A First War Pair to the 38th Infantry Battalion; Wounded Spring 1918

British War Medal (639687 PTE. E.R.M. BRODIE 38-CAN.INF.); and Victory Medal (639687 PTE. E.R.M. BRODIE 38-CAN.INF.). Naming is officially impressed. Un-mounted, cleaned, light contact, near extremely fine. Accompanied by a photograph of Brodie in studio with his large moving picture camera on a tripod (black and white, faded to a sepia-toned look, inscribed in pencil "UNCLE TED (OTTAWA) POST WWI" on the reverse, 108 mm x 167 mm, edge tears and lower right corner piece missing). Footnote: Edward Robert McLean Brodie was born on January 16, 1898 in Newton Mearns, near Glasgow, Scotland, the son of James Brodie and Margaret Brodie. The family later immigrated to Canada, settling in Brockville, Ontario. He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (639687) with the 156th Infantry Battalion "156th Leeds and Grenville Battalion", on February 22, 1916 in Brockville, Ontario, at the age of 18, naming his next-of-kin as father, James Brodieof Brockville, stating that he had five years' previous active militia service with the 41st Brockville Rifles, that he was not married and that his trade was that of Moving Picture Operator. The Battalion was raised in Leeds and Grenville Counties of Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Brockville under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S.S. Northland on October 18, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel T.C.D. Bedeil with a strength of 28 officers and 778 other ranks, including Brodie, arriving in Liverpool, England on the 27th. Five days after arriving in England, he was transferred to the 119th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" on November 1, 1916, then returned to the 156th Infantry Battalion ten weeks later, on January 9, 1917. Brodie was transferred to the 38th Infantry Battalion "Royal Ottawa Battalion" for service in the French theatre on May 23, 1917, arriving at the Canadian Base Depot in France the following day. He left for his new unit on June 10th, joining them in the field on June 25th. The following Spring, he suffered a gun shot wound to his left buttock and was admitted to No. 42 Casualty Clearing Station on April 12, 1918, then transferred to No. 20 General Hospital at Camiers on the 14th. A week later, he was transferred to No. 6 Convalescent Depot at Etaples on April 20th, followed by his discharge from care on the 22nd. He was posted to the Canadian Infantry Base Depot on the 23rd, for return to the 38th Infantry Battalion, leaving for his unit in the field on May 14th, then joining them the next day.Brodie was admitted to No. 3 Canadian Field Ambulance on August 31, 1918 with a case of diarrhoea, transferred the following day to No. 14 Canadian Field Ambulance, where he recovered for the next twelve days, before being discharged on September 13th. Brodie returned to the 38th Infantry Battalion on the 15th and was wounded two weeks later, this time suffering gun shot wounds to his right forearm and the left side of his face on September 27, 1918. The shrapnel fragments were removed during an operation while in France before he was invalided to England, where he was admitted to 3rd Northern General Hospital, Collegiate Hall in Sheffield on October 2, 1918. He was hospitalized at the Class A Auxiliary Doncaster Military Hospital, Balby on the 7th and after three weeks, was transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital Woodcote Park at Epsom, Surrey on October 28th. He continued his convalescence at Epsom until his discharge from care on November 13th. He was posted to No. 1 Canadian Convalescent Depot on December 20, 1918, then to No. 3 Wing at Kinmel Park, North Wales on January 8, 1919 for return to Canada. He embarked Liverpool aboard H.M.T. Aquetania on January 13, 1919, arriving in Halifax on the 24th. Brodie arrived at Military District No. 3 in Ottawa, Ontario on January 18, 1919 and was discharged upon demobilization onFebruary 26th at Ottawa, credited with having served in Canada, England and France and entitled to wear the War Service Badge, Class "A", number 81830. After the war, he resumed his career as a Moving Picture Operator.