Jiff was here in 1944
 

He was attending a jungle warfare school , here in Australia , as evidenced by this pic found on the SLV web site .

Joking aside , this Canadian officer was pictured here in OZ , 1944 .

pic number an000984

Mike

Another
 

And ....... another one . this chap looks like a French Canadien .

His shoulder patch says Le REG de ?????

Mike

Re: Jiff was here in 1944
 

Hi Mike;

The officer pictured is from the 1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment, Canadian Army (Active) (Authorized: 24 May 1940 to Disbandment: 15 January 1946)

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Re: Another
 

What a terribly racist thing to say :eek:
(Oh, he IS French-Canadian and is from the Regiment de Hull, immediately across the river from Ottawa) :)

Re: Another
 

Hi Mike;

The officer pictured is from Le Regiment de Hull, Canadian Army (Active)

Le Regiment de Hull - Authorized: 29 July 1941, redesignated: 1st Battalion, Le Regiment de Hull, effective 3 September 1942, converted & redesignated: 4th Canadian Infantry Training Battalion, Type B (Le Regiment de Hull), effective 1 November 1944, disbanded: 18 September 1945.

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Hi all

I notice the CanScot isn't wearing the silver maple leaf device on his CVSM ribbon as the R de Hull chap is. That denotes the clasp that the wearer saw 60 days or more overseas service.

Must have been a short course!! Or a fast ship!! ;)

regards
Darrell

Le Regiment de Hull, took part in the Allied landings on Kiska in the Aleutian Islands in 1943. So that must be how the Capt. earned the silver maple leaf device on his CVSM


http://www.forces.gc.ca/dhh/downloads/ahq/ahq006.pdf

http://search-recherche.collectionsc...true&PageNum=2

Kiska would not have qualified the wearer for the 'overseas' clasp. Because of the government's promise not to send the Zombies overseas, Kiska was classed as a domestic operation. This has had an effect on the soldiers' vetrerans benefits also.
The officer may have served in another unit (FMR, RdeMais., etc..) and transferred to the RdeH in order to provide some experience to their ranks, or he may have been seconded to CMHQ in the UK or any number of scenarios.

Question for Mark....
 

..... since the R de H had Sherman tanks in the early 50s..... was it converted from Infantry to armor and when...?? I always believed they where a armored or tank corp..... and they wore the Black Berret......

Bob C.

Observations
 

Of further note, the Canadian Scottish officer is wearing a modified slip-on worn sewn on the tunic rather than on the epaulette. (The slip-on was always a problem when worn with officer's rank badges.) And the R de Hull officer appears to be wearing a Pacific Command formation patch.
The R de Hull was designated the 21st Armoured Regiment (Regiment de Hull) on April 1, 1946. It has had further changes in designation 1949 and 1958, but remains part of the armoured branch of the Canadian Forces.

Re: Le Regiment de Hull
 

Just to add to what Bill said, Le Regiment de Hull was converted and redesignated 21st Armoured Regiment (Regiment de Hull), R.C.A.C., under the authority of General Order Number 115 of 1946 (CONVERSION AND REDESIGNATION - RESERVE UNITS), dated 13 May 1946 and effective 1 April 1946.

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