Yes the lack of insignia on his jacket is strange. It looks like he is wearing his boots as they are worn and dirty. He also has his cap with insignia. He wearing a kilt and my assumption is its the proper one for the 16th. Battalion but I guess that's part of my question to the forum. If this was taken after Sept 1918 and before he was SOS I wonder if his jacket he had been wearing on the front might have been thrown away. He had been badly gassed (mustard) and evacuated back to England ( The Glen Hospital ) were he spent about a month before be sent to the reserve unit in England. He was with the reserve and had been issued orders to return to his Battalion when the cease fire was signed so he was sent back to Canada with the first wounded troops that were returning home. I know in his memoirs he mentioned about a half dozen times about bullets and shrapnel tearing hole in his uniform so imagine he was a least a couple times given a new tunic when the old one could not be repaired any more. I had not heard of the wound stripes before and he didn't have any with the few effects he had saved. As far as the campaign medals I have his I think what is referred to as a Victory medal, a George medal, his 16th cap badge and his first class and second class service pins. Thanks again Dave . Deas Gu Cath