165th Battalion - World War I

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Amero, Robert John (Amirault) Amirault, Alcide William Amiro, Adolph Amiro, Nelson Beaulier, Eustache Comeau, Edward William Cottreau, Bernard Jerome Cotreau, Jules Alcide Cotreau, Norman Isidore Deveau, Eddie George Deveau, George Alexander Deveau, John Baptiste Doucette , Melbourne Joseph Doucette, George Alphonse Doucette, James Everett Gaudet, Adolphe Stephen Jacquard, Frank Anthony Kenney, Archibald (Kinney) LeBlanc, David Melvin Muise, Andrew Muise, Benjamin Muise, George Thomas Muise, Peter Muise, Thomas Frank Pothier, Albert Pothier, Charles Adrien Pothier, Cyril Edward Pothier, Hiliare Henri Pothier, Luc Amand Pothier, Philip R Shalie, John Stehelin, Emile Jean Thibeau, Melbourne (Thibodeau)

165th Battalion - World War I Yarmouth Connections

The 165th (French Acadian) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Moncton, New Brunswick, the unit began recruiting in late 1915 throughout the Maritime provinces. The Battalion embarked Canada on the SS Metagama at Halifax on March 25, 1917 and disembarked in England at Liverpool on April 4, 1917. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 13th Reserve Battalion. The soldiers from Yarmouth County were transferred to various Companies of the Canadian Forestry Corps and served throughout England and France. One soldier, private Cyrille Edward Pothier transferred to the 22nd Battalion. Thirty three men with connections to Yarmouth Town and County enlisted in the 165th Battalion.

Postcard sent July 25, 1916 from Major Emile Jean Stehelin to his daughter Bernadette from Valcartier Camp, the location of the training camp for the 165th (Acadiens) Battalion, CEF.