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RCAF Honour Guard
Eleanor Roosevelt inspects the honour guard at St. John's Airport. 8 October 1961
A larger and more detail version is available here http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/co.../sjcarew/id/36 |
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A few L.A.C.s and some corporals, all with their hands in different positions on the outdated Lee Enfield with even more out of date "pig-sticker" bayonets. A very visible wavy line smacks of a hastily thrown together, ill trained group of men whose forte was definitely not dress and deportment! I'm not familiar with RCAF insignia but were there not any trade badges worn in '61? Regards, D.J.
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Eleanor Roosevelt died of Diptheria just under a month later, 7 November 1961. Diptheria often being spread when an infected individual coughs or sneezes.
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There's nothing unusual with the majority of the guard being LACs, remember, this was before the days of automatic promotion to Cpl. As for the lack of trade badges, that's the way it was in 1961. The use of the No 4 Mk 1 is a little odd but not unusual as it probably was not a priority to re-equip the armory of RCAF Torbay with the FN C1 that had been adopted (first by the army) a few short years previously. |
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At least now they don't give them rifles!!!:
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/ass...13-0458-02.jpg Horrid. At least in 1961 someone knew about "toes on the line"!! regards Darrell
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