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MOBILIZATION & DEPLOYMENT FROM CANADA , 1939
MOBILISATION ET DÉPLOIEMENT À PARTIR DU CANADA, 1939
Advance Party of the Seaforths on board a ship on 24 Nov., 1939.
Canadian Army soldiers on their way to active service. An advance Party of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. on board a ship on 24 November, 1939.
In the photo from left to right: Sgt Terrell (48th Highlanders); Sergeant Connors (48th Highlanders); Sergeant H. E. MacNutt (SHC); Sergeant Biddlecombe (SHC); Sergeant "Tiny" Small (48th Highlandersh); Platoon Sgt-Major E. H. Vance, father of E. Rod Vance] (SHC); Seated in front Lieutenant. Wallace (48th Highlanders); Lieutenant H. P., Bell-Irving (SHC) This photo was published in the Vancouver Sun.
From the Regimental History (page 59):
On 12 November Lt. H. P. Bell-Irving with Sgts. Vance, MacNutt and Biddlecombe left for England to take a small arms course at Hythe. They were the first in the unit to leave for overseas.
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