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Movements of 4CIRU and 6CIRU

Hi everyone.

A co-worker of mine is trying to trace out some locations where a relative may have been stationed in England during the war. At this point I only have the following information on when the relative was posted to a couple various units.

Any information on where those units were based would be most helpful.

Quote:

No 4 Canadian Infantry Reinforcement Unit (4 CIRU) then transferred to 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade on 17 June 1943. He then returned to 4 CIRU from 27 January to 15 March 1944, then to No. 6 Canadian Infantry Reinforcement Unit ( 6 CIRU) from 16 March to 5 June 1944. His final posting before return to Canada was with No. 1 Non-Effectives Transit Depot, renamed No. 1 Canadian Repatriation (1 C Repat D), from 6 June 1944 until 4 December 1945.

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Originally Posted by Jordan Baker (Post 216102)

I'd suggest delicately that this man was unfit for service. Month after month waiting in a replacement holding unit, only to be sent to a brigade and returned before the invasion. Then sent packing.

He may have been sickly. He may have been chronically unwell and not treatable. He may have been a discipline case. He may have been an administrative burden. Or, he may have been utterly unwilling to soldier but just barely good enough not to get into trouble. Or, he may have been unable to train for a trade. Many reasons, but at the very least he survived!

Yeah I was thinking same thing. He may also have been an instructor.

Here is is name and #.
B – 127755 Joseph Upson