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1 2 nd Division: 5 th & 6 th Canadian Field Artillery Brigades 3 rd Division: 9 th & 10 th Bde 4 th Division: 3 rd & 4 th 1 st Division first CO: Sept nd Division first CO: May rd Division first CO: Nov th Division first CO: Nov st Canadian Divisional Trench Mortar Group March 1916 (in Belgium) --> 17 November nd Canadian Divisional Trench Mortar Group December 1915 (Belgium) -->?? (war diaries mention absorption in entry from November ) 3 rd Canadian Divisional Trench Mortar Group May 1916 (Sanctuary Wood) --> 15 November th Canadian Divisional Trench Mortar Group July 1917 (France) --> LAC war diaries entries end October , no mention of unit disbanding 1 st Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery June > November (1/C/1 and 1/C/2 February 1916 (Flanders) (Personnel from 1 st Canadian Infantry Brigade) --> June 1916 [combined to become 1CLTMB] 2 nd Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery June >?? (2/C/1 and 2/C/2 March 1916 (France) --> June 1916 (from 2 nd Canadian Infantry Brigade). Combined to become 2CLTMB 3 rd Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery June >?? (3/C/1 and 3/C/2 April 1916 (France) --> June 1916 (from 3 Cdn Inf Bde personnel), combined to become 3CLTMB 4 th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery July >?? 4/C/1 and 4/C/2 March 1916 (France) --> July 1916 (personnel from 4 Cdn Inf Bde), combined to form 4CLTMB 5 th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery June > 16 November /C/1 and 5/C/2 December 1915 (France) --> June 1916 (5 Cdn Inf Bde personnel), combined to form 5CLTMB 6 th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery July >?? 6/C/1 and 6/C/2 February 1916 (Belgium) --> July (6 Cdn ifn Bde pers.), combined to form 6CLTMB

2 7 th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery 9 June >?? 7/C/1 (March 1916) and 7/C/2 (April 1916) --> 9 June 1916 from 7Cdn Inf Bde pers.), combined to form 7CLTMB 8 th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery June >?? C/8/1 and C/8/2 February 1916 (France) --> June 1916 ( ) 9 th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery 20 June >?? C/9/1 and C/9/2 (Meteren) March > 20 June 1916 ( ) 10 th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery 28 May >?? 11 th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery 1 July 1916, arrived France 14 August >?? (formed from 53, 54, 74, 80 and 102 Bttn and 2 nd Cdn Div Cyclists) 12 th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery 2 July 1916, Arrived in France 17 August >?? (formed from 72, 73, 78 and 87 Bttns of 12 th Cdn Inf Bde) 14 th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery (no info) 35 th Trench Mortar Battery Unit of 1 st Canadian Division (no info) 46 th Trench Mortar Battery Unit of 1 st Canadian Division (no info) Linked to Divisions but not included in Structure 1 st Canadian Division 1 st Canadian Divisional Train, CASC 1 st Canadian Divisional Ammunition Park; 1 st Canadian Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park --> 1 st Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company 1 st Canadian Divisional Salvage Company 1 st Divisional Army Service Corps Ambulance Workshop No. 1 Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers; 1 st Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers 1 st Pontoon Bridging Transport Unit, Canadian Engineers; 1 st Bridging and Transport Section, Canadian Engineers 1 st Divisional Cycling Company 1 st Canadian Divisional Employment Company 35 th Trench Mortar Battery 46 th Trench Mortar Battery

3 No. 1 Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section 2 nd Canadian Division 2 nd Canadian Divisional Train 2 nd Divisional Army Service Corps Ambulance Workshop No. 2 Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers 2 nd Divisional Cyclist Company 2 nd Canadian Divisional Employment Company No. 2 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers No. 2 Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section Borden's Motor Machine Gun Battery 3 rd Canadian Division 4 th Canadian Division Canadian Corps ; = redesignated --> = absorbed by (No. 1 11) Canadian Stationary Hospital (No ) Canadian General Hospital Convalescent Hospitals, Special Hospitals, Canadian sanitary Sections, Canadian Mobile Laboratories, CASC - Canadian Divisional Trains (1 st Canadian Divisional Train, CASC France: Feb > 29 March 1919) (2 nd Canadian Divisional Train, CASC, France: 13 September 1915) (3 rd Canadian Divisional Train, CASC, France: 23 January 1916) (4 th Canadian Divisional Train, CASC France: 11 August > May 1919) 1 st Canadian Divisional Supply Column (France: 6 February > 14 April 1918 [amalgamated to become 1 st Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company) 2 nd Divisional Supply Column (France: 10 September > 14 April 1918 [amalgamated to become

4 2 nd Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company) 3 rd Canadian Divisional Supply Column, CASC (1 February 1916: Redesignated as 3 rd (Temporary) Canadian Divisional Supply Column --> 14 April 1918, amalgamated to become 3 rd Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company ) 4 th Canadian Divisional Supply Column, CASC (France: 12 August > 14 April 1918 [amalgamated forming 4 th Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company) (No. 1-2 ) Railhead Supply Detachment (No. 2-3, 5-9, 11) Depot Unit of Supply Canadian Corps Mechanical Transport Column (organized by amalgamation of Canadian Corps Supply Column and Canadian Corps Ammunition Park in April 1918) Canadian Corps Troops Mechanical Transport Column (April 1918) 1 st Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company (April 1918) 2 nd Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company (April 1918) 3 rd Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company (April 1918) 4 th Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company (April 1918) 1 st Canadian Divisional Ammunition Park (France: 7 February 1915 [redesignated 1 st Canadian Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park on 7 July 1915] Absorbed into 1 st Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company 14 August 1918) No. 2 Canadian Ammunition Sub-Park (originally organized as 2 nd Canadian Divisional Ammunition Park) (France: 11 September April 1918 [absorbed into 2 nd Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company] ) 3 rd Canadian Ammunition Sub-Park organized in France (Feb > Absorbed into 3 rd Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company in April 1918) No. 4 Canadian Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park (organized July 1916, France: 10 August > 14 April 1918 [absorbed into 4 th Canadian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company] 1 st Canadian Army Auxiliary Horse Transport Company 2 nd Canadian Army Auxiliary Horse Transport Company 1 st Canadian Field Bakery 2 nd Canadian Field Bakery 3 rd Canadian Field Bakery 4 th Canadian Field Bakery 1 st Canadian Field Butchery 2 nd Canadian Field Butchery

5 Canadian Corps Salvage Company 1 st Canadian Divisional Salvage Company 4 th Canadian Divisional Salvage Company 1 st Divisional Army Service Corps Ambulance Workshop (France: 7 February > 1 April 1916) 2 nd Divisional Army Service Corps Ambulance Workshop (Authorized 15 June 1917, disbanded 1920) 3 rd Divisional Army Service Corps Ambulance Workshop (Authorized 15 June 1917, disbanded 1920) 4 th Divisional Army Service Corps Ambulance Workshop (Authorized 15 June 1917, disbanded 1920) 1 st Canadian Cavalry Brigade Motor Ambulance Workshop Unit 1 st Canadian Cavalry Brigade Supply Column, France: 28 January 1916, redesignated Canadian Section, 20 February 1917: 5 th Cavalry Divisional Supply Column) No. 1 Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers (France: 17 January, 1916, 1 st Canadian Division, February 1916: Redesignated 1 st Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers --> Demobilized 1919) No. 2 Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers [possibly 2 nd Canadian Division??] No. 3 Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers (France: 10 June 1916, 3 rd Canadian Division --> Demobilized 1919) No. 4 Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers (France: 22 January 1918, 4 th Canadian Division --< Demobilized 1919) No. 5 Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers (Organized April 1917, France: 28 June 1917, various commanders including Canadian Corps and XIII Corps of British Army, then Canadian Corps again --> 1919) Pontoon Bridging Units, Canadian Engineers 1 st Pontoon Bridging Transport Unit, Canadian Engineers (organized France May 1918 as 1 st Bgridging and Transport Section, Canadian Engineers, redesignated 13 September 1918), 1 st Canadian Division 2 nd Pontoon Bridging Transport Unit, Canadian Engineers (France: June 1918), 2 nd Canadian Division 3 rd Pontoon Bridging Transport Unit, Canadian Engineers (France: May 1918), 3 rd Canadian Division 4 th Pontoon Bridging Transport Unit, Canadian Engineers (France: May 1918), 4 th Canadian Division Misc Units, Canadian Engineers Canadian Corps Survey Section, CE Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Company, Canadian Engineers Signal Service, Canadian Engineers 1 st Canadian Divisional Signal Company, Canadian Engineers (France: 11 February > demobilized Toronto May 1919)

6 2 nd Canadian Divisional Signal Company, C.E. (France: September > demobilized Toronto 1919) 3 rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company, C.E. * (Organized in France: December > demobilized Ottawa 1919) 4 th Canadian Divisional Signal Company, C.E.* (France: 12 August > Demobilized Toronto June 1919) * denotes unit of same name was disbanded upon arrival in England 5 th Canadian Divisional Signal Company, C.E. (France: August 1917 with 13 th and 14 th Brigades, Canadian Field Artillery) Field Companies and Battalions, Canadian Engineers 1 st 16 (7 x 2, 8 x2, 9 x 2, 13 x 2, 14 x 2) Field Company, Canadian Engineers (LAC pdf p. 4 Throughout most of the war, each division had three field companies of engineers and one pioneer battalion. In April 1918, however, a major reorganization took place and, as a result, each division had an Engineer Brigade consisting of three engineer battalions and a pontoon bridging transport unit. ) 1 st Field Company, Canadian Engineers, France: 12 February 1915, 1 st Canadian Divisional Engineers --> May 1918 (absorbed by 1 st Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 2 nd Field Company, Canadian Engineers, France: 12 February 1915, 1 st Canadian Divisional Engineers --> May 1918 (Absorbed by 2 nd Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 3 rd Field Company, Canadian Engineers, France: 11 February 1915, 1 st Canadian Divisional Engineers --> May 1918 (absorbed by 3 rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 4 th Field Company, Canadian Engineers, France: 16 September 1915, 2 nd Canadian Divisional Engineers --> June 1918 (absorbed by 4 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 5 th Field Company, Canadian Engineers, France: 16 September 1915, 2 nd Canadian Divisional Engineers --> June 1918 (absorbed by 5 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 6 th Field Company, Canadian Engineers, France: 17 September 1915, 2 nd Canadian Divisional Engineers --> June 1918 (absorbed by 6 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 7th Field Company (1916), Canadian Engineers, France: 7 April 1916, 3 rd Canadian Divisional Engineers -->?? (absorbed by 7 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 8 th Field Company, Canadian Engineers (Shorncliffe) France: 27 March 1916m 3 rd Canadian Divisional Engineers --> May 1918 (Absorbed by 8 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 9 th Field Company, Canadian Engineers (Shorncliffe) France: 21 May 1916, 3 rd Canadian Divisional Engineers --> May 1918 (absorbed by 9 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers)

7 10 th Field Company, Canadian Engineers France: 11 August, 1916, 4 th Canadian Divisional Engineers --> May 1918 (absorbed by 10 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 11 th Field Company, Canadian Engineers, Redesignated 11 th Field Company 1 June 1916, France: 15 August 1916m 4 th Canadian Divisional Engineers --> May 1918 (absorbed by 11 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 12 th Field Company, Canadian Engineers, France: 12 August 1916, 4 th Canadian Divisional Engineers --> May 1918 (absorbed by 12 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers) 1 st Battalion, Canadian Engineers May > demobilized May 1919 in Winnipeg, 1 st Canadian Engineer Brigade 2 nd Battalion, Canadian Engineers May > demobilized May 1919 in Winnipeg, 1 st Canadian Engineer Brigade 3 rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers May > demobilized May 1919 in Winnipeg, 1 st Canadian Engineer Brigade 4 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, June > demobilized May 1919 Toronto, 2 nd Canadian Engineer Brigade 5 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, June > demobilized May 1919 Toronto, 2 nd Canadian Engineer Brigade 6 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, June > demobilized May 1919 Ottawa, 2 nd Canadian Engineer Brigade 7 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, May > demobilized March 1919, 3 rd Canadian Engineer Brigade 8 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, May > demobilized March 1919, 3 rd Canadian Engineer Brigade 9 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, May > demobilized March 1919, 3 rd Canadian Engineer Brigade 10 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, May > demobilized June 1919, 4 th Canadian Engineer Brigade 11 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, May > demobilized June 1919, 4 th Canadian Engineer Brigade 12 th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, May > demobilized June 1919, 4 th Canadian Engineer Brigade Canadian Railway Troops

8 Corps of Canadian Railway Troops --> on arrival in France came under the command of Brigadier- General J.W. Stewart, a Canadian who was Deputy Director General Transportation (Construction) at British General Headquarters (LAC pdf p. 4) March 1917: Admin HQ of Canadian Railway Troops at General HQ est. ( not connected with the Canadian Corps. [LAC pdf. 4] ) Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps (France: 25 August 1915, attached to 2 nd and 6 th Divisions of Belgian Army, later Royal Engineer, absorbed 23 April 1918) 1 st 14 th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops No. 1 Canadian Bridging Company (arrived in Egypt 29 September 1918 [Egypt Expeditionary Force] ) No. 1 3 Section, Skilled Railway Employees No. 58 Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company No. 13 Canadian Light Railway Operating Company No. 85 th (Canadian) Engine Crew Company No. 69 Wagon Erecting Company (Broad Gauge Railways) Cavalry Canadian Cavalry Brigade Royal Canadian Dragoons (Canadian Cavalry Brigade) Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians [Canadian Cavalry Brigade] Canadian Light Horse (Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment formed 19 May 1916 from the 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd Canadian Divisional Cavalry Squadrons, 21 February 1917: redesignated Canadian Light Horse --> March 1919 demobilized) --> A Squadron: 19 th Alberta Dragoons, B Squadron: 1 st Canadian Hussars, C Squadron: 16th Canadian Mounted Rifles )16 th Light Horse) 2 nd Canadian Divisional Cavalary War Diarty stops May ( War diary for 2 nd Canadian Divisional Cavalry discontinued form this date and [information?] will covered by that of Canadian Corps Cavalry Regt in future (LAC war diaries) --> Gaps in war diaries for Canadian Light Horse, none for squadrons, some regiments missing, 1 st Canadian Hussars' stops at May <-- Fort Garry Horse Canadian Cavalry Regiment Depot

9 Cyclists 1 st Divisional Cyclist Company, France: 10 February 1915, 1 st Canadian Division, May 1916: Absorbed by Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalions 2 nd Divisional Cyclist Company, France: 15 September 1915, 2 nd Canadian Division, May 1916: Absorbed by Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion 3 rd Divisional Cyclist Company, France: 27 March 1916, 3 rd Canadian Division, 20 May 1916: Absorbed by Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion 4 th Divisional Cyclist Company, May 1916: broken up in England Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion May > April 1919 (demobilized) [war diary -> B and C company report to 1 st Canadian Division Oct for upcoming operation, returned next day] Canadian Reserve Cyclist Company Depot Battalions Divisional Ammunition Columns 1 st Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column (591) (France: 12 February 1915, 1 st Canadian Divisional Artillery --> March 1919) 2 nd Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column, France: 17 September 1915, 2 nd Canadian Divisional Artillery --> May rd Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column, France: 15 July 1916, 3 rd Canadian Divisional Artillwry --> February th Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column, Mobilized at Bouvigny Huts on 25 June Returned to England 26 Apri 1919 (LAC pdf 47) 5 th Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column, France: 22 August > 1919 Employment Companies 1 st Canadian Divisional Employment Company (France: 10 June > February 1919) 2 nd Canadian Divisional Employment Company (Organized in France June > February 1919) 3 rd Canadian Divisional Employment Company (June 1917 ) 4 th Canadian Divisional Employment Company (France: 9 June > 27 January 1919)

10 5 th Canadian Divisional Employment Company (France: 29 June 1917, 11 August 1917: Redesignated 5 th Canadian Area Employment Company --> February 1919) 6 th Canadian Divisional Employment Company (Formed in France August > January 1919) 7 th Canadian Divisional Employment Company (Formed in France September > January 1919) 8 th Canadian Divisional Employment Company (Formed in France September 1917, British V and XIII Corps --> October November > Canadian Corps --> May 1919 (after absorbing 3 corps) 9 th Canadian Divisional Employment Company (July > February 1919) Entrenching Battalions 1 st Canadian Entrenching Battalion (disbanded September 1917 [Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp created] ) 2 nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion (October 1917: Combined with 2 nd Canadian Divisional Training Battalion --> 2 nd Divisional Wing Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp) 3 rd Canadian Entrenching Battalion (disbanded September 1917 [Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp created] ) 4 th Canadian Entrenching Battalion (disbanded September 1917 [Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp created] ) Infantry Works Companies 1 st Canadian Infantry Works Companies, September 1918: organized from 1 st Canadian Infantry Works Battalion, mostly under Royal Engineers' supervision --> May nd Canadian Infantry Works Companies, September 1918: from 2 nd Canadian Infantry Works Battalions, under supervision of 2 nd Canadian Tramways Company. April 1919: Combined with 1 st Canadian Infantry Works company 3 rd Canadian Infantry Works Companies, September 1918: from 1 st Canadian Infantry Works Battalion. Mainly under Royal Engineers --> May th Canadian Infantry Works Companies (September 1918 from 2 nd Canadian Infantry Works Battalion, projects under Royal Engineers and 1 st /2nd Canadian Tramways Companies --> January 1919 Labour Battalions Railway construction under British until November 1917: 2 --> Canadian Corps, 2 --> Canadian Railway Troops [LAC pdf 3] 1 st Canadian Labour Battalion (France: 11 January > March 1918 (1 st Canadian Works Battalion) 2 nd Canadian Labour Battalion (France: 10 February 1917, 21 November 1917: 12 th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops) 3 rd Canadian Labour Battalion (France: February 1917, 29 November 1917: 11 th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops)

11 4 th Canadian Labour Battalion (France: 15 March 1917, 28 March 1918: 2 nd Canadian Infantry Works Battalion) Machine Gun Units Machine Gun Squadron, Canadian Cavalry Brigade 1-19 Canadian Machine Gun Company (mostly attached to brigades in Canadian Divisions until detached in 1917 to form Divisional Machine Gun Battalions) 1 st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade (France: 17 June 1915, 1 st Canadian Division), 8 June 1918: Reorganized, absorbed other units --> nd Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade (June 1918: Formed in France) Borden's Motor Machine Gun Battery (France: 15 September 1915, 2 nd Canadian Division --> 12 July 1916) Eaton Motor Machine Gun Battery (France: 25 February 1916, 3 rd Canadian Division --> 12 July 1916) 1 st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, Formed 27 March 1918 (Reorganization of 1 st Canadian Divisional Machine Gun Battalion --> 1919) 2 nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps (21 March 1918: Formed in France [Reorganization of 2 nd Canadian Divisional Machine Gun Battalion] --> 1919) 3 rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps (19 March 1918: Formed in France [Reorganization of 3 rd Canadian Divisional Machine Gun Battalion] --> 1920) 4 th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps (23 March 1918: Formed in France [reorganization of 4 th Canadian Divisional Machine Gun Battalion] --> 1920] Canadian Machine GunTraining Depot Canadian Machine Gun Corps Depot 2 nd Canadian Tank Battalion, CMGC (England: October > 1920) 3 rd Canadian Tank Battalion, CMGC October 1918: Organized, November 1918: Demobilized Miscellaneous Infantry Units Young Soldiers' Battalion 1 st Canadian Casualty Training Battalion (October 1916 February 1917)

12 No.1 Jewish Reinforcement Draft Miscellaneous Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre Canadian Remount Depot No. 100 Canadian Remount Squadron 3 rd Divisional Mounted Police (no info) Trench Mortar Batteries and Groups Each division had a trench mortar group, which was composed of one heavy battery and three medium batteries. (LAC pdf 3) 1 st Canadian Divisional Trench Mortar Group (March 1916: Formed in Belgium --> 17 November 1918) 2 nd Canadian Divisional Trench Mortar Group (December 1915: Organized in Belgium -->?) 3 rd Canadian Divisional Trench Mortar Group (May 1916: Formed near Sanctuary Wood --> 15 November 1918) 4 th Canadian Divisional Trench Mortar Group (July 1917: Organized in France -->?) 5 th Canadian Trench Mortar Group December > 16 November Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery (mostly formed from personnel from Canadian Infantry Brigades) 35 th Trench Mortar Battery ( Unit of 1 st Canadian Division ) 46 th Trench Mortar Battery ( Unit of 1 st Canadian Division ) Tunnelling Companies and Canadian Engineers0 No. 1 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers (France: 16 February > 12 July 1918) No. 2 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers (France: 10 March 1916, 2 nd Canadian Division --> 6 July 1918) No. 3 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers (December 1915: Organized. Formed by absorbing the brigade mining sections of 1 st and 2 nd Canadian Divisions [LAC pdf 10] --> 1919) No. 4 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers (24 August 1916: Absorbed by Canadian Engineers Training Depot)

13 Canadian Army Veterinary Corps A Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section, Canadian Calvary Brigade No. 1 Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section, France: 11 February 1915, 1 st Canadian Division --> 28 March 1919 (28) No. 2 Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section, France: 16 February 1915, 2 nd Canadian Division -->?? returned to England, disbanded 1920 No. 3 Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section, France: 2 March 1916, 3 rd Canadian Division --> 1919 (England) No. 4 Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section, France: 16 August 1916, 4 th Canadian Division -->??, disbanded 1920 No. 1 Canadian Veterinary Hospital No. 2 Canadian Veterinary Hospital Canadian Corps Veterinary Evacuating Station

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