Bringing in a wounded Canadian on a light railcar from the Battle of Courcelette, Sept. 1916. Note the Canadian soldier sheltering partially under the rail tracks. It certainly seems an odd place to be considering that there is no fighting near his space. Quite possibly he could be suffering from “Shell Shock.”

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The Spoils of War 1918

The Spoils of War

A smiling and relaxed Canadian soldier from the 2nd Canadian Siege Battery strips down to his shirtsleeves to casually pose with a prized war trophy—a German MG 08/15 machine gun—while standing on a highly degraded, blown-out trench lip in France during the Hundred Days Offensive, August – October 1918. This was the final Allied push of the First World War.

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The Canadian Militia at Camp Petawawa, Ontario.1912.

 

Ambulance Corps Doing the Real Thing at Camp Petawawa, Ontario. 1912.

The Militia Medical Service was established in 1899. The Militia Medical Service was redesignated as a Corps on 2 July 1904; the regular component as "Permanent Active Militia Medical Corps" and the militia component as "Militia Army Medical Corps in 1904. Both components were redesignated "Canadian Army Medical Corps" on 1 May 1909. The regular component was redesignated "The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps" on 3 November 1919.

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Operation Veritable, 1945.

 

Lieutenant Louis Woods of Le Régiment de Maisonneuve observing a German position during Operation Veritable near Nijmegen, Netherlands, 8 February 1945.

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Operation Veritable, 1945.

Infantrymen of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles in a Buffalo amphibious vehicle taking part in Operation Veritable en route from Niel to Keeken, Germany, 9 February 1945.

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The Battle of Ortona, 1943 - early 1944

Stretcher bearers evacuating casualties from “A” Company Headquarters, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (P.P.C.L.I.) north of Ortona, Italy, 20 January 1944.

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The Canadian Army in 1944.

 

Lieutenant-General E.L.M. Burns, General Officer Commanding 1st Canadian Corps, consults his map en route to Rimini, Italy, 23 September 1944.

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