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25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles)
Photos and Postcards - First World War - Canada - 1914 to 1915
Photo Postcard
This section contains one photo postcard showing the departure of the 22nd and 25th Battalions on HMT Saxonia, Halifax, NS, May 20, 1915.
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25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles) and
22nd Battalion (French Canadian)
Depart for Overseas on HMT Saxonia
Halifax, NS
May 20, 1915
Men of the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles) and 22nd Battalion (French Canadian) wave and cheer as His Majesty's Troopship Saxonia pulls away from the pier in Halifax. The 22nd Battalion was recruited in Quebec. The ship arrived in Plymouth, England on May 29, 1915.
The Saxonia was a passenger ship built for the Cunard Steam Ship Company and was requisitioned for service as a troopship.
Photographer: W.G. MacLaughlan, Halifax, NS
Ref. Number: 0-4 (12-10.3)
Image Information: Scan of original photo postcard
Source: Robert MacLellan Collection
