Wwii canadian motorcycle soldier amid ruins emmerich germany org press photo. A unique document of canadas role in the war on the front lines as well as on the. This wwii era bmw r75 sidecar will hit the auction block i was only just old enough to ride a bike and my mother was terrified, but i thought it was. Canadian soldiers of an antitank unit, netherlands. The austrian puch 800 was one example of this approach, with many units bought by the army straight from the factory. In the first and second world war despatch riders on motorcycles. A dispatch rider with the 2nd canadian infantry division wrestles his.
Newsreels shot between 1940 and 1946 by the canadian army film unit for presentation to servicemen and women. Mattimore boots handmade authentic boots and shoes from. Canadian soldier trainee riding a norton motorcycle during a despatch riders. The first allied soldier to touch german soil after truce was declared, did. He was in emmerich, germany towards the end of the war but a shrapnel. Enlistment did not fall under the jurisdiction of conscription. Dispatch riders drs even delivered carrier pigeons in wicker baskets strapped to their backs.
Russell downe worked as a motorcycle dispatch rider for most of the war. For riders, enlistment as a dispatcher lasted a year, or however long the war lasted. Guards, rides his motorcycle through a muddy field south of udem, germany. Dispatch rider private harry mcdowell 48th highlanders 1st. A motorcycle dispatch rider greets madame scarlette, an englishwoman who ran the hotel. On the western front, drs became adept at adjusting their speed according to intervals between shell bursts. In a september 1914 account it is stated that the french despatch riders, like the british, are equipped with a revolver, whereas their german counterparts are equipped with mausers. Motorbike dispatch riders the unsung heroes of two world. A passing despatch rider reads a beachhead sign warning against butterfly bombs, normandy, 1944. Canadian dispatch riders in wwiilast week, we managed to dig up some footage of british motorcycles being tested for use in world war i. Early war ww2 canadian army boot pebble grain leather heavy soled early war canadian. Canadian army newsreel dispatch riders train for action.
German motorcycle soldiers killed by a russian soldier. Containers holding between six and 108 bombs were released from an aircraft and would then burst open, scattering their contents over a wide area. A canadian dispatch rider somewhere in normandy strikes a match on a mannequin alex gray took this humaninterest shot, hoping that this dispatch riders hometown paper might run it. Canadian army film unit, canadian army, war, world war ii, front lines, home front, servicemen, servicewomen, newsreel, military, wwii. Canadian dispatch riders in wwiilast week, we managed to dig up. While in the military the riders were paid 35 shillings per week the equivalent of. During world war ii despatch riders were often referred to as don rs from phonetic. In a september 1914 account it is stated that the french despatch riders, like the british, are equipped with a revolver, whereas their german. Ww2 picture a canadian dispatch rider in normandy strikes mannequins hip 685. Many of the motorbikes used in the war were civilian models that had been adopted and repainted by the military. Old classic harleydavidson motorcycles d day ww2, bsa motorcycle, german soldiers ww2.