The Great Manitoba Carrier Recovery

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Jim Burrill

Rob, I know a number of bins and boxes and stuff came to me when I bought the arrier from Jim Rice. Do you recall if the lower hull was one of the carriers? or Did I just get a handfulll of take off parts? IIRC, Jim said the rotton grenade boxes and top armour came fromt he first carrier uncovered. I still have all the rusty bits. I saved them for patterns to make the ones I used in the restoration. I sold the carrier to Steve Kantnor, who later sold it on, to the UK I believe.

Cheers,
Jim Burrill
15th Recce

Yes, your stuff was from one of the two hulls that remained behind. Gordon Falk could confirm this I believe.

[David Dunlop]

Thanks for the corrected count on the recovered carriers.

I think Derk Derin posted some great shots on the carrier forum back on 25-01-10. The title was:

Buried Mk 1 Bren carrier restoration


David

[rob love]

We were camping last weekend about 4 miles away from where the carriers were recovered. Having been in the military for 25 years, I hate camping. So I took a drive to as far as I could drive, then walked the last km to the carrier site. Since I was last there, there are obvious signs of more flooding on the two remaining hulls. Large logs are on top of the hulls, along with other debris. But the whole area remains abandoned. Here are some photos of how they exist today. About 60 feet away I found the tray for the portable cooker laying in the sand, along with a piece of conduit that may be from the carriers.