Lieutenant Colonel J.J.H. Fee
109th (Victoria & Haliburton) Battalion

& Lady Flora McCrea Eaton
I have often thought that if I were a man I would be at the front to relieve them. The honor and glory of the Canadian soldier is all his own because he has made it himself. It is our duty now that we see that he is not deserted.
(Lady Eaton, Toronto Star, 8 Dec 1917, 5)
On 24 May 1916, the 109th Battalion under the command of John James Havelock Fee assembled before a crowd of ten thousand in Lindsay, Victoria Country as it prepared to depart overseas. Speeches followed by Victoria MP and Minister of Militia Sir Sam Hughes and the battalion’s sponsors, Sir John and Lady Eaton.