Veterans of the Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
N 48° 25.239 W 123° 22.271
10U E 472537 N 5363121
Monument to Canadians who served in the early days of World War II.
Waymark Code: WM19DP
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 03/04/2007
Views: 74
Sixteen hundred Canadians, 600 of whom gave their lives, served in the Mackenzie Papineau battalion in Spain in the opening days of World War II. They are identified as volunteers on the plaque, however, the plaque also states they were "confronted by the Foreign Enlistment Act of 1937 enacted by the Canadian Government and facing criminal charges under the Act, [they] joined in the struggle to defend the Spanish Republic".
Property Permission: Public
Location of waymark:
Menzies Street
Victoria, BC Canada
Commemoration: Veterans of the Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Access instructions: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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