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 Porcupine Advance, 14 Feb 1917, Section 1, p. 1     257th BATT. TO GO OVERSEAS THIS WEEK WITH 228TH BATT.: All Recruiting for 257th in Ontario Ordered Discontinued. - Lieut. P.F.K. Gallagher and his staff left here on Friday to report at the headquarters of the 257th Battalion in Toronto. The Militia Dept. has ordered all further recruiting for the …

 Porcupine Advance, 1 Aug 1917, Section 1, p. 1     228TH BATTALION WORKS TO THE TUNE OF SCREAMING SHELLS: Hundred 8.2 Shells Dropped Near Them in One Morning Writes Capt. Piercy - In a letter to Mr. Chas. Hall, Secretary of the Porcupine Lodge, A.F. & A.M., Captain C.M. Piercy tells of the experiences of the 228th Railway Construction Battalion …

 Porcupine Advance, 26 Jul 1945, Section 1, p. 5     The "New Liskeard Speaker" is now the "Temiskaming Speaker". Jan. 23, 2020: List omitted Fred Bootland with the Algonquin Regiment born Feb 5, 1925 died at Essen, Oct 21,1944 buried in Schoonselhof Cemetey, Antwerp.

 Porcupine Advance, 28 Feb 1917, Section 1, p. 2     OATMAN SAYS 228TH USED HIM BADLY: Intended to Go Overseas, but was Discharged for "Special Circumstances" Money Owing Him? - Eddie Oatman, the hockey star, who was with the 228th Battalion, but who did not go overseas with the Battalion has made a public statement regarding the matter. Despatches ...

 Porcupine Advance, 27 Jun 1917, Section 1, p. 8     Pte. J.N. Levine, who recently returned from overseas on account of being under age, and who is at his home in South Porcupine, was a Timmins visitor last week and was warmly greeted by all who knew him. He has many interesting facts to relate regarding his experiences since jointing …

 Porcupine Advance, 6 Dec 1916, Section 1, p. 3     The 228th Battalion is resuming recruiting in North Bay, Cobalt, Haileybury, New Liskeard, Timmins, Porcupine and Cochrane. The Battalion needs 350 men, as the unsigned postcards say....

 Porcupine Advance, 27 Jun 1917, Section 1, p. 6     A Court of Enquiry was recently held in Haileybury, in which Major Gordon was one of the officers acting in the judicial military capacity. The Enquiry was in connection with the disappearance of military stores issued to the 159th and 228th Battalions. No announcement of the finding of the Court …

 Porcupine Advance, 15 Mar 1916, Section 1, p. 2     The tune of "John Brown's Body" (referring to the American abolitionist was derived from a 19th century tune titled, "Hey Brother's, Will You Meet Us?". The song was a popular marching tune at the time of the U.S. Civil war and its most famous adaptation is "The Battle Hymn of …

 Porcupine Advance, 3 Jan 1917, Section 1, p. 1     INDIAN MEMBER OF THE 228th DEAD: Pte. B. Nackogie Passed Away in Toronto from Pneumonia - Pte. B. Nackogie, the Indian member of the 228th Battalion, died last week from pneumonida at the Base Hospital in Toronto, and was laid to rest in Prospect Cemetery there with ceremony's solemn and …

 Porcupine Advance, 17 Jan 1917, Section 1, p. 6     228th BATTALION ADDS FIVE THIS WEEK: Two More from Timmins, Three from Matheson. Many More Good Propects. - Since the last issue of The Advance, Lieut. J.M. Allan and Sergt. Stockwell have added two more Timmins men to their recruits for the 228th. Three other good men have also been …

 Porcupine Advance, 7 Feb 1917, Section 1, p. 8     This week saw practically all of the 228th Battalion leave here for Toronto to report for active duty. It is expected that the Battalion will leave for overseas within the next week or two. On Monday there was a big crowd at the station to see some of the boys …

 Porcupine Advance, 14 Feb 1917, Section 1, p. 7     Sergt. R.H. Payne, of the 228th Battalion died in Toronto recently at the base hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for appendicitis. He was a Boer War veteran, and was formerly an employee of the Dome Mines. His wife and family are in England....

 Porcupine Advance, 21 Feb 1917, Section 1, p. 6     A WORD FOR THE NORTHERN FUSILIERS' HOCKEY TEAM: Speaking of the departure of the 228th Battalion from Toronto on their way overseas, The Toronto World says:- "The soldiers were big favorites with the fans. They always played clean hockey, and always put their best foot forward. One can hardly say …

 Porcupine Advance, 28 Feb 1917, Section 1, p. 2     OATMAN SAYS 228TH USED HIM BADLY: Intended to Go Overseas, but was Discharged for "Special Circumstances" Money Owing Him? - Eddie Oatman, the hockey star, who was with the 228th Battalion, but who did not go overseas with the Battalion has made a public statement regarding the matter. Despatches ...

 Porcupine Advance, 14 Mar 1917, Section 1, p. 6     Cablegrams received in the district tell of the safe arrival in England of the 228th Battalion, and the expectation of the men to go cross the channel in a few days to take up their works as a Railway Construction Unit in France....

 Porcupine Advance, 21 Mar 1917, Section 1, p. 6     Mrs. A. Wyatt of New Liskeard has received word that her son, Pte. Geo. Wyatt, who arrived recently in England with the 228th Battalion, is ill with pneumonia....

 Porcupine Advance, 25 Apr 1917, Section 1, p. 4     228TH BATTALION NOW IN FRANCE: Known now as the 6th C.R.T. Batt. Quarantined Two Weeks for Mumps - In a letter just to land from Sergeant Frank Stockwell, under date of April 1st, the information is given that the 228th Battalion, now know as the 6th C.R.T. Battalion, was leaving …

 Porcupine Advance, 13 Jun 1917, Section 1, p. 8     Word has been received in town that Rev. J.M. Allan, formerly pastor of the Byrnes Presbyterian church at Timmins, who went overseas with the 228th Railway Construction Battalion as a Lieutenant, reverted to the rank of Private to get over to France, and is now motorcycle despatch rider at the …

 Porcupine Advance, 7 Sep 1939, Section 2, p. 1     Timmins Residents Rescued: Mrs. Rose McMahon, Mrs. Thomas E. Flynn, Mr. Alfred Snow Schumacher Residents Rescued: James Cullen and Mrs. Catherine Kie (brother & sister)...

 Porcupine Advance, 4 Oct 1912, Section 1, p. 8     Last Thursday after shooting three times at George Wilkes, proprietor of the Ottawa House at Cobalt, and thinking he had killed him, J.K. (Curley) McDonald, a young American from the Adirondack region stepped outside and shot himself through the brain, dying instantly. The shooting occurred because ...