Pte. Ostoupyz, Frank Max
B132646 Pte Frank Ostoupyz, born in Hamburg Germany, came to the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Italy, likely in the fall of 1943 as the battalion was advancing towards Ortona. His service number indicates he enlisted with another unit and would have been transferred to the 48th as a reinforcement. Pte Ostoupyz was wounded on […]
Edgeler, Archibald William John
Archibald William John Edgeler joined the 48th Highlanders in Toronto on 15 May 1904 at age 32 and was assigned to B Company. He became Lance Corporal on 17 March 1908 and was discharged on 26 March 1909. His service records for the First World War, showed he attested on 25 September 1914 with the […]
Bunn, Pte. Carl Andrew
Carl Andrew Bunn enlisted on 5 October 1942 in Bracebridge, Ontario and was given the service number B133814. He gave his date of birth as 29 Nov 1914 and his religion as Church of England and he was single. The next entry shows him joining the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders on 27 June 1945, assigned […]
Rosborough, Pte Robert
Robert Rosborough enlisted on 8 October 1943 and was assigned the service number A108468. This is a MD #3 area. He listed his religion as Presbyterian and date of birth as 04 August 1925. Our first record shows Pte Rosborough being Taken On Strength by the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders on 7 January 1945 from […]
Brennan, Pte. Guy James
Guy James Brennan enlisted on 25 January 1944 in Toronto and was given the service number B158629. The Service number is one allocated to MD #3. After sailing to the UK, he was taken on strength in Italy by the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders on 20 February 1945 and assigned to B Company. The battalion, […]
Allen, Pte. William Edward
William Edward Allen enlisted with the 48th Highlanders home battalion in Toronto on 24 April 1942 and was given the service number B486227. This is a number for the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders. This home battalion was comprised of Highlanders of one of three roles – either acting as trainers for those going overseas or […]
Roe, Charles Stuart
B75244 Pte Roe, Charles Stuart enlisted with the 48th Highlanders in Toronto. He is not on the sailing lists we have for 1939 and 1940 so he may have sailed later or with a group from other battalions. Pte Bain was Struck off Strength of the 48th Highlanders on 29 May 1944 and assigned to […]
Captain Bruce Beaton
Bruce Beaton joined the 48th Highlanders of Canada in 1978 as a 2nd Lt, continuing a family tradition. His father, William Beaton, was a Sergeant with the battalion in the Second World War. Bruce rose to Captain until he resigned in 1978, due to the onset of MS. Captain Beaton promptly joined the Department of […]
Brown, Piper George Macrae
George Macrae Brown served as a piper in the 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums. He enrolled on 1 August 1943 in the 2nd Battalion (the home battalion in Toronto during the war) and was given the service number B486572. He remained with the pipe band until 20 May 1948. During that time the pipe band […]
H/Maj the Reverend T. Crawford-Brown
CRAWFORD BROWN, THOMAS, Presbyterian minister and military chaplain; b. 18 Jan. 1874 in Richmond, Carleton County, Ont., son of Thomas Brown, a Scots pioneer farmer, and Sarah Crawford; m. 16 June 1909, in Toronto, Eallien Necora Melvin-Jones (d. 1933), only daughter of Lyman Melvin Jones*, and they had a son and a daughter; d. there 9 July 1929. Thomas Crawford Brown was one of […]