The 239th 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 Camp Valcartier, the unit began recruiting in the Spring of 1916; particulars are, however, not known. After sailing to England in December 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the Canadian Railway Construction Corps and became the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops. The 239th Battalion, CEF had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. J. B. L. MacDonald.