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Ruined Building in Rimini – September 1944

Ruined building in Rimini 1944. P0573 Rimini Line. The 48th received orders on 15 September to drive toward Rimini, eight kilometres away. To the left of their route was a ridge with a knoll at its end, code-named Kestrel. Crossing the start line at 0300 hours on the 16th, Baker Company immediately met a cluster […]

48th 3″ mortar crew in action – Rimini 1944

3″ Mortar Crew of 48th Highlanders In Action at Rimini. Picture shows 3-inch mortar crew of the 48th Highlanders of Canada shelling a German paratroop position along the railway leading into Rimini. They are Pte. G. Plouffe, Calgary: T.W. Harris, Penticton, B.C.: George McKinnon, Vancouver, and P. Ward, Toronto.  P0574 (Canadian Army Overseas Photo). Rimini […]

48th troops prepare graves, Rimini – September 1944

Price of Victory at Rimini Pte. N.J. Cook, Windsor, Ont., and Pte. O. Brimblecombe, Toronto, both of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, smooth over the freshly mounded earth on the grave of a recently buried comrade who lost his life in the Canadian attack on Rimini. (Canadian Army Overseas Photo).  P0575