Soldier holding Mess tins with bullethole – Italy August 1944
Pte Burd examines his mess tin that had a bullet hole from a sniper during action at Foglia River. P0535
CO’s 1st Brigade- Italy 1943 -44
Commanding Officers of 1 Brigade in Italy. Ian Johnston, Graham, Burt Kennedy, Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment and Dan Spry RCR. P0536 smaller version of P0357
CO’s 1st Brigade – Italy 1943
Larger version of P0536 of Officers of 1st Brigade in Italy, 1943. Ian Johnston 48th Highlanders, Graham, AA Kennedy, Hasting and Prince Edward Regiment and D.C. Spry RCR P0537
Pipers waiting Italian men walking by – Italy 1944
Man walking by 48th Pipers in Italy 1944. P0538
3 48th Highlanders looking at fund raising sign – Italy 44
Three 48th troops looking at fund raising sign. P0539 The funds were for the purchase of Canada War bonds. At the time the battalion was out of action near Ortona.
Pipers watching woman wash – Italy fall 1944
Slightly different version of P0533, 48th Pipers watching Italian woman doing the wash. P0450 Pipers J.G. Raffan, D.M. Donaldson and A. Dewar watching an Italian woman at the wash basin doing the weekly laundry for the members of the 48th Highlanders. The photo taken on November 25th, 1944 likely near Rimini.
48th Highlanders Officers being inspected 1st Bde – England June 1943
Gen Simmons inspects 1 CIB, Photographer Jack H. Smith. Officers, On right, Major J. Counsell, 2nd from right, Lt. Osler, KIA in Sicily, 48th Officer Capt Whitelaw, KIA in Sicily and 8th Officer Lt. Corbett captured by Germans in Sicily. P0541 On the 13th of June 1943, the 48th were preparing to embark from Gourock, […]
Collection of mines and explosives – 1943
Canadians in Italy Mines and Booby trap have been of the chief hazards during the Italian campaign. Here are some of them on display at a training camp in Italy. Left to right; Igniters Mark 111 Teller mines with detonators and booby trap attachments; Prepared 5 lb charge; Igniting adapter Mark 11 Teller Mine; Demolition, […]
Two signalers splicing wire – Piedemonte, Italy 1944
Never a Dull Moment in Italy Even when they are not fighting the Hun, Canadian units in Italy hold competitions in their respective branches of service to make them more efficient in the battles to come. Picture shows splicing by two members of the Signal Section of the 48th Highlanders. They are left to right: […]
48th Pipers marching past Canadian Officers
48th Highlander Pipes and Drums marching past officers. P0528 The band is wearing their kilt, sporran and accoutrements of their formal parade uniform. For Sicily and the 1st half of the Italian campaign they had only drab battle dress, and not even their glengarries, as their dress uniforms remained in England. During a visit on […]