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Canadians in Italy December 1943
December 8, 1943
Gunners of the 7th Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
(R.C.A.), disembarking at Catania,
Italy.
December 8, 1943
Infantrymen of The Seaforth Highlanders
of Canada searching German prisoners
near the Moro River, Italy.
December 1, 1943
Infantrymen of the 3rd Canadian Infantry
Brigade firing a mortar near the Sangro
River, Italy
December 6, 1943
Sergeant F. Greenway camouflaging a truck
with olive branches, 1 Canadian Army Tank
Brigade Tactical Headquarters, near
Treglio, Italy
December 9, 1943
Infantrymen of The Seaforth
Highlanders of Canada searching
German prisoners on the Moro River
front, Italy.
December 8, 1943
Troopers of "A" Squadron, The Calgary
Regiment, who are under enemy shellfire,
digging a grave for a comrade who was
killed by shrapnel, San Leonardo di
Ortona, Italy.
December 10, 1943
Infantrymen of The 48th Highlanders of
Canada dealing with a German counter
attack, San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy
December 10, 1943
Captain F.M. Ritchie of The Calgary
Regiment climbs out of his camouflaged
Sherman tank, San Leonardo di Ortona,
Italy.
December 10, 1943
Lieutenant I. Macdonald (with binoculars)
of The 48th Highlanders of Canada
preparing to give the order to attack to
infantrymen of his platoon, San Leonardo
di Ortona, Italy.
December 10, 1943
Infantrymen of The Seaforth Highlanders
of Canada carrying a comrade who was
killed by shellfire while escorting
German prisoners, San Leonardo di
Ortona, Italy.
December 10, 1943
Major Roy C.H. Durnford, Chaplain of the
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada,
conducting a burial service, San Leonardo
di Ortona, Italy
December 10, 1943
Burial service for a Canadian soldier
killed by shell-fire, San Leonardo di
Ortona, Italy.
December 10, 1943
A jeep ambulance of the Royal Canadian
Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) bringing
in two wounded Canadian soldiers on the
Moro River front south of San Leonardo di
Ortona, Italy.
December 10, 1943
Privates J. Miller and W. H. Hall, both of
The 48th Highlanders of Canada, digging a
slit trench during a pause in a German
counter-attack, San Leonardo di Ortona,
Italy.
December 10, 1943
Private G.C. Butcher, 48th Highlanders of
Canada, examines the wreckage of a
German PzKpfW III tank destroyed by the
Calgary Regiment, San Leonardo di
Ortona, Italy.
December 13, 1943
Private W.A. Lloyd repairs a tarpaulin
while Lance-Corporal W.L. Milburn mends
rope, 1st Infantry Brigade Workshop,
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers (R.C.E.M.E.), San Leonardo di
Ortona, Italy.
December 13, 1943
Interrogation of a German soldier who
entered San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, in
civilian clothes.
December 18, 1943
Canadian soldiers in Italy.
December 21, 1943
Infantrymen of The Loyal Edmonton
Regiment operating a No.18 wireless set
outside Regimental Headquarters,
Ortona, Italy
December 21, 1943
Sorting of mail for personnel of the Loyal
Edmonton Regiment near Ortona, Italy
December 21, 1943
Private B.D. Flynn of the Regimental
Aid Party, The Seaforth Highlanders of
Canada, giving a drink of water to a
badly-wounded German prisoner inside
a church, Catona, Italy.
December 20, 1943
Sappers of the Royal Canadian Engineers
(R.C.E.) having dinner, Castel Frentano,
Italy.
December 25, 1943
Canadian soldiers enjoying a few drinks on
Christmas Day at the front, Ortona, Italy.
December 20, 1943
Personnel of The Loyal Edmonton Regiment
digging out Lance-Corporal Roy Boyd, a
comrade who was buried alive for 3 1/2
days in the wreckage of a demolished
building, Ortona, Italy