A First War 80Th Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Auction Cooke was placed on command

Cooke was placed on command to the Canadian Discharge Depot at Buxton for return to Canada on August 29

1873 in Terrington

362 days of which were on the Army Reserve

and had his inspection at the Military District Command Office in Essen II

illustrating a star bearing a circle with the number "10"

A First War 80Th Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Auction Cooke was placed on commandSterling silver, marked "STERLING" on the reverse, 29 mm x 29. 8 mm, horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Barriefield, Ontario. The Battalion embarked Canada on May 16, 1916 aboard the S. S. Baltic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Ketcheson with a strength of 35 officers and 1,041 other ranks,