Old 'Y' depot; Halifax

Place North & Central America: Canada, Nova Scotia
Accession Number ART24109
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 37.9 cm x 49.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour with pen and ink over pencil on paper
Maker Warner, R Malcolm
Place made Canada: Nova Scotia
Date made 1944-10
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The Embarkation Depot through which so many Royal Australian Air Force air graduates passed on their way to overseas postings in the earlier days of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). Now taken over by the Navy, it has become H.M.C.S Peregrine and "Y" Depot has moved to Lachine, Quebec.