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Men and teams of horses prepare to haul logs out of the forest to the sawmill. Huscroft Camp, near Creston BC

Excerpts from CFC service records for Samuel Scott, WWI

Recruiting Poster for Canadian Forestry Corps, 1917
Blank versions of this poster were distributed to lumbering regions across Canada. Recruiting officers added details of mustering points in the various communities where the Forestry Battalions…

Group of officers identified as of the 107th East Kootenay Regiment of militia, World War I. They may, however, be the 230 Battalion Canadian Forestry Corps.

Front row: Unknown, Lieutenant Horace Venus, Captain Edward Mallandaine, Lieutenant…

No Better Corps Ever Assembled

Excerpts from the CFC service records for James McHugh, WWI

In January 1917, Edward Mallandaine, Major commanding the 107th East Kootenay Militia Battalion, wrote to the Minister of Defense requesting command of a new Forestry Battalion to be raised at Creston BC

Photo of Edward Mallandaine, OC, 230th Btn CFC

In January 1917, the Ministry of Defense authorised the formation of the 230th Forestry Battalion, Canadian Forestry Corps, at Creston BC.

Damaged and destroyed buildings at Kinmel Park Camp, Wales, following the riots of 4-5 March 1919