Wwi 62Nd Infantry Battalion Collar Tab Cef Hold Pearkes requested a change of

Pearkes requested a change of command

At the outbreak of the First World War

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Noisseville

Wwi 62Nd Infantry Battalion Collar Tab Cef Hold Pearkes requested a change ofWWI 62nd Infantry Battalion Collar Tab CEF Browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN." on the reverse, 28. 5 mm x 32 mm, intact prongs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southern British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Vancouver, British Columbia. The Battalion sailed March 23, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Hulme with a strength of 36 officers and