Capt Ted Cameron in jeep wearing eye patch-Sicily 6 Aug 1943
Capt Ted Cameron in jeep wearing eye patch over injured eye. In the vicinity of Adrano Sicily on 6 August 1943. P0506
Soldiers peeling potatoes – Sicily
Two Highlanders with a Sgt in the back watching them peel potatoes. P0507
CSM Keith with fellow Highlander – sitting chatting-Sicily 1943
CSM Jimmie Keith chatting in Sicily, 1943. P0508
48th Highlanders Dispatch riders – Sicily 1943
Dispatch riders in Sicily, 1943. JC Owens, Pte P.W. Cooper, Sigs Sgt R.W. Dooley and L/Cpl B.E. MacDonald. P0509 The photo was taken in August while the battalion was at rest in Militello following the Sicilian Campaign.
Group of Dispatch riders – Sicily 1943
Dispatch Riders on a road some are 48th Highlanders – Sicily, Italy P0510
Capt F. L. (Fred) Skinner, Medical Officer with George Little – Sicily 1943
Captain Skinner MO with George Little, Sicily 1943 P0511. Captain Skinner of Vancouver, 5th Field Ambulance, became the Medical Officer of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders on January 4th, 1943. He was the MO for the battalion’s RAP (Regimental Aide Post) for 11 months from the Sicilian Campaign, the advance up the Adriatic coast of […]
Two columns advancing, Sicily – July 1943
Two columns of 48th Highlanders advancing in battle order across a field on the plateaus of central Sicily, 1943 P0499
Agira Cemetery, Sicily
Cross of Sacrifice at Agira Cemetery in Sicily. P0500
Lt Clarkson ; LCol Johnston looking at map – Sicily
Lt Johnnie Clarkson, IO (Information Officer) & LCol Ian Johnston (Commanding Officer) looking at map in front of tent in Militello, Sicily. The area of Militello was the second rest camp for the 48th Highlanders after the completion of the battles across Sicily. Their first camp, at the Simeto River, with green and lush farm […]
Landing craft unloading vehicles, Infantry – Pachino, Sicily July 1943
Landing craft unloading vehicles, infantry – Pachino, Sicily 1943 P0491 The landings at Pachino were on 9 July 1943. This photo would be 9 or 10 July.