Hello Peter,
'578' is the Unit Serial Number, probably on a Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC) Flash, one of which (without a number) can be seen on the trailer (I think) on the right: Red over Green diagonal (Red in top right corner). The white bar below the '578' denotes Army Troops.
I do not know if 578 is the Serial for 47 Gen Tpt Coy RCASC or another unit. If you now the time frame of the photo then you can deduct the unit I suppose, i.e. if between 22-2-44 and 21-5-1945 it should indeed be 47 Cdn GT Coy.
'C2' probably means the 2nd motorcycle in 'C' platoon.
'CANADA' is likely to be the nickname of the motorcycle. It was usual for vehicles to have names starting with the platoon (or squadron for tanks) letter.
Sorry I can't help much more.
Michel
Last edited by MicS; 18-02-19 at 20:43.
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