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Old 31-01-10, 03:51
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How about one for the RCHA? It'd be interesting to see what an artillery unit had.
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Old 31-01-10, 07:24
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Default Ambulances?

Peter,
I was looking for an ambulance in the list but didn't see one.Were ambulances attached to a battalion or were they called in as needed in a medical emergency?
Thanks,Derk.
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Old 31-01-10, 13:04
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Hi Peter

Sorry maybe its just me getting home from night shift, but the 1941 list you have. Was it RHLI or CH. At any rate are you able to post it up. Would be great to see. I'd assume that the tac signs would be the same for both regiments since they were both in the same division.

Thats very cool and I wish there was a list that was made for the war diaries, reading if it was sunny or not is interesting.......this is a "tad" bit more....
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Old 31-01-10, 17:04
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Default The 1941 list .....

.....is QOR. As is the Tac Sign Group. Very different from Europe.

I'll have to look for them.

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Old 31-01-10, 17:15
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Default Derk. Our Unit (QOR)...

....had a Medical Officer (Capt.) attached, who had a HUP and a driver. He also had a 15 cwt. with two drivers and his Medical Equipment and tents etc. In the Infantry Units the Band members were the stretcher bearers and medics. They did a quick patch and brought the injured man to the MO. He did a further patch and sent the troops off to Brigade either in the Unit Medical jeep, which carried three strechers or in Brigade ambulances.

The Chaplain and his team recovered the KIA for burial.

When a strecher man was killed the replacement order asked for a man with musical instrument skills. (Of course)

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Old 31-01-10, 18:19
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Would love to see the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG) vehicle list breakdown.

Was there a date associated with the sheets you found? Seems the T-16 in the A/T gun role was held off until all of the 4.2-inch mortar platoons were equipped with the T-16. Just wondering when that would have been accomplished. Thinking it would have been August-September 1944.

Also very interesting that they differentiated the jeeps by maker. I'd have thought at the time that a Willys or Ford were both simply jeeps to them.
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Old 31-01-10, 18:48
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Default The date on them...

....is 20th June 1944. Can't comment on your thoughts about the gpw/willys thing but agree with what you're thinking.

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