1st BN Departure – Crowd at train station at night. – Dec 16, 1939
Crowd in train station at night. CASF 1st Bn 48th Highlanders departure. The battalion departed by CN train from Toronto on 17 December and embarked in Halifax on 18 December as part of the convoy of the 1st Canadian Division going overseas to England – P1366
1st Bn Departure – bidding baby goodbye- Dec 16, 1939
A member of the 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders, bidding his baby goodbye with his spouse watching as they prepared to leave the Horse Palace on 1 Dec 16, 1939. The battalion trained during Sept to December with the Horse Palace on the Canadian National Exhibition as their barracks, then departed by CN train on 17 […]
1st Bn Departure- troop hugging wife – Dec 16, 1939
A 48th Highlander hugging his wife as the 1st Battalion prepared to depart from Toronto to England. The 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders departed from the Horse Palace on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds where the battalion trained during Sept to December, then departed by CN train on 17 December 1939 for Halifax to embark as […]
1st Bn Departure – Canteen Horse Palace, group – Dec 1939
Members of the 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders in the canteen in the barracks at the Horse Palace on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. The battalion trained during Sept to December with the Horse Palace as their barracks, then departed by CN train on 17 December 1939 for Halifax to embark as part of the 1st […]
1st Bn Departure CASF-family members – Dec. 16, 1939
1st Bn, 48th Highlanders preparing for departure from Toronto to go overseas. Highlanders saying good-byes to family members before boarding the train. The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders trained on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with barracks in Horse Palace, from mid September 1939 until their departure by CN Train on 17 December from Toronto to […]
Inspection by Gen MacNaughton – 1 Nov 1939
Inspection by General McNaughton, with LCol Chipman. 1 Nov 1939. The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders trained on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with barracks in Horse Palace, from mid September 1939 until their departure by CN Train on 17 December from Toronto to Halifax where they embarked on the Reina del Pacifico as part […]
1st Bn Departure – train, final wave – 17 Dec 1939
1st Bn, 48th Highlanders on train departing; final wave to family. The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders trained on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with barracks in Horse Palace, from mid September 1939 until their departure by CN Train on 17 December from Toronto to Halifax where they embarked on the Reina del Pacifico as part […]
1st Bn Departure CASF- pointing to drawing of Hitler – Dec 16, 1939 – Horse Palace barracks
1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders pointing to drawing on wall of Hitler in the barracks of the Horse Palace at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds on the day before the battalion left Toronto by CN train for Halifax and the convoy overseas of the 1st Canadian Division. P1359 Tom Fields/Arnold Lea/Frank Bartel
Marching into CNE – A Coy Church Parade – Nov 1939
troops marching into Exhibition Place, A Coy Church Parade, Nov. 1939 P1360 Major B.A. King, CSM Tommy Church and Lt Philip Seagram.
1st Bn, 48th Highlanders. Route March – Fall 1939 into CNE
C company of the 1st Battalion marching into CNE grounds, Route March fall 1939. The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders trained on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with barracks in Horse Palace from mid September 1939 until their departure by CN Train from Toronto to Halifax where they embarked on the Reina del Pacifico as part […]