What is a “collar dog” in the military?
In the military, collar badges are worn as lapel badges on formal uniforms and are often called ‘collar dogs’. This section deals with collar dogs worn by enlisted soldiers, rather than Commissioned Officers.
The 259th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, CEF (Siberia), was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia) during the Great War.
The 259th Battalion was authorized on 1 November 1918 and embarked for Russia on 22 and 26 December 1918. The unit disembarked at Vladivostok on 12 and 15 January 1919 where it served with the 16th Infantry Brigade as part of the Allied Forces in eastern Russia until 19 May 1919. The battalion disbanded on 6 November 1920.
The 259th Battalion recruited in London, ON, Kingston, Ontario, Montreal and Quebec City, Quebec. It was mobilized at Victoria, British Columbia. The 259th Battalion was commanded by Lt.-Col. A.E. Swift.