CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (CEF) / FIRST WORLD WAR (1914�1919)OFFICIALLY NAMED MEDAL PAIR AND EXTENSIVE SERVICE RECORD ARCHIVE ATTRIBUTED TO PRIVATE LAWRENCE WILLIAM DUSCET (REGIMENTAL NO. 410086 / A-10032), 38TH (OTTAWA) CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, CEF, WHO WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF AMIENS (AUGUST 1918):
1. BRITISH WAR MEDAL (1914�1918) IN SOLID SILVER, OFFICIALLY IMPRESSED ON RIM: "410086 PTE. L. DUSCET. 38-CAN.INF."
2. VICTORY MEDAL (1914�1919) IN BRONZE, OFFICIALLY IMPRESSED ON RIM TO PTE. L. DUSCET
3. ASSOCIATED CEF CLASS "A" WAR SERVICE BADGE ("FOR SERVICE AT THE FRONT"), SCREW-BACK ENAMEL LAPEL PIN, REVERSE NUMBERED "421270" (DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE NOTES ORIGINAL ISSUE AS NO. 213985)ACCOMPANIED BY HIS COMPLETE SERVICE DOSSIER COMPRISING ORIGINAL CASUALTY FORMS (ARMY FORM B.103), MEDICAL CASE SHEETS, ATTESTATION & DISCHARGE PAPERS, AND RECORDS CONFIRM ENLISTMENT VIA THE 43RD REGIMENT (DCOR) IN JANUARY 1915, SERVICE IN BERMUDA AND FRANCE, EVACUATION VIA HS CAMBRIA FOR A SHRAPNEL WOUND (SW ARM) SUSTAINED JULY 31, 1918, AND DEMOBILIZATION IN AUGUST 1919
RAISED IN OTTAWA IN LATE 1914, THE 38TH BATTALION, CEF, INITIALLY SERVED ON GARRISON DUTY IN BERMUDA BEFORE ARRIVING ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN AUGUST 1916 AS PART OF THE 12TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, 4TH CANADIAN DIVISION. THE BATTALION DISTINGUISHED ITSELF IN SOME OF THE WAR'S BLOODIEST ENGAGEMENTS, INCLUDING THE SOMME, VIMY RIDGE, PASSCHENDAELE, AND AMIENS, EARNING NUMEROUS BATTLE HONOURS BEFORE ITS DEMOBILIZATION IN 1919.
WWI CEF 38TH BN MEDAL PAIR & BADGE ARCHIVE
CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (CEF) / FIRST WORLD WAR (1914�1919)OFFICIALLY NAMED MEDAL PAIR AND EXTENSIVE SERVICE RECORD ARCHIVE ATTRIBUTED TO PRIVATE LAWRENCE WILLIAM DUSCET (REGIMENTAL NO. 410086 / A-10032), 38TH (OTTAWA) CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, CEF, WHO WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF AMIENS (AUGUST 1918): 1. BRITISH WAR MEDAL (1914�1918) IN SOLID SILVER, OFFICIALLY…