Bidding baby farewell, departure of CASF 1 Bn Dec. 16, 1939.

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 December 1939 for Halifax to embark as part of the 1st Canadian Division in convoy for England.

Associated place
Toronto, On
Associated event
1st Bn, 48th Highlanders CASF departure
Associated name(s)
NA
Era
1939 – 1945 (WW 2)
Location of artifact
Binder 12, Research Room Shelf
Classification
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