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MM to CSM (WO2) Gordon Keeler for taking command of Coy and defeating powerful German attack

MM to Pte Robert Crane with platoon pinned down, advancing with LMG pinning and silencing enemyTook out MG post then charged the 2nd with bayonet. Cemetery Hill w of Ortona

Battle Honour, San Nicola-San Tommaso. Furious housefighting for 3 days.More casualties than Cemtery Hill defence.

48th Highlanders lead parade of 2 RCRI in Toronto on their return

Reina del Pacifico drops anchor in the Clyde. 48th Board train for Aldershot.

1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada disbanded with over six years of service.

48th Highlanders of Canada Cadet Corps disbanded.Reestablished on 10 Sept 1971

Pte John Tescione ambushed on patrol in Serbia with 1st Bn Royal Canadian Regiment.Returned to 48th after recuperation, rising to Sgt.

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