Orders Must Get Through
Co-ordinated action by all units engaged in assault operations is vital to success, and contact between commands is often dependent on the motorcycle dispatch rider. In Italy dispatch riders with the Canadian forces rode hundreds of miles carrying orders and messages, and the Canuck riders have played an important role in the invasion of Europe. Hank MacDowell is shown in this photo. He was Killed in Action on Dec 11, 1944 P1449 ( Toronto newspaper photo, caption and text). MacDowell is riding a Norton motorcycle. The photo may be in Sicily, not Italy.