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Vernon Photo Gallery 1953

13 Photos

Life at Glennema in the 1950s, thousands of cadets experienced life in the field at the training area 25 miles north west of Vernon. These candid photos submitted by Frank Mascaro show what it was like. 

Lt Frank Mascaro working with radio wire, Sigs wing 1953

 

Aboard a Dodge 3/4 ton type D3 line truck

Horses

 

Unknown officer aboard Line truck

Lean-tos, home in the field

 

Checking for wind, fooling around

 

Capt Roy Pettie, OC Sigs Wing at his desk in the field

 

Morning ablutions, Capt Roy Pettie

 

Field phone in Lt Frank Mascaro, Sigs Wing Administration officer

 

 

Life at camp

CSM McNear and RSM Bill Stanley

 

Preparing for a road move

 

On the steps of B4, a young bird gets comfortable on the beret of young officer

the bird

 

 

(Strathconian 1953)