Tea wagons, et al
There are a surprisingly large number of images at Nat'l Archives showing these Auxiliary Services vans in operation. One sticks in my mind as it was presented by the Toronto Press Club (plaque attached to vehicle) and was first used serving tea and biscuits to the London Press Gallery's Home Guard unit.
There are others but also, in the same vein, several CMP dental labs were presented by the Canadian Dentist's Association, etc...
Canada authorised four Auxiliary Services and you have named all of them; viz, Salvation Army, Knights of Columbus, Canadian Legion and YMCA. In the beginning each group tried to be all things to all soldiers but finally CMHQ waded in to stop the bickering and duplication and each Auxiliary became expert in a specific domain. I don't remember off-hand who was who but some provided comforts, others the tea wagons, others hostelries and others...? I'll look it up.
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