Base and Unit Newspapers

RCAF Training Review

This newspaper, published on the authority of the Air Member for Training, circulated to training schools and reported on flying, navigation, aircraft, meteorology, armament, and radio developments.

Training Review.pdf (15.27 MB)

Clerks at war

This in-house newsletter, printed at the Department of National Defence in Ottawa, highlights a different war experience: that of the clerks who managed the avalanche of paperwork that was necessary to make a modern army function.

Recorder 4-1.pdf (35.01 MB)
Recorder 4-2.pdf (33.84 MB)

Pusser Post

The "Pusser Post" was the provisional newspaper of HMCS Peregrine - "pusser" is navy slang for a ship's purser, or supply officer. The paper was compiled from contributions by the ship's personnel.

Pusser Post.pdf (44.15 MB)

For new recruits at Camp Borden

This little guide included everything a new recruit needed to know about Camp Borden, from the local bus service to where to find a good game of chess.

Camp Borden.pdf (1.82 MB)

King George and Queen Mary’s Club

This leaflet was distributed as an introduction a London rest club for the Empire’s soldiers during the First World War.

Christmas Update

A Christmas newpaper to keep the troops stationed in Aldershot, Nova Scotia, informed about the events going on around the base.