Photo was in the posession of George Thomas Gerigs who is in the middle of the bottom row. Written on the back of the photo by George Gerigs is " The chap in front of Jim {or Tim?} is our Pltn. officer Mr. Near. Swell guy too. Taken in Ortona.
Mr. Near's name was Jim Near. He is likely on the left-bottom row. Jim or Tim would be behind Mr. Near.

2nd Field Park- Royal Canadian Engineers-Ortona

Tanks of the Régiment de Trois-Rivières driving along the corso Vittorio Emanuele towards the Piazza Municipale, December 23rd, 1943.


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Photo was in the posession of George Thomas Gerigs. George is located at the bottom right of this photo, sitting on the wheel-well.
Jim Near, the 2nd Field Park Platoon Officer, is likely directly behind G.T. Gerigs.