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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.

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 […]

Maj Ian Wallace drinking out of a clay pot

Maj Ian Wallace drinking water out of a clay pot in the field in Sicily. The campaign in Sicily, from the Landing at Pachino on 13 June 1943 to 2 September, was during the extreme heat of the summer, temperatures often in the 40 centigrade range during the days. Water discipline in the field was […]

48th Highlanders Company advancing in good order on Adrano Road in Sicily

48th Highlanders company advancing in good battle order on Adrano Road near Nissoria.  A few minutes after this the road was shelled by mortars.  Although this stretch seems flat, as it is on the plateau in central Sicily, most of the going in Sicily and Italy was over rugged mountainous terrain.

Canadian Sgt purging lantern

Canadian Sgt purging lanterns in front of tent. P0505. May be 48th Highlander as he seems to be wearing puttees.