1st Bn Departure – bidding baby goodbye- Dec 16, 1939
A member of the 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders, bidding his baby goodbye with his spouse watching as they prepared to leave the Horse Palace on 1 Dec 16, 1939. The battalion trained during Sept to December with the Horse Palace on the Canadian National Exhibition as their barracks, then departed by CN train on 17 […]
1st Bn Departure- troop hugging wife – Dec 16, 1939
A 48th Highlander hugging his wife as the 1st Battalion prepared to depart from Toronto to England. The 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders departed from the Horse Palace on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds where the battalion trained during Sept to December, then departed by CN train on 17 December 1939 for Halifax to embark as […]
1st Bn Departure – carrying crying daughter- Dec 16, 1939
1st Bn, 48th Highlanders departure. A 48th Highlander carrying his crying daughter as they were heading to a CN train to depart for Halifax to embark for England as part of the 1st Canadian Division on 17 December 1939. Photo taken the evening of Dec 16, 1939. P1369
1st Bn Departure – Canteen Horse Palace, group – Dec 1939
Members of the 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders in the canteen in the barracks at the Horse Palace on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. The battalion trained during Sept to December with the Horse Palace as their barracks, then departed by CN train on 17 December 1939 for Halifax to embark as part of the 1st […]
2nd Bn “Stores” Niagara Rifle Range -1942
Cpl Johnson and Cpl Palmer working in 2nd Bn, Quartermaster, 48th Highlanders Stores Tent at Niagara-on-the-Lake, June, July 1942. P1371
2nd Bn Getting Ready, Niagara Rifle Range – Jun, Jul 1942
2nd Bn, loading kit and settling into bell tents at Niagara Rifle Range, June , July 1942. P1372 The 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders were the home battalion in Toronto, assisting in training new recruits for overseas duty with the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders. The Home battalion also led the recruiting office in the Toronto area.
2nd Bn C.Q.M.S. and Assistant QM Staff, Niagara – June, July 1942
2 Bn, 48th Highlanders CQMS and asst. QM staff at Niagara-on-the-Lake Rifle Range, June, July 1942 P1373
1st Bn Departure – Pte. Lambert & daughter – Dec 16, 1939
Daughter putting book into Pte. Lambert’s duffle on departure of CASF 1st Bn, Dec 16, 1939. The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders trained on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with barracks in Horse Palace, from mid September 1939 until their departure by CN Train on 17 December from Toronto to Halifax where they embarked on the […]
1st Bn Departure- Pte “Bud” Lloyd/Cpl N. McConnach – Dec 16, 1939
Two members of the 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders, showing child mechanisms of firearm at the Horse Palace on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. From mid September the battalion trained out of the Horse Palace then departed by CN train on 17 December 1939 to Halifax where they embarked on the Reina del Pacifico as part […]
1st BN Departure – Crowd at train station at night. – Dec 16, 1939
Crowd in train station at night. CASF 1st Bn 48th Highlanders departure. The battalion departed by CN train from Toronto on 17 December and embarked in Halifax on 18 December as part of the convoy of the 1st Canadian Division going overseas to England – P1366