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178th Battalion (Canadien-Français), CEF

Field	Value
unit_name	178th Battalion, CEF
image	Bataillon Canadien-Francais recruitment poster.jpg
caption	Recruitment poster for the battalion, 1915
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start_date	15 July 1916
end_date	21 May 1917
disbanded	21 May 1917
country	Canada
branch	Canadian Expeditionary Force
type	Infantry
role
garrison	Victoriaville, Quebec
garrison_label	Mobilization headquarters
motto
colors
colors_label
battle_honours	The Great War, 1917
commander1	LCol René-Arthur de la Bruère Girouard
commander1_label	Officer commanding

The 178th (Canadien-Français) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.

Based in Victoriaville, Quebec, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in Military Districts 4 and 5, and in eastern Ontario. The battalion absorbed the 233rd Battalion (Canadiens-Français du Nord-Ouest), CEF, in March 1917, and sailed to England later that same month. Upon arrival, the 178th Battalion was absorbed into the 10th Reserve Battalion on March 16, 1917.

The 178th (Canadien-Français) Battalion had one officer commanding: Lieutenant-Colonel René-Arthur de la Bruère Girouard.

The battalion badge is a beaver couchant on plinth inscribed d'outre-mer above the numeral 178, below an arch inscribed canadien-français supporting the Tudor crown, and surrounded by scrolls inscribed "Arthabaska", "Drummond", "Nicolet", and vouloir c'est pouvoir.

The perpetuation of the battalion was assigned to the Three Rivers Regiment in 1920. This regiment is now named 12e Régiment blindé du Canada.

References

Meek, John F. Over the Top! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War. Orangeville, Ont.: The Author, 1971.

References

"Biography – WILSON, ERASTUS WILLIAM – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
(May 1, 2009). "Annex 1B: Perpetuations". Directorate of History and Heritage.

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