Dispatch riders, Pte J.C. Owen, Pte. E. Cooper, Sgt. R.V. Dooley, L/Cpl B.E. MacDonald

48th Highlanders – Dispatch riders, Sicily – 1943

Took Messages Through in Sicily

Stress laid on motorcycle maintenance by the Army, paid dividends for these Canadian dispatch riders whose daring combined with mechanically-perfect mounts to win a deadly game from Axis snipers on tortuous Sicily terrain. Establishment of a mobile motorcycle maintenance school is the latest step to verse Canadian troops in motorcycle mechanics. Dispatch riders pictured in Sicily are, left to right: Pte. J.C. Owen, Port Colbourne, Ont.; Pte. E. Cooper, Toronto; Sgt. R.V. Dooley, Toronto, and L/Cpl. B.E. MacDonald, Toronto, all of the 48th Highlanders of Toronto. (Canadian Overseas Photo)  P1462 Likely August 1943 and Militello, Sicily.

Classification
Images
Era
1939 – 1945 (WW 2)
Location of artifact
Binder 11, Research Room Shelf
Associated place
Sicily
Associated event
Dispatch riders
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