Base and Unit Newspapers

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.

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.

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.

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

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