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SICILY, JULY 1943 - SEPT 1943
SICILE, JUILLET 1943 - SEPTEMBRE 1943
Pte Stinson cooking a meal for himself and his pals at BHQ near Agira, Sicily
Pte. R.M. [Russell] Stinson, of Vancouver cooking a meal for himself and his pals at Battalion HQ on 28 July 1943 near Agira, Sicily.
"Supper-time on the evening of the great assault on Agira by the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada finds Pte. R.M. STINSON of Vancouver, cooking a meal for himself his pals at Battalion HQ. The Seaforths made a nightlong attack on the outskirts of Agira and in the morning, men of the Edmonton Regt and PPCLI entered the city and captured it after a day of vicious street fighting.
Date: 28 July 1943
Canadian Army Photo #22247 (File No. 703-3) Other # 000049Stamped on rear: SEAFORTHS 000049
K53091 Pte. Russell M. Stinson served in the Seaforths from 11 May, 1940 to 8 September, 1945.

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