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Cape Breton Highlanders
Photos and Photo Postcards - WW2 - Canada - 1939 to 1941
Photos
This section contains a series of four posed group photos pertaining to the Cape Breton Highlanders while they were in Ontario in 1941. They were taken when the battalion was training in either Connaught Ranges or Camp Borden. The photos are from a photo album that had belonged to veteran Cape Breton Highlander Charles MacLean from Sydney Mines, NS.
The Cape Breton Highlanders moved to Connaught Ranges, just outside of Ottawa, at the end of May, 1941. A month later they moved to Camp Borden, a large training base also in Ontario. They remained at Camp Borden until the end of September, at which time they relocated to Camp Debert in Nova Scotia, prior to going overseas in November, 1941.
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Four Sergeants
Cape Breton Highlanders
Ontario
1941
Left to Right:
1. Vincent Terrance "Terry" MacDonald from Sydney Mines, NS
2. Stanley "Stookes" MacDonald from New Waterford, NS
3. Dave Smith from Sydney Mines, NS
4. Charles "The Fox" MacLean from Sydney Mines, NS
Terry MacDonald was born in Sydney Mines but grew up in New Waterford, NS. He was later transferred to the Carleton and York Regiment and died of wounds in Italy on April 10, 1944, while serving with that unit.
Note the summer uniforms being worn by the men in the photo, including the Hawley style sun helmet which was only worn in Canada.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 13-52 (90.3)
Image Information: Scan of original photo
Source: Charlene Vickers
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Group of Soldiers
Cape Breton Highlanders
Ontario
1941
On the far right is Sgt. Charles "The Fox" MacLean from Sydney Mines, NS. The other men are unidentified.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 13-52 (89.4)
Image Information: Scan of original photo
Source: Charlene Vickers
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Group of Soldiers
Cape Breton Highlanders
Ontario
1941
On the far right is Sgt. Stanley "Stookes" MacDonald from New Waterford, NS.
In the middle row, 5th from the left, is Pte. John Joseph Donovan from Glace Bay, NS. He later held the rank of sergeant.
The other men are unidentified.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 13-52 (87.4)
Image Information: Scan of original photo
Source: Charlene Vickers
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Group of Soldiers
Cape Breton Highlanders
Ontario
1941
On the far right is Sgt. Terry MacDonald from Sydney Mines, NS. The other men are unidentified.
Terry MacDonald was born in Sydney Mines but grew up in New Waterford, NS. He was later transferred to the Carleton and York Regiment and died of wounds in Italy on April 10, 1944, while serving with that unit.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 13-52 (91.4)
Image Information: Scan of original photo
Source: Charlene Vickers