Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude three weeks shy of his

three weeks shy of his fourteenth birthday

Geach had a narrow escape from death

despite the extreme dangers of being hit by the fire not only from the enemy but by his own comrades

New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs

Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude three weeks shy of hisIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 31. 5 mm (w) x 49. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Montreal under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 23, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. B. White with a strength of 44 officers and 1,006 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the Canadian Forestry Corps.