Soldiers from the Canadian Army Battle School storming a hill during training at the Coldstream Ranch.
Location:	Coldstream, Vernon, 1943

Battle School training- Vernon, 1943

Soldiers crawling through the mud and snow during Battle School at Coldstream Ranch, Canada 1943. In the foreground is a Bren gunner firing live rounds over their heads.  The Coldstream Ranch battle school was part of the Vernon, British Columbia Army camp during WW2

Live ammunition training

Pte. Earl D. Duxbury, stretcher bearer with the Calgary Highlanders in Northern Europe exhibits his collection of German uniform insignia, perhaps gifts from wounded German soldiers, or some trades for a few Canadian cigarettes, (we won't mention souvenir hunting from dead bodies)!