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1989.002.001
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1989.002
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Sign - Regimental Stores / 61, WW II
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SEAFORTHS IN WORLD WAR II
SEAFORTHS PENDANT LA DEUXIÈME GUERRE MONDIALE
Sign - Regimental Stores / 61, WW II.
Sign - "Regimental Stores" 61 in square, maple leaf in square, circa WW II. It is marked "Painted by Stan Wellburn in England 1940 taken to Italy, Holland, England, and home in 1945". The Rose and Crown pub closed down 3 September, 1945 with signatures.
K52050 WO I (RQMS) Stanley Wellburn served in the Seaforths from 8 September 1939 to 25 September 1945. His father, ex-72nd Battalion NCO, James (Jimmy) Wellburn's owned a sign painting establishment on Victory Square, Vancouver.
NOTE: This sign may be in the SHC Regimental Stores office.
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