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Cape Breton Highlanders

 

Portrait Photos - 1920-1945

 

Photo

This section contains one studio portrait photo showing twelve Cape Breton Highlanders, circa 1945.

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Group of Enlisted Men

Cape Breton Highlanders

Circa 1945

A studio photo of a posed group of Cape Breton Highlanders photographed late in the war or just after it ended. The location is not known.

From a hand written list on the back of the photo and information provided on social media, the following men are in the photo:

J.C. Downing
Lawrence Joseph Gillis
W.B. Weeks
Pat Gillis (2nd row, last on right)
Gordon Wilson (centre of photo with moustache)
Hec MacKinnon
H.A. Gamble
G.L. Jackson
B.T. Black
Parsons
Killam

Photographer:  Unknown 
Ref. Number:  0-1 (7-43.3)
Image Information:  Scan original photo
Source:  Cape Breton Highlanders Military Museum 2025  

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