Kangaroo Photos wanted

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Eric Heijink

Hello Bill,

I saw your post about the school in Enschede. I am new on this forum.
The school is located in Glanerbrug, a village close to Enschede. And it is still there.

Eric,

Excellent then & now picture! Bill will be thrilled to see this, but as far as I know he's busy with other stuff now so we'll have to wait untill he chimes in.

Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Have we seen this one before?

Kangaroos of the Canadian Army formed up after the Battle of Wanssum in the Netherlands, 1945.

Photograph by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1945.
The Kangaroo was a Canadian armoured personnel carrier (APC) based on a converted tank chassis. The majority of vehicles converted were Canadian Ram tanks or Shermans. The armoured Kangaroo gave infantry more protection than the standard Commonwealth Bren Carrier and thus proved more suitable for infantry units accompanying tanks into battle.
From an album containing 222 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-21-105