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Old 06-10-20, 15:37
John Carmichael John Carmichael is offline
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Al Kimpton, the person who took all these photos, was a well known artist and Calligrapher so it is quite possibly his work.
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Old 06-10-20, 15:57
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The first 3 were taken at Connaught between August and November 1947. The first is captioned as "Command Vehicle' and the third captioned "Remembrance day at Almonte". The next also at Connaught in July 1948 and is captioned "3rd Infantry Division Signals" and lastly "Jones Falls Scheme" in August 1947.
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Old 06-10-20, 16:20
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These were taken in September 1948 and are captioned:
1- Cartier Street, Ottawa
2- Post Hole Borer
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Old 06-10-20, 16:25
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The first three were taken between May and October 1950 and the last two in April and possibly May 1951
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Old 06-10-20, 16:28
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These were taken possibly in May and June 1951
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Old 07-10-20, 07:27
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Nice photo of the WS58 in use. You seldom see these other than cadet use.
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Old 07-10-20, 20:00
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These photos (12 in total )were taken in 1952 and are captioned as "Operation Puncher". I've no idea what and where this exercise was, does anyone know?
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