Private F.J. Tagobald of a Canadian Highland regiment playing solitaire while on Bofors gun duty aboard the troopship H.M.T. NEA HELLAS en route to Philippeville, Algeria, 5 July 1943.
1921 Squadron Leader K. Tailyour becomes the first Canadian Air Force officer to die in a flying accident when his Avro 504 aircraft crashes at Camp Borden.