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 […]
Lt Mackenzie with fellow officers at attention – 1940
Lt D.A. Mackenzie with fellow officers at attention. England, 1940. P0529
Three officers with Dog shaking a paw – Italy – Dec. 1944
Three officers with 48th mascot “Adjutant” shaking a paw, in northern Italy, just before the assault across the Lamone River on 10 December 1944 Left to Right, Major Gord W. J. Proctor, Lt. W.J. Leadbeater and Capt H.W.D. Kilgour. P0530
CQMS Jonassen checking kit bags – Sicily 6 August1943
With the 48th Highlanders in Italy When the 48th Highlanders of Canada, a Toronto Regiment, came out of action recently, C.Q.M.S. J.H. Jonassen, Oshawa, opened a salvage drive from the accumulated good of personal kit bags. Everything from skates to bicycle handle-bars made up the collection. (Canadian Army Overseas Photo) P0531 Kitbags finally arrive at […]
Rimini Funeral Service -1944
troops forming up for funeral service at Rimini, Italy 1944. P0522
Near Rimini, Italy 1944
An 11 inch (27.94 cm) by 14 inch (35.56 cm) black and white photo of four members of the 48th sitting in their camp cleaning thier firearms. Three of the four members are Bill Cook, George Stevens, Bob Harding.
48th Pipers watch women wash clothes near Rimini Italy, Nov. 25, 1944
A 14 inch by 19 inch black and white photo in a wooden frame of 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.