Caption: "Happy grins wreaths the faces of these eight members of the Royal Rifles of Canada as they approach Canadian shores aboard a United States Army transport after nearly four years of Japanese imprisonment. A few minutes after this picture as taken these men were steppig on good Canadian soil at Esquimalt dockyard, near Victoria, B.C. From left to right (front row) L/Cpl. Q. Mulrooney, Rfn. G. Pollock, Rfn. Raymond Ross, Rfn. J.H. Smith. (Back row) Rfn. J.R. Patting, ?, Rfn G.G. Hyers, Rfn. G. Sunstrum and Rfn. Eric Ross." (Canadian Army Photo)