A First War 55Th Infantry Battalion "New Brunswick.p.e.i. Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude 50 mm x 19 mm

50 mm x 19 mm

RCAF Casualty Notification (dated September 23

Ten months after he enlisted

stating that Dutz was shot down on July 16

A First War 55Th Infantry Battalion "New Brunswick.p.e.i. Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude 50 mm x 19 mmCanada: Pickled copper, voided, unmarked, 36 mm x 43. 2 mm, both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Sussex, New Brunswick. The Battalion sailed October 30, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kirkpatrick with a strength of 42 officers and 1,097 other ranks. The Battalion was absorbed