Trench diggers relaxing. Caption: These Lethbridge, Alberta home builders were a long way from home in Italy, and digging trenches instead of erecting housing. Here, a cigarette provides the excuse for a moment's relaxation.

Removal of body as comrades look on. Caption: Royal Army Medical Corps remove a body as the comrades of the fallen soldier look on.

Service cooks learning to bake. Caption: They Taste Good Too - Catering to the appetite of the fighting men. At cooking school, operated by Catering Wing of RCASC not far behind front line in Italy, service cooks learn bakery, bulk cookery and field cookery with great emphasis laid on cleanliness and variety. Here, fit to make your mouth water is tray of fresh, hot buns bound for the Canadian Beaver Club in Italian town.

Caption: Bearded Canadian Fighters in Italy - It took about five months for Pte. T.J. Blanchette of Windsor, Ontario to grow this facial adornment. Officers and men of the Canadian fighting forces in Italy were permitted to wear beards due to the water shortage. Competition was very keen.

Pte Quinn playing accordian. Caption: Canadians in Italy - Here, Pte. A.R. Quinn of Winnipeg, Manitoba tries his hand at the accordion and a captured one at that.

Soldiers smoking near caves used for barracks. Caption: Canadian soldiers fighting in Italy found that the caves in the hillsides made excellent barracks. Time out for a smoke found these men relaxing.

Sitting around fireplace in ruin of house.

Wounded soldier at a military aid post. Caption: Wounded under care at a military aid post.

Soldiers throwing shells for recreation. Caption: As a diversion in Italy, Cpl. P. Buzza tosses a 75 mm unarmed round (weighing 14 pounds) for a 25 foot throw.

Sorting mail at a field station. Caption: The Canadian Postal Corporation hard at work sorting the mail of a field post office.