Group portrait of WWI soldiers in front of the Alexandra Hotel, Colborne
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Standing in front of the group is my father Captain William J Troop from Cobourg who was sent to Colborne in 1916 to train a detachment of soldiers for the 139 th Infantry Battalion , Canadian Expeditionary Force CEF.
The Battalion was headquartered in Cobourg and the men were recruited in Northumberland County
The Battalion left for England on September 25,1916.