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English: This is a recruitment poster for the 207th Battalion of Ottawa-Carleton, the recruiting office for which was in downtown Ottawa. A slogan of the 207 was made the title of a song dedicated to the 207th words by Miss Esther Knott. The unit went overseas in 1917, but was later broken up and its soldiers sent to reinforce other front-line infantry battalions, including the 2nd, 21st, and 38th Battalions, and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light
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Source Ottawa Citizen Jun 26, 1916 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7lcuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T9kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4211%2C7145202
Author 207th (Ottawa-Carleton) Battalion, CEF


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