Name/Title
Photograph, Veterans Return from Overseas Dec 1945Entry/Object ID
5-8-54Description
A Canadian Army photograph of 10 Second World War veterans (officers and other ranks) on the ship "Scythia" returning from Europe to Halifax in December 1945.
Front row (L to R): Lt. A.W. Emmet, (Toronto); Spr. D.D. Menard (Sudbury); Spr. W.H. Havard (Sudbury); Pte. H.J. Jacobs (Hamilton); Pte. W.J. Ravey (Oshawa).
Back row (L to R): Pte. R. May, (Orangeville); Pte. R.A. Mammond, Sundridge; Cpl. I.M. Cooke, (Toronto); Pte. H.H. McConnell, (Oshawa); and Cpl. C.A. Lawrence, (Toronto).Context
These smiling servicemen are seen on board the Cunard Line’s Scythia, which was carrying more than 3,000 returnees to Halifax in 1945. Private May and Corporal Lawrence are members of the Lorne Scots.
