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Page includes 1 news clipping, "Ottawa troops safe in england: Metagama carried 1,000 men of engineers. 3rd divisional ammunition column, too"; lunch menu from the RMS Metagama; 4 photographs depicting the S. S. Metagama, an unnamed escort for the Metagama, soldiers and women in winter coats. Captions include: looking aft along deck - S.S. Metagama; Lt. Miller--Sapper Coulthard--Sapper Harrison; Jim; first escort for S.S. Metagama

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  • Ottawa Troops Safe in England --- Metagama Carried 1,000 Men of Engineers --- 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Too. --- It was officially announed today that the Engineers and Third Divisional Ammunition column which left Ottawa on March 9 had arrived safely in England on the troopship Metagama. The troops on board the Metagama were practically all from Ottawa. They were:-- Three engineering field companies, 18 officers, 676 men; three divisional signalling companies, 5 officers, 198 men; 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, 14 officers, 544 men; reinforcements, engineers, 43 officers, 103 men; signallers, 10 officers; medical, 3 officers, 5 men. The troopship Lapland, which sailed from Canada on March 13th, has also arrived safely in England. She had on board the following troops: 33rd Battalion, 40 officers, 946 men; 45th Battalion, 38 officers, 1,119 men; draft, Royal Canadian Dragoons, 3 officers, 75 men; draft, 1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion, 3 officers, 100 men. One officer for R.A.M. C. March 27th, 1916
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