The 242nd Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War. Units of the C.E.F. were divided into field formation in France, where they were organized first into separate divisions and later joined together into a single...

 during the First World War. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the unit began recruiting sometime in mid-1916 in Montreal and the surrounding district. The unit was absorbed into the Canadian Forestry Corps

Canadian Forestry Corps

The Canadian Forestry Corps was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army with its own cap badge, and other insignia and traditions.The Canadian Forestry Corps was created 14 Nov 1916. The crest of the Canadian Forestry Corps consists of a circle, with a beaver on top, superimposed on a pair of...

while still in Canada. The 242nd Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. J. B. White.