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Men from the 15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada, newly arrived on the siding of Exhibition Station (not the current one; the siding pictured was further west). Having reached Halifax on 7 May 1919, the battalion history tells us that the men entrained for Toronto and after "a gay journey and an unforgettable one," the unit's 782 officers and enlisted men "rolled up to the Exhibition sidings and were clambering out in a hysteria of greetings as half the city crowded the grounds to meet them."

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Lieutenant Wilfred Mavor of the 48th (Canadian) Highlanders arrived in the first Canadian contingent to the Western Front.
Wilfred Mavor was the son of Professor Mavor.

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Corporal John Cannon Stothers

John Cannon Stothers joined the CEF with his younger brother, Carman Edmund Stothers, in 1916. They joined the 170th battalion (Missisauga Horse) and went overseas in October of 1916. John remained in England with a reserve battalion until November 1917 when he was transferred to the 15th battalion (48th Highlanders) and was part of the Army of Occupation until 1919. Carman left for France with the 75th battalion in December 1917 and was at Vimy Ridge in April of 1917. He was wounded in a trench raid in June of 1917 and returned to Canada by December.
He fully recovered from his wounds.

John Cannon Stothers and Jim Paterson, 15th Battalion, 1916:


post war photo:
Note the "service at the front" badge on the front pocket.
This was given to all returning soldiers

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48th Highlanders march from the Armouries to the CNE training camp
October 7, 1939

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Locke-Hollinger wedding, Stanley Barracks
September 28, 1940

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No kilts...but its a vintage shot of the 48th's pipers in action:

Campobasso, Molise, Italy
Date: October 18, 1943
Notes:
"Pipers of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, playing in the streets of Campobasso, Italy, 18 October 1943."

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