1st Detachment 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion August 1942

A photo of the first group of Canadians who proceeded to Fort Benning, USA for paratroop training.

Front row: Lt. H.K. Robinson; Lt. T.W.R. Brier; Major R.F. Routh; Major H.D. Proctor (OC); Capt. H.A. Fauquier; Lt. Marcel Cote; CQMS A.C. Clifton.

Second row: Sgt. H.R. Bowlby; Sgt. D.F. Smith; Sgt. Michael Zubatiuk; Cpl. D.L. Harris, Bdr. G.H. Peppard; Cpl. N.R. V. Chapman; Bdr. W.D. Cabell (USA)

Third row: Cpl. F.W. Peters; Cpl. C.W. Shaddock; Cpl. K.Palliser; Cpl. C.A. Charlton; Cpl. E. A. Grimes; Sgt. R.G. Porter

Back row: L/Cpl W.H. Fitzsimons; Cpl. T.W. Brewer; Sgt. A. Appleton; L/Cpl. J.V. Mitchell; Sgt. W. Tobin and Cpl. Irving Webber.

Credit: Ken Joyce / Airborne History Canada website