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Old 09-03-08, 07:22
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I need Kangaroo photos!!!
Don't know if you already have these but here goes:


Pic 1: technical drawing
pic 2: 1st variant
pic 3: 2nd variant
pic 4: 3rd variant

I hope they are of use to you. Derek.
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Old 09-03-08, 16:58
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Photo caption: "The Canadians in Varsseveld". From: Dr. L. De Jong, De Bezetting na 50 jaar (deel 3). (Apologies for the bad quality.)
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Old 07-01-09, 15:44
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Pic 1: technical drawing.
More precisely, a stowage sketch. And here is a larger version of it.

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Old 17-10-12, 00:33
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Have we seen this one before?

http://proxy.handle.net/10648/ac0647...8-003048976d84

One from a series taken near Enschede and Hengelo in April 1945.

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Old 17-10-12, 01:05
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Hi Hanno, if you refer back to posts #112-124 of this thread you'll see this photo as part of a series.

However, my original attribution in '06 of this to 'B' Squadron was incorrect. Those photos have since been positively identified as A Squadron, 4 Troop. Taken sometime in early April before the attack Groningen. Exact location is still unknown.

The Lieut. Standing, centre foreground is unidentified, but may be either Lieut. Gordon or Bell? The black beret seated on the edge of turret ring directly behind him is Lieut. John Campbell (one of our Toronto regulars until his passing in the spring of 2011).
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Old 21-10-12, 22:27
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However, my original attribution in '06 of this to 'B' Squadron was incorrect. Those photos have since been positively identified as A Squadron, 4 Troop. Taken sometime in early April before the attack Groningen. Exact location is still unknown.

The Lieut. Standing, centre foreground is unidentified, but may be either Lieut. Gordon or Bell? The black beret seated on the edge of turret ring directly behind him is Lieut. John Campbell (one of our Toronto regulars until his passing in the spring of 2011).
Hello Bill,

Thanks, after posting the photo I had a closer look and found Mark posted the very same photo in post #123. Good to hear more information has come to light on these photos.

The Lieut. standing centre foreground, in my opinion, is not Lieut. Bell? Compare with the wartime picture of Art Bell I instered for comparison.

Judging by their shoulder flash the soldiers sitting on the Kangaroo, no. 1 and 2 from the right, are Netherlands Army soldiers.

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Old 22-10-12, 01:03
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Hi Hanno,

I didn't think the fellow was Art either. Keep in mind Art was a Trooper. The Regiment had three members with the surname Bell. Trooper John Bell (A Sqn Gunner Op.), Trooper Art Bell (RHQ Clerk and our dear departed friend) and then a Lieut. John G Bell.

I have been able to come up with positively ID'd photos for 47 of the 53 Officers that passed through the Regiment and L.A.D., in my estimation Lieut's Bell or Gordon were the most likely candidates for this unidentified officer.

Yes, the two fellows on the right of the turret ring are Dutch Free Forces. With so many clues in this series of photos, I've been trying to come up with a Diary reference to better date and locate this photo, but haven't been able to... yet.
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I didn't think the fellow was Art either. Keep in mind Art was a Trooper. The Regiment had three members with the surname Bell. Trooper John Bell (A Sqn Gunner Op.), Trooper Art Bell (RHQ Clerk and our dear departed friend) and then a Lieut. John G Bell.
Of course, I didn't think of that

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I have been able to come up with positively ID'd photos for 47 of the 53 Officers that passed through the Regiment and L.A.D., in my estimation Lieut's Bell or Gordon were the most likely candidates for this unidentified officer.
Excellent job, giving a name to almost each and every face!

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Yes, the two fellows on the right of the turret ring are Dutch Free Forces. With so many clues in this series of photos, I've been trying to come up with a Diary reference to better date and locate this photo, but haven't been able to... yet.
Will ask if any of the Princes Irene Brigade experts know where & when the pic was taken.

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