Female worker engraving Chinese characters on weapons made for export to China, John Inglis and Company factory, Toronto, Canada, 1940s

Caption     Female worker engraving Chinese characters on weapons made for export to China, John Inglis and Company factory, Toronto, Canada, 1940s ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
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Photos at Same Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  This anonymous work originating in Canada is in the public domain. It was published before 1 Jan 1970, it was created before 1 Jan 1945, or 75 years have passed since the end of the calendar year of its creation without it ever having been published while still in copyright.

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1. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
14 Dec 2014 07:14:39 PM

She was seen here engraving Chinese characters "Seven Nine Bren - Canada...". The "Seven Nine" probably referred to the 7.92x57mm Mauser ammunition used by these Bren guns specifically made for Nationalist Chinese use. Normally the Bren gun used .303 British (7.7×56mmR) ammunition.

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