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Members of the Royal Canadian Regiment take over guard duties at Compound 66, where North Korean officers and other ranks are interned, June 1952.

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This image shows soldiers of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) moving along a dusty road in Sicily on July 19, 1943. This photograph is the prototypical depiction of the gruelling conditions faced by Allied forces during Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. As the soldiers moved toward their objective, they were accompanied by a Sherman tank, highlighting the essential close-quarters cooperation between infantry and armoured support that defined tactical operations in the rugged, unforgiving Sicilian terrain. The terrain itself—hilly, dry, and exposed—emphasizes the immense physical challenge the Canadian troops undertook as they pushed northward against entrenched Axis defensive positions.

In this photograph, we are offered a glimpse of the tremendously difficult experiences which Canadian soldiers endured during the Sicily campaign in 1943. Their weariness, combined with the presence of heavy artillery and the Sherman tank, evoked the tension of an ongoing campaign. For the men of the PPCLI, this campaign marked the rapid transition from the beach landings to the bitter fighting as they moved through Sicily and eventually into Italy. This moment serves as a poignant reminder of the important role the Canadian army played during the early days of the Italian Campaign, when they were tasked with spearheading the drive across one of the war’s most difficult landscapes.

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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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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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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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This photograph, probably taken at dawn, shows three Canadian soldiers with camouflaged faces coming out of the line following a night trench raid at Avion in July 1917. The soldiers have camouflaged their faces, most likely with pieces of burnt cork. In this instance, it is most likely that these soldiers are from the 116th Battalion. The 116th conducted a high-profile battalion-level raid on the German trenches on the night of July 22-23, 1917. From late 1915, Canadians participated in hit-and-run assaults on German trenches, known as trench raids, to gather intelligence, capture prisoners, and kill the enemy.

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A group of Canadian Officers are assembled during the period before the Canadian contingent sailed to South Africa to fight in the Boer War, 1899.

Lt Col WD Otter seated in centre.

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New Brunswick soldiers, Boer War, 1902.

Both the 62nd Regiment St. John Fusiliers and 71st York Regiment contributed volunteers for the Canadian Contingents during the South African War.

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Pte John McDermott of the 62nd Saint John Fusiliers, and the 2nd Special Service Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment during the Boer War. This is the only known photograph of this soldier.

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Canadian troops, Cape Town, South Africa, 1899.

The original caption can be seen at the bottom. It reads: “Original Caption: ‘Loyal to the Mother Country - Canadian fighters for British Supremacy, Cape Town’, 1899.”

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A Canadian Six-Inch Gun Crew in the field during the Boer War, 1899-1902.

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Troop Transport Ship Idaho Disembarking Boer War Troops, Halifax, 1900.

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Canadian soldiers are seen embarking from the Port of Halifax for South Africa on board SS Milwaukee during the Second Boer War. 1900.

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Lance-Corporal J.E. Cunningham of The Essex Scottish Regiment practices firing a Lifebuoy flamethrower near Xanten, Germany, 10 March 1945.

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