53rd Battalion (Northern Saskatchewan) collar/sweetheart

53rd Battalion (Northern Saskatchewan), CEF — an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, authorized 7 November 1914, mobilized out of Winnipeg, recruited largely in Saskatchewan (Prince Albert area). It embarked for Britain on 29 March 1916 and was disbanded 12 October 1917, its personnel absorbed into other units as reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in France. The 53rd Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 29 March 1916, providing reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field until it was disbanded on 12 October 1917.