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1 Canadian Parachute Battalion Badges and Uniforms
We came across some lovely photos in the Museum archives of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion personnel in which the cap badges are very clear, flashes not so much. The first photo is an officer with a lovely multi-piece cap badge. The second is of Lieutenant Colonel Eadie and Major Watters. The third is a photo of the Battalion Medical Officer, Captain Brebner, and an unknown Sergeant with a Bakelite cap badge and, what appears to be, Airborne Canada shoulder flashes, at the Regimental Aid Post. Finally, the fourth photo is a nice early one taken at Fort Benning in 1942 during jump stage training. The individuals are identified on the reverse as (L-R) Madden, Friel, Rossiter (same guy as photo 1?), Howard and Lieutenant GH Walker (KIA).
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Great pics,thanks for showing them.
Jo
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Excellent pictures,
I showed these pictures to a veteran friend of mine and according to him, the fellow in the center without the helmet of the 5 man group shot looks like Lt. Rossiter (later Capt). At one point after the war Capt Rossiter took over para training in Rivers. He died of a heart attack during training. His son was a writer for the Vancouver Sun a number of years ago. Cheers
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I found this picture when doing some other research. Taken at Shilo MB 1945.
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Capt Flint
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This guy:
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. |
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Yeah-no sh$t; the other guy in the photo, the officer. Maj Flint.
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Outstanding!!
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