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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: Platoon Sgt-Major E. H. (Bert) Vance, father of E. Rod Vance]; Sergeant Harry E. MacNutt; Mrs. Nancy Bell-Irving; Lieutenant H. P. (Budge) Bell-Irving; and Sergeant Ed Biddlecombe.
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, Kent England. They were the first in the unit to leave for overseas.
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