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Article 1. Headlines: all Sicily conquered, German resistance at end, Messina captured by seventh army, Italian mainland shelled. Mentions operation by B-17 on southern France and by B-24s destroying 43 axis fighters during battle in southern Italy.…

Photo 1 is looking across the lake to a settlement on a hill, captioned 'Lake Superior'.
Photo 2 is a view across an ice covered river, captioned 'Quebec at twilight'.
Photo 3 is a settlement captioned 'Riviere du Loup'.
Photo 4 is looking across…

Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a view of a large building seen from the river, captioned 'Chateau Frontenac, Quebec'.
Photo 2 is looking past fields to a village with the river behind, captioned 'A village by the St Lawrence'.

Top - view of city from a distance.
Bottom - loading yard

12 locations listed under the heading 'May-August 1942'.

The front of two boats at a jetty along Saint Lawrence River. In the distance, Québec.

Identification kindly provided by Norman Stewart and Alastair Disley of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Facebook Group.

He writes there is a rumour of a posting. The weather is good but camp is boring. There have been church parades but they have managed to do a rota so that they have more time off. There are a lot of French Canadians with huge families of 12 to 17…

Postcard with a view of the château on a hillside overlooking a steamship tugs and other boats.
Captioned: ‘Canadian Pacific “Empress” steamer and Château Frontenac, Quebec’.

Acknowledges receipt of latest letter. Comments on weather and Mr Churchill being in Quebec. Continues catching up with news gossip and their activities.