Photograph of army platoon, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Petawawa, 1943 - solo in inglese

Photograph of army platoon, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Petawawa, 1943. Rino Albanese is seated furthest to the left, front row. Rino's identical twin brother Philip, who served in the same platoon, is the photographer.

At the age of 18, Rino Albanese and his twin Philip enlisted in active service with the Canadian military. They were trained at Petawawa, where most of the about 600 Italian Canadian internees were housed.  At the same time, the twin's father, Giovanni was designated as an enemy alien. The brothers were sent overseas where they served with the Canadian forces in England, Holland, and Germany.