think the cap badge is the 109th Bn.

Voltigeur 24-07-16 08:38 PM

Thank you very much....Bill
Jo

Blackadder1916 25-07-16 05:03 PM

The service records of Captain George William HALL have been digitized and are available online http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?...&id=B3942-S036 .

A quick look at his file shows that his original unit was the 109th Battalion, however for a short time he was attached to the 125th Battalion and afterward spent a significant portion of his overseas service "seconded" to the Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division or in other (non-regimental) duties. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He likely kept his 109th badges during his time on the General List and during secondment - entirely appropriate. At the time he had his photograph taken he was probably working with the RE/railway troops and identified himself as such to the photographer who so listed him. Capt Hall listed his previous civilian occupation as the proprietor of a machine shop and garage and likely was useful in keeping the rolling stock rolling.


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