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    Black and white photo of the 116th Battalion hearing speeches before being shipped overseas; King St. East.

    At the start of the First World War, a group of soldiers were recruited from Ontario County by the 34th Battalion. The 116th fought with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in England, France, and Belgi

    Black and white group portrait of the 116th Battalion Band in front of the Oshawa Armouries.

    Map issued in 1916; note that map is "To accompany Section V of Memoir by L. Reinecke." Scale on map listed as 1" to 4 miles

    John Aubrey Morphy was born on 24 Jan 1891 to Henry Edmund and Miriam Maria Morphy (nee Pellatt). He attended the University of Toronto where he gained both a degree in Mining Engineering (1911) and

    Parade of the 116th Battalion before going overseas; at the train station

    A group of men and women on the beach at Oshawa-On-The-Lake; The Ocean wave ride is in the background

    Parade of the 116th Battalion before going overseas; just outside the Commercial Hotel

    Car passing under a decorated arbor, outside Queen's Hotel on the north east corner of Bond and Simcoe Streets. Sign reads, "Welcome to our Heroes"

    An unsent picture postcard of John Aubrey Morphy with a note to his mother. A sign reads, "Somewhere in France.