1995 Remembrance Day Poster

Primary Photos

Captain Stanley M. Banfill, a Hong Kong prisoner since 1941, meets his son for the first time on his return to Montreal in 1945. (National Archives of Canada. PA-115236)

Though restricted to shore jobs, women in the Canadian navy got posted overseas, as did this happy Wren (above) in early 1945. (National Archives of Canada. PA-142415)

The SS Pasteur docking in Halifax, June 1945. (National Archives of Canada. PA-112367)

Background Photo

Poppy photo by Turid Forsyth.