1945-04-05

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(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk)
veterans' land act-victoria and

Mr. HATFIELD:: 1.	How many farms have been purchased in the counties of Victoria and Carleton, New Brunswick, under the Veterans' Land Act?
2.	From vdiom was each purchased?
3.	What was the price paid for each farm'?
4.	How many of these farms have been settled upon by veterans?
5.	If they are not all settled, what provision is being made to keep the farms under cultivation until they are settled?


Mr. MACKENZIE (Vancouver Centre):: The undernoted answers are restricted to farm properties as distinct from acreage acquired for small holding purposes.
1.	25.
2.	Arthur Le Bel, C. H. Grath, Mrs. S. Rideout, R. Green, W. B. McIntyre, Mrs. R. Clark, J. P. Millie, W. Murchie, C. Wilson,
H.	Black, Mrs. J. MacBride, A. White, C. Culberson, D. C. Smith, Mrs. L. M. Daye,
L.	Kilpatrick, J. H. Kilpatrick, R. W. Williamson, W. Pryor, Mrs. M. J. Hayward, T. Neill,
J.	Jewett, R. B. Tompkins, A. W. Wilson
H.	Webb.
3.	$2,000,	$4,250,	$3,800,	$3,600,	$3,800$4,000.	$1,800,	$2,800,	$4,500,	$2,750.	$3 000$4,600,	$4,000,	$2,000,	$2,800,	$2,300,	$6,200,$2,000,	$1,200,	$3,950,	$3,100,	$4,000,	$165o'

4.	None.
5.	Properties acquired in advance of settlement are maintained in at least as good con-

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dition as when purchased, and wherever possible improved, by arranging for their operation under individually negotiated lease agreements which take into consideration such factors as repairs to fencing and drainage, improvement of water supply, running repairs to buildings, cultural practices for the improvement of the state of cultivation, erosion control and the seeding in some cases of areas to legumes and grasses. The possibility of arranging an appropriate lease is an influencing factor in determining whether a specific property will or will not be purchased.
st. John's, nfld., barracks Mr. FRASER (Peterborough West):
1.	Is there a naval or other barracks situated on the south side of the harbour at St. John's, Newfoundland ?
2.	If so, what is the total cost of the barracks?
3.	Have these barracks been put in use?
4.	If so, to what use were they put?
5.	If not, when will they be used?


Mr. MACDONALD (Kingston City):: 1.	There is a naval barracks on the south side of the harbour at St. John's, Newfoundland, which was built to accommodate naval personnel employed in the new machine shops, storehouses, etc., which have been erected on the south side of St. John's harbour in order to increase the ship repairs facilities at that port. All these buildings were constructed with the approval of the British admiralty, and at their cost, but under the supervision of the Canadian naval service. The title to and ownership of all these lands and buildings is vested in the British admiralty, and the Canadian government is responsible only for their operation and maintenance.
2.	Total cost $747,232.62, charged to admiralty account.
3.	Yes, but not to full capacity.
4.	Partially occupied for accommodation, recreation, headquarters of fire marshal and workshops.	-
5.	It had been planned to make full use of these facilities by May 1, 1945, but this depends upon the course of the battle of the
Premises	Lessor
Space on second floor of Snell block, Gaetz ave.. Harold J. Snell... Two-room suite in Metro
block, Gaetz ave	Dr. F. E. Dodds

Adjoining office on second floor of Metro block,
Gaetz ave	Dr. F. E. Dodds....
Three-room suite on second floor of Metro block,
Gaetz ave	Dr. F. E. Dodds

Atlantic and also upon the operational requirements of the admiralty.


TRANS-CANADA AIR LINES-GANDER, NFLD.
Mr. FRASER (Peterborough West):: 1.	Does the T.C.A. have property at Gander, Newfoundland ?
2.	If so, what has been the cost of construction and maintenance of this property?
3.	Of wrhat does this property consist?
4.	What staff is employed on this property?


Mr. CHEVRIER:: 1.	Trans-Canada Air Lines does not own any property at Gander, Newfoundland, but does own radio and aircraft servicing equipment at that point as well as certain office furniture and furnishings in buildings rented from the R.C.A.F. used as offices and for accommodation of passengers.
2.	Total value of this equipment is $45,809.83.
3.	Answered by No. 1.
4.	Total T.C.A. staff at Gander consists of twelve men.


TRANS-CANADA AIR LINES-TORBAY, NFLD.
Mr. FRASER (Peterborough West):: 1.	Has the T.C.A. property at Torbay, Newfoundland ?
2.	If so, what expenditures have been made on this property?
3.	What staff is employed on this property?


Mr. CHEVRIER:: 1.	Trans-Canada Air Lines does not own any property at Torbay, Newfoundland, but does own radio and aircraft servicing equipment at that point as well as certain office furniture.
2.	Total value of this equipment is $8,493.37.
3.	Total T.C.A. staff at Torbay consists of fourteen men.


RED DEER, ALTA., DOMINION GOVERNMENT OFFICE SPACE
Mr. SHAW:: 1.	What is the total annual amount of rent paid by the government of Canada for buildings and/or office space rented for government use in the city of Red Deer, Alberta?
2.	From whom are the properties rented and what is the amount of rent paid in each case?
3.	What use is made of the space thus rented?


Mr. FOURNIER (Hull):: Annual
Occupants	Rental
Department of Veterans Affairs- $3,216
Wartime Prices and Trade Board.. 360
Wartime Prices and Trade Board.. 300
Unemployment Insurance Commission	 660
Total	 $4,536
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The lease -of the three-room suite in the Metro block for the accommodation of the unemployment insurance commission expires on May 9, 1945. The unemployment insurance commission has advised that this space is not suitable and requested that larger quarters be provided. To meet their present requirements, authority has been given to lease space in the Snell block, Gaetz avenue, at an annual rental of $2,280, fixed by the rentals administrator.


PREFABRICATED HOUSES-LIVERPOOL, N.S.
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M.	GILLIS:
1.	What was the total cost of building prefabricated houses at Liverpool, Nova Scotia?
2.	What was the unit cost of building prefabricated houses at Liverpool, Nova Scotia?
Mr. CHEVR1ER:
1.
Cost of land and land improvements for 75 houses	 $112,716 25
Cost of construction of 50 houses 152,968 82 Cost of equipment (stoves, etc.) 3,619 46
Total	 $269,304 53
2.
Type H3 & H4 28 houses average
cost	 $ 2,855 00
Type H13 & H14 15 houses average cost	 3,491 00
Type H21 & H22 7 houses average cost	 2,952 00
Total	 $152,969 99
(Without services or land)
Note: It was originally intended that 75 houses be built at Liverpool. After construction had been started, industry advised that instead of 75 houses, 50 only would be required. In the .meantime the underground work had been completed. The building material for the extra 25 houses was then shipped to Halifax and is now being erected there.

Mr. GILLIS:: 1.	What equity has the Canadian government in the Clare Ship Building Company in their plant at Meteghan, Nova Scotia?
2.	What was the value of land and building expropriated for construction?
3.	What was the total cost of dredgng and for building of the docks?
4.	What was the marine railway expenditure?
5.	What was the value of lend-lease equipment and the conditions of contracting?


Mr. CHEVRIER:: 1.	$51,161, which includes $46,661 paid to private property owners for expropriation of lands, and $4,500 fire fighting equipment.

2.	$46,661 paid to private property owners. No evaluation has been made or funds paid for property expropriated from the Province of Nova Scotia and the Clare Ship Building Company.
3.	The cost of dredging alongside of and extension to the government public wharf was $78,965.01. No new dock was built.
4.	There was no expenditure by the Canadian government for a marine railway.
5.	Nil.


FISHERIES DEPARTMENT-OFFICES IN SYDNEY, N.S.
Mr. GILLIS:: 1.	Has the Department of Fisheries an office in Sydney, Nova Scotia?
2.	If so, where is it located, giving street, address, and so on?
3.	From whom is it rented?
4.	What rental is paid per annum?


Mr. FOURNIER (Hull):: 1.	Yes.
2.	Three offices on second floor of Masonic building, 4 Dorchester street.
3.	John MacNeil, K.C.
4.	$498 per-annum.


ALASKA HIGHWAY-HAINES CUT-OFF
Mr. BLACK (Yukon):: 1.	Why was the road built by the United States from Haines, Alaska, to connect with the Alaska highway abandoned?
2.	Will the government undertake opening and maintaining that road as a highway from tideivater into Yukon, or even thait portion of it within Canada connecting with Whitehorse, Yukon, for use in developing the valuable Canadian mineral deposits served by it?


Mr. MACKENZIE KING:: 1.	The government has received no notification from the United States government of any decision to abandon the road.
2.	This is a matter requiring consideration by the government on which no statement can be made at present.


NOVA SCOTIA AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND REGIMENT
Mr. BLACK (Cumberland):: 1.	What was the embarkation strength of the Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island regiment (North Novas) ?
2.	How many reinforcements have been assigned to this regiment since it went overseas?
3.	How many casualties have been reported in this regiment since embarkation?
4.	How many have been casualties for two or more times?
5.	How many have been reported as fatal casualties or missing?
6.	How many have been reported as prisoners of war?

Questions


Mr. ABBOTT:: I have already spoken, to the hon. member who asked this question. Most of the information asked for is considered to be such as it is not in the public interest or in the interest of security to give publicity; I may be able to give some of it privately. I therefore ask that the question be dropped.


Mr. SPEAKER:: Dropped.


CANOL PROJECT
Mr. BLACK (Yukon):: 1.	In view of the public announcement that the Canol project in Yukon and Northwest Territories will close down June 30, next, will the agreement between the governments of Canada land the United States of America be carried out, namely, that a valuation of the project he made and the government of Canada given a three months option to purchase it at the appraised value?
2.	Will the government of Canada purchase the property and continue it in operation for the development of Yukon and northern British Columbia?
3.	Has the government considered and discussed with the governments of the United States of America, of Alaska and of British Columbia the advisability of jointly operating the project for the development and benefit of Yukon, Alaska and northern British Columbia?


Mr. MACKENZIE KING:: 1.	The agreement referred to between the Canadian and United States governments continues to be in effect.
2.	This is a matter to which careful consideration will continue to be given by the government. No definite information can be given at present.
3.	No such discussions have taken place although there have been general discussions with the United States government about the future of the project.


CANADIAN ARMED FORCES-DRUMMONDVILLE DISTURBANCES
Mr. CHOQUETTE:: 1.	Has an investigation been made into the Drummondville incident which occurred on February 24 last?
2.	Who made the investigation, and has a report been submitted to the Minister of Justice?
3.	Has the Minister of Justice ordered an investigation?
4.	Is it the intention of the Minister of Justice to give instructions to that effect?
5.	Was Inspector Zaneth, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, authorized to give advance information to certain newspapermen about the raid that was to take place at Drummondville on February 24 last?
6.	If so, who authorized him?
7.	Were proceedings taken against such inspector?
8.	Is it the intention of the government to take such proceedings?
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9.	What is the country of origin of Inspector Zaneth?
10.	What is his racial origin?
11.	When did he enter Canada?
12.	Has he been naturalized? If so, on what
date ?
13.	How long has he been a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police?
14.	Does Inspector Zaneth speak French and English fluently?
Mr. ST. LAURENT:
1.	Y'es.
2.	The Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Yes.
3.	Answered by No. 2.
4.	Answered by No. 2
5.	No. He did not give any advance information.
6.	Answered by No. 5.
7.	Answered by No. 5.
8.	Answered by No. 5.
9.	Italy.
10.	Italian.
11.	In 1911.
12.	Yes. 17th January, 1915.
13.	Over 27 years.
14.	Yes. '


VOTING OF WIVES OF ARMED FORCES
Mr. HATFIELD:: Will there be any provision in the election act to entitle the wives of members of the armed forces to vote who have not resided in Canada a full year previous to the date of the election ?


Mr. McLARTY:: No.


WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD-PERMITS FOR MAKING OF DOUBLE-BREASTED COATS.
Mr. FRASER (Peterborough West):: 1.	Has the wartime prices and trade board or the controller of men's clothing issued any permits for the making of double-breasted coats?
2.	If so, to whom were the permits issued?


Mr. ILSLEY:: 1.	Yes.
2.	Permits for the making of doublebreasted coats were issued in the following instances:
(a)	In cases of physical deformity.
(b)	In cases where special physical measurements of the individual require a doublebreasted coat, such as extreme oversize or excessive corpulence.
(c)	Members and staffs of diplomatic corps,, or others enjoying diplomatic immunity.
(d)	Firemen, railway conductors, trainmen,, etc., (in each of these cases it is understood that double-breasted coats are permitted when vests are not worn with the uniform).
(e)	Upon presentation, of a, doctor's certificate testifying to the need of a doublebreasted garment in the case of special illness-
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TORONTO SHIPBUILDING PLANT
Mr. CHURCH:: 1.	Has the government decided to close the shipbuilding plant located at the Toronto harbour improvements at Meet street and Spadina avenue after war contracts are completed ?
2.	Will this plant be put to other civilian uses for shipbuilding, (a) during the present war; (b) after the war?
3.	What action has or will be taken in the matter?
4.	Has the government received any communications on this subject from the city of Toronto or other public bodies?
Mr. CHEVR1ER: This shipyard was built to meet a wartime emergency and is owned by the government. It is now engaged in building minesweepers for United Kingdom
account. It is not known now what action will be taken when present contracts are completed. Correspondence has been exchanged between the city of Toronto and the department with regard to the use to which the plant can be put when present contracts are completed.
exports, 1939-44 Mr. HANSELL:
1.	What are the totals of Canada's exports for the years 1939 to 1944 inclusive, to the following countries, (a) the United Kingdom; (b) United States; (c) Australia; (d) Argentina; (e) Spain; (f) Russia?
2.	What are the total imports for the same years from each of the above mentioned countries?


Mr. MacKINNON (Edmonton West):: 1 and 2.
Exports (Canadian Produce)
1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944(a) United King-	8	8	$	$	8	$dom 	328,099,242	508,095,949	658,228,354	741,716,647	1,032,646,964	1,235,030206(b) United States	380,392,047	442,984,157	' 599,713,463	885,523,203	1,149 232,444	1,301,322,402(c) Australia ...	32,028,744	33,860,272	37,289,830	78,865,637	46,685,907	43,513,019(d) Argentina ..	4,116,923	6,107215	7,172,104	4,164,516	3.676,780	3,644,997(e) Spain	210,819	346,824	239,679	10,609	169,021	89,801(f) Russia 	
Imports la) United King-	275,314	591	5231,405	36,602,778	57,660,335	103,264,280dom 	114,007,409	161,216,352	219.418,957	161,112,706	134,965,117	110,598,584Ib) United States 496,898,466	744,231,156	1,004,498,152 1,304.679,665	1,423,672,486	1,447,225,915*(c) Australia ...	11268,594	16,570,676	19,235,081	12,889,201	11,452,951	12,539,796(d) Argentina ...	4.406,456	6,541,862	4,763,752	9,738.479	10,198,617	9,563,674<e) Spain	662,516	1,110,777	519,766	406,270	907,708	3,024,203'(f) Russia 	442,948	98,779	78,038	108	2,533	16,188
veteran's land settlement-qu'appei.le


CONSTITUENCY
Mr. PERLEY:: 1.	How many farms have been purchased in the Qu'Appelle constituency to be used for the establishment of returned men, and from whom were such farms purchased?
2.	What was the amount paid per acre?
3.	How many options have been taken on farm properties?
4.	How many returned men have been established or settled on farms in Qu'Appelle constituency to date?
Mr. MACKENZIE (Vancouver Centre);
As at February 28, 1945.
While the property records do not take constituency boundaries into account, *in this instance it is possible to supply the information in the desired form.
1.	Eleven. M. E. Wilde, F. Horsley, Director of Soldier Settlement, F. O. Callin, Mrs. M. D. Woodward, Canadian Bank of Com-
1 Mr. Dsley.l
merce, Director of Soldier Settlement, Mrs. M. Murton, C. H. Murton, Schupp Estate, G. W. Prior.
2.	$11.10, inclusive of existing improvements.
3.	It is not the policy of the administration to take options. Forty-six farm properties have been approved for purchase in the Regina regional area, which includes Qu'Appelle constituency, but the transactions have not yet been completed.
4.	Two


POWELL RIVER W HARF
Mr. CRUICKSHANK:: 1.	Has the Powell river wharf been sold, if so, what provision has been made for fishing boats and other small craft?
2.	Have satisfactory temporary floats been provided ?
3.	What will be done to assist any boat owners who have lost their boats while docked at the temporary floats?

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4.	If any further boats are lost will the government replace them?
5.	How long will it be before the new West-view wharf is completed?
6.	Are the present approaches to the temporary floats considered safe?


Mr. FOURNIER (Hull):: 1.	(a) Yes; (b) The sale is subject to the condition that the company shall give proper accommodation at its own wharf to the present traffic at Powell River, until such time as suitable wharfage facilities have been provided by the crown for the use of the public at Westview.
2.	Temporary floats have been provided, but department is urging improvements in such.
3.	Matter under investigation.
4.	Answered by No. 3.
5.	December, 1945.
6.	Matter now' being investigated.


ROYAL COMMISSION ON PRISON REFORM
Mr. CHURCH:: 1.	What clauses of the royal commission on prison reform have been put into effect, and when ?
2.	Has any effort been made to establish the Borstal system in Canada?
3.	Why has it not been acted on, and is it the cost of the same that prevents any action?
4.	What action, if any, will be taken in pursuance of the remarks of the Honourable Chief Justice R. S. Robertson, of the court of appeal, Toronto, before the local council of women, in Toronto, yesterday, March 28, 1945, to the effect that "the methods used are a relic of fifty years ago," and the sentences shocked the court ?
5.	Is the intention to instal the Borstal system in 1945, on the lines of that established in England twenty-five years ago?
6.	Will an opportunity be given to deal with this matter before this session concludes?
Mr. ST. LAURENT:
1.	See list attached to return tabled the 18th April, 1944, in answer to question by Mr. Church dated the 9th March, 1944, as shown on Hansard, page 1303. In addition to the recommendations contained in the said list, the following have been implemented since April 1, 1944:
(1)	More powers given to wardens and classification board respecting dissociation of convicts.
(2)	More diversions for convicts approved of.
(3)	Basic increase of salaries under $2,100 has been granted, effective April 1, 1945.
(4)	Uniform of certain officers is now being made of the same material as that used for superior officers' uniform.
(5)	Free movement exercises have been extended over a much longer period.
(6)	Smoking is now permitted during physical exercise periods.
2.	The matter has been under consideration. See answer to question 1 of the said return, tabled the 18th April, 1944.
3.	See answer to question 2 hereof and statement by Minister of Justice on July 21, 1944, as reported in Hansard at page 5241, which stresses two reasons in addition to costs, namely, (a) the constitutional question involved owing to penitentiaries being under dominion jurisdiction and other prisons under provincial jurisdiction, and the necessity to have a general system applicable to all those condemned to detention, and (b) the difficulty of getting suitable personnel during the war.
4.	None at present by the Department of Justice. It would appear that the institution specially referred to is under provincial jurisdiction. See answer to question 3 hereof.
5.	No. See answers to questions 2 and 3 hereof.
6.	No provision has been made to allot special time for this matter at this session.


GENERAL MCNAUGHTON
Mr. ROSS (Souris):: 1.	Has General Andrew McNaughton at any time been granted superannuation or retiring allowance from the federal treasury?
2.	If so, what amount annually and when was
it paid?	_
3.	At what date and on what basis was said superannuation or retiring allowance granted?


Mr. ILSLEY:: 1.	No.
2	and 3. Answered by No. 1.


VETERANS' LAND SETTLEMENT-MANITOBA
Mr. ROSS (Souris):: 1.	How many farms have been purchased in the province of Manitoba to date under the Veterans' Land Act?
2.	In what municipalities and how many in
3.	What average price per acre was paid for these farms?
4.	How many of these farms have been settled upon by veterans?


Mr. MACKENZIE (Vancouver Centre):: 1.	258.
2.	Rockwood, 7; Springfield, 2; St. Clemens, 1; Tache, 1; Brokenhead, 4; Woodlands, 2; Rosser, 1; Roland, 2; Dufferin, 3; Cartier, 2; Portage La Prairie, 10; Stanley, 1; Pembina, 13; Thompson, 3; Lome, 6; Louise, 5; Rob-lin, 2; Lansdowne, 2; Glenella, 1; Strathcona, 3; Rosedale, 3; North Cypress, 1; Turtle Mountain, 3; Riverside, 1; Oakland, 6; Elton, 5; Odanah, 1; Dauphin, 2; Morton, 9; Whitewater, 11; Saskatchewan, 2; Glenwood, 8; Whitehead, 5; Daly, 6; Blanshard, 10; Strath-clair, 6; Gilbert Plains, 5; Cameron, 5; Winchester, 1; Sifton, 1; Woodworth, 9; Hamiota, 14; Grandview, 16; Brenda, 4; Shoal Lake, 1; Rossbum, 1; Miniota, 2; Birtle, 6; Minitonas,
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5; Swan River, 17; Ellice, 3; Russell, 1; Shellmouth, 4; Shell River, 10; East St, Paul, 1; West St. Paul, 2.
3.	$18.70, inclusive of existing improvements.
4.	Three.


FORT NORMAN OIL WELLS
Mr. BLACK (Yukon):: Is the army of the United States of America discontinuing the following activities now being carried on by it in Yukon and Northwest Territories through the agency of Standard Oil Company?
1.	The extraction of oil from wells at Fort Norman in the Northwest Territories?
2.	The piping of oil from said wells to a refinery at Whitehorse, Yukon?
3.	The operation of said oil refinery?
4.	The piping of gasoline from said refinery to Fairbanks, Alaska, and to Watson Lake, Yukon?
5.	If so discontinued, will the government of Canada undertake to continue the production of oil and oil products for the use and benefit of industries and residents of northern Canada?


Mr. MACKENZIE KING:: 1,	2, 3 and 4. According to information received from the United States government the answer to these questions is in the affirmative.
5.	There are many factors involved in any such decision and these are at present under examination. Any decision with regard to the future use of wartime installations will, of course, not necessarily affect the continuation of commercial oil operations centred at Port Norman.



QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS


Mr. FRASER (Peterborough West):: 1.	Has the War Assets Corporation sold any air force boots?
2.	If so, to what firms were they sold?
3.	How miany pairs were sold?
4.	At what price were they sold per pair?


THOMPSON MACHINERY COMPANY, LIVERPOOL, NOVA SCOTIA
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M. GILLIS:
. 1* What equity has the Canadian government in the Thompson Machinery Company located at Liverpool, Nova Scotia?
2. What depreciation of excess profits was al lowed this company to cover wartime construction and garage installations at Liverpool Nova Scotia?
Mr. CASTLEDEN:: 1.	What quantities of beef have been shipped to, (a) United States; (b) Great Britain, in in each year since 1940?
2.	What is Canada's home consumption of beef in each year since 1940?
3.	What was the cattle population of Canada as on January 1 for each year since 1940?

4.	Has (there been any request for Canada to ship (a) beef; (b) cattle, to the United States or Great Britain?
5.	What quantities of beef have been shipped to other countries in 1944?


WARTIME INFORMATION BOARD-SPEAKERS
Mr. FRASER (Peteborough West):: 1.	Have speakers been engaged by the wartime information board to speak in Canada, the United States or elsewhere?
2.	If so, in what places did they speak?
3.	Who were the speakers in each place?
4.	Did they receive any money for speaking? In (a) fees; (b) travelling expenses?
5.	If so, what speakers received money?
6.	What was the amount of each payment?


CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION GROUNDS, TORONTO
Mr. CHURCH:: 1.	How many soldiers are housed at the Canadian national exhibition grounds, Toronto, and from what active units?
2.	Will this property be given back to the city as soon as possible?
3.	What buildings are being used for demobilization purposes?
4.	What amount has been spent by the government on tile above property since the war started; were tenders called for such work, and what amount has been spent on repairs, renovations and new additions to buildings?
5.	What department made such repairs and who was in charge of same for the government?
6.	Was this camp used for Toronto soldiers or those from units from all parts of Canada?
7.	Have any requests been received from the Canadian national exhibition or the city to terminate the existing lease when the navy move to their new barracks and the R.C.A.F. to Trenton ?
8.	How many soldiers housed at the above grounds will be going overseas (active), and how many are of the home guard, on administrative work or district depot work?



CANADIAN ARMED FORCES


Mr. CHURCH:: 1.	Does the rule for members of the forces, that they must not write to the newspapers or speak at public meetings apply, (a) to press liaison officers: (b) to public relations officers and publicity department officers of all classes?
2.	Do these various officials wear uniforms; are they part of the military establishment and, if so, what rank?
3.	What are their travelling hotel and all other expenses and allowances since the war started ?
4.	What officers or officials in No. 2 district have delivered public speeches in Toronto, offending the said city, and what are their salaries, emoluments and travelling expenses since the war started?



MOTIONS FOR PAPERS


Mr. LACOMBE:: For an itemized statement showing the amounts paid, the names of the persons to whom

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they were paid, by the Empire Parliamentary Association, on account of the government grant of $25,000 for the conference held in Ottawa in 1943.



UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COMMISSION- RENTAL OF PREMISES IN REGINA

Mr. KNOWLES:: For a copy of maximum rental decision No. S1-20-G915, dated September 8, 1944, giving the 'approval of the rentals administration of the wartime prices and trade board to an increase in the rental for certain premises rented for the unemployment insurance commission, from the Bank of Montreal, in the city of Regina.



PEMBINA, ALTA., FLOOD CONDITIONS-

Mr. KUHL:: For a copy of all correspondence and all other documents passed between the government or any department thereof and the government of the province of Alberta from April, 1944, to the present date, concerning the Pembina valley flood situation in the province of Alberta.



RADIO BROADCASTING


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On the orders of the day:
Mr. J. G. DIEFENBAKER (Lake Centre):: I should like to ask a question, of the Minister of National War Services. During the holidays I was in Saskatchewan and I found that in that province applications for sales of shares of companies to operate new radio stations at Prince Albert and Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, are being asked for. I am informed that a similar campaign is going on in Alberta. The other day I directed a question regarding this matter to the Minister of Munitions and Supply, and now I wish to direct a question to the Minister of National War Services. Has the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation made any recommendation to the -minister regarding the issue of licences for the operation of new radio stations at the places I have named, and before such licences are issued are the public to have an opportunity to make representations as to whether or not licences should be issued in those provinces?
Hon, L. R. LaFLECHE (Minister of National War Services):	I have great
pleasure in confirming what my colleague the Minister of Munitions and Supply (Mr. Howe) said the other day, that the board of governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has not recommended the issue of licences for stations at Prince Albert, Gravelbourg and Edmonton. I trust that my reassurance will be accepted by my hon. friend. As to persons having an opportunity to make known to the board of governors their views on the matter, anyone who wishes to communicate with them may do so. Certainly if my hon. friend has
something to say he has every right to communicate with the board.



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Hon. H. A. BRUCE (Parkdale):: Has the Minister of Agriculture, on behalf of the government, signed an agreement with the British authorities for the provision of additional amounts of meat and other farm products during the coming year? If so, will this involve the reintroduction of meat rationing in Canada and, if so, at what date will this be made effective?


Hon. J. G. GARDINER (Minister of Agriculture) :: Yesterday Colonel Llewellin, the British minister of food, and I signed three contracts. The first was for the delivery of all possible quantities of bacon and ham for the year 1946. A contract is in existence now for the delivery of all possible bacon and ham for 1945. We also signed a contract for the delivery of all possible quantities of beef to Great Britain during 1946. A contract is in existence already for 1945 providing for a minimum quantity of fifty million pounds of beef. A maximum quantity is also set out in the contract, but there is on file a cable received from the British ministry of food last summer indicating that they were prepared to take under that contract all the beef they could obtain from Canada, so that in effect there is no maximum quantity under the contract for beef for 1945. The other contract which was signed yesterday covers eggs, and is for quantities somewhat greater than we delivered last year; but the British are prepared to accept even greater quantities of eggs than are covered by the contract if it is possible for us to ship them.
The second question has to do with government policy, and the matter is still under consideration.


Mr. SENN:: Would the minister inform the house whether there is anything in the contracts with regard to the prices to be realized for these various commodities.


James Garfield Gardiner: The price of bacon and ham is the same price that has been in the contract for the last two years, 1944 and 1945. The price for beef is the same as in the contract for 1945.


Mark Cecil Senn: What about eggs?


James Garfield Gardiner: The price for eggs is on a little different basis, because a considerable proportion of the eggs going this year are shelled eggs as againt dried eggs last year; but the prices are approximately the same.
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PRODUCTION BONUS ON HOGS

Mr. E. E. PERLEY (Qu'Appelle):: Is the minister aware that there will be a very coip-siderable decrease in the production, of hogs in western Canada? Only to-day I had a letter from one farmer who raised two hundred and fifty hogs last year and who will not raise more than one hundred this year. The farmers are concerned about the bonus paid on A-l and B-l grades of hogs. Will the minister say whether he is considering increasing the bonus to what it was before it was reduced last year, and making it uniform throughout Canada, in order to encourage the production of hogs this year?


James Garfield Gardiner: I do not know that I can give any definite information with regard to the production of hogs, except as it is shown in the figures with regard to marketing, but the present position in regard to the marketing of hogs is that deliveries to date this year, together with estimated deliveries for the remainder of the year, would indicate the marketing of about the same number of hogs in 1945 as were marketed in 1943. It is true that marketings were very considerably higher in 1944, and as compared with last year our marketings will be down this year.
The question of the payment of higher premiums has to be considered in the light of what has been done elsewhere. It is true that the legislature of the province of Saskatchewan passed a resolution asking that these premiums be increased to $5 on a grade A hog and I think $3 on a grade B, and the .legislature of the province of Alberta has either passed or is considering a similar resolution. I have replied to persons writing from both these provinces saying that at the present time we are paying a premium of S3 on a grade A and $2 on a B-l hog, and that this premium applies right across Canada. Ontario is paying an additional premium of one dollar on A's and 50 cents on B-l's and each of the other provinces, from Ontario to the Atlantic, is giving some additional assistance over and above that given by the federal government in order to induce greater production of hogs. I have suggested to those writing from both provinces that I do not know of any reason why they should not do the same thing, and I have based that on the experience we have had with other provinces. Cheese was the first product considered from that point of view. Most of the cheese is produced in Ontario and Quebec, and when we were asked to increase the premium on cheese all across Canada we pointed out that to do so would probably bring into competition with the natural cheese producers of Canada, cheese producers in other .
areas. Therefore we said that if these provinces desired to have a higher premium and consequently greater production they ought to pay the premium and they have done so.
The same has happened in connection with hogs, as I have indicated. A proposal has been made that we should guarantee prices of potatoes. We have made the same type of statement in that regard, that to do so might interfere with production and with marketing in certain areas. All I have to say with regard to the resolutions passed in the province is that they have it in their power to put an additional premium on hogs if they so desire.


Mr. CRUICKSHANK:: Is the minister sure of the fact that it is uniform across Canada?


James Garfield Gardiner: It is uniform as far as we are concerned. We pay $3 for A hogs and $2 for B-l hogs anywhere in Canada.



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Mr. J. H. HARRIS (Danforth):: I should like to give notice of a question I wish to ask the Minister of Munitions and Supply; I regret that I have not had the opportunity to send him formal notice. Will he give consideration to making a statement with regard to housing conditions in the large centres of population, particularly having in mind the representations made to him on behalf of the large metropolitan area of Toronto, for those who find themselves without proper housing accommodation and who feel that the responsibility for the lack of this accommodation is perhaps partly a federal matter? I would ask the minister to consider giving a statement before the house rises.


Hon. C. D. HOWE (Minister of Munitions and Supply):: I must advise my hon. friend that responsibility for housing rests with the Department of Finance. My own responsibility is limited to providing housing for war workers, though that has been extended at times to meet emergent conditions.


Joseph Henry Harris: Then may I ask the indulgence of the house to make it a joint question to the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Munitions and Supply.



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Mr. N. J. M. LOCKHART (Lincoln) I should like to supplement what the hon. member for Danforth (Mr. Harris) has just said.
I wonder if a statement could be made in the near future advising the people who are now in wartime houses what their position will be.

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They are very much concerned now particularly since we have been getting good war news; they are afraid something may develop that will be detrimental to them, and I think it would be only fair to let them know what their position will be.


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The house resumed from Tuesday, April 3, consideration in committee of a resolution to grant to His Majesty certain sums of money for the carrying out of measures consequent upon the existence of a state of war-Mr. Ilsley-Mr. Bradette in the chair.

William Lyon Mackenzie King: Before the Minister of
National Defence for Naval Services proceeds in committee I would ask hon. members to allow me to make a brief general statement which is applicable to the forces in all the services. The statement will, I think, facilitate discussion in the committee in reference to all the services.
With the war in Europe progressing towards a satisfactory conclusion, it is opportune that I should outline briefly the further service which may be required from our Canadian sea, -land and air forces under the circumstances which will exist when victory in Europe has been achieved, and in particular that I should indicate the part which it is proposed Canada thereafter will undertake in the war against Japan.
In Europe it is necessary not only to secure complete victory, but that achievement must be confirmed, and the continued maintenance of peace assured. Where needed, after the cessation of military operations, the inter-allied army will continue in occupation of Germany. The size of this force has been set to give continuing assurance that Germany will not be able to resist or evade the settlement which will be imposed on her.
The burden of maintaining this force will be shared among the allies and all will be appropriately represented.
From time to time, as progress is made, and as considerations of safety and security permit, reductions will be made in the size of this army of occupation.
The quota which Canada has undertaken to maintain is modest having regard to our resources and to our direct interest in the maintaining and safeguarding of the peace of the world.
Immediately following the cessation of hostilities in northwest Europe, progressive reduction in the numbers of our soldiers and airmen overseas will commence. This will proceed at the maximum rate which is possible with available shipping. The world supply of ships is very limited and these have to be shared to meet the needs of all. It is therefore to be expected that some time must elapse before our forces can be reduced to the small continuing quota required in the allied forces for the occupation of Germany.
As hon. members of the house are aware, the Canadian navy has been deployed primarily to assist in the maintenance of the security of the shipping routes in the north Atlantic. As stated last night by the Minister of National Defence for Naval Services, these requirements will continue for some time and are a first charge on our capacity.
It has been the policy of the allies up to the present to concentrate against Germany ail the forces which could be employed there.
As matters have worked out, the United States with forces which they have had available have been able to develop a tremendous assault against Japan. Recently a British naval force has joined the United States fleet in the Japanese theatre.
In Canada these plans have meant that, excepting the expeditions to Hong Kong and the Aleutians, practically the whole of our military effort has been applied in the war in Europe. In consequence the question of our participation in the further efforts which must be made in the east has had to be left for final decision until the -time approached when we would be free to turn our attention to that theatre.
The Pacific is a region of vast distances. Transportation which was a difficult problem in Europe and a limiting factor on all our operations, will be even more difficult in that theatre. This of itself strictly limits the size of the forces which can be employed with advantage. Canada's effort to maintain her just part in the further prosecution of the war against Japan will, as measured in numbers, necessarily be very much less than has been the case in the war in Europe. These considerations are most important in- respect of the contribution of the Canadian army, but they also apply to the Canadian navy and to the Canadian air force.
There will, on the other hand, be a continuing need for great supplies of munitions and other equipment of special types, many of which have been invented and developed by Canadian engineers and specialists, and in some of which Canada is the only source of supply.
There is not only a continuing need for everything we have done in the production of foodstuffs to help feed the United Kingdom

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and the armed forces, but this requirement has been very greatly increased by the needs of the liberated peoples of Europe.
' Apart from all else, it is to our interests to help in every way the reestablishment of the peoples who have been broken in war. They have borne the shock which otherwise anight have come to us in our own homeland. We must give them every assistance we can. What we do will be returned in ample measure when, in the years to come, we are again able to enjoy normal peaceful relations and renew our trade with them.
The general considerations which I have indicated require that, with the cessation of hostilities in Europe, we shall have to turn our efforts to a considerable extent from the operation of our armed forces to the maintenance of our war industry, and to the development of our contribution in foodstuffs, materials for reconstruction, relief and rehabilitation. There will be ample work to do in Canada for all whom it will be possible to demobilize: work of immediate importance and pressing need, both for the future conduct of the war and for the reconstruction and development of our own internal economy.
The Minister of Finance in introducing yesterday the resolution which is now before the house, was careful to point out that it will be a new parliament, newly elected by the people of Canada, which will be responsible for supervising the affairs of this country and prosecuting Canada's war effort during at least the major part of the present fiscal year. The minister said, as reported on page 366 of Hansard:
It will be a government, responsible to that new parliament, which should have at least the major responsibility for formulating not only the nature and extent of Canada's continued war effort duning that, period but also the financial policies and programmes necessary to carry on that war effort. Therefore it did not seem appropriate that the government at this stage should bring down plans for the new fiscal year as a whole, or do anything that might appear to commit the next parliament to a precise and definite programme covering the period for which it alone will have jurisdiction. On the contrary, all considerations seemed to point to the desirability of limiting our actions regarding war financial programmes in this parliament to the granting of an appropriation intended only to cover the period up to the time -when the next parliament can take over, and further to the desirability of not embarking on any major changes in policy at this time.
Speaking of Canada's share with the allied forces in the war against Japan, the Minister of Finance added, on page 367:
. . there are necessarily stiff many uncertainties as to the nature and course of the war in the far east and the share which we can most

effectively take in bringing it to an end. Providentially, the course of developments in that theatre of war during recent months has outrun the expectations of most of us, and it would appear at least to a layman that the forces of our allies under General McArthur are considerably ahead of their schedule.
While it is true that it is impossible to predict with accuracy the nature and course of the war in. the far east or to decide at present on the part which Canada can most effectively take in helping to bring to an end the war against Japan, the nature of Canadian participation has been constantly kept in mind by the government, and has been given most careful consideration over a considerable period of time. The question is one immediately related to the over-all plans of the allies and to combined strategy in the far east. It is not possible, therefore, at the present time to do more than refer in general terms to what is contemplated. The determining factor, I need scarcely say, will be based on the needs of the situation as, from time to time, they may manifest themselves.
Prior to the Quebec conference of September, 1944, it was decided that on the conclusion. of the war in Europe, Canada's participation should be effected in the operational theatres of more, direct interest to Canada, namely, the north or central Pacific.
The matter was discussed in principle at Quebec. It was agreed at that time that the actual form and extent of the Canadian forces to be engaged could not be finally settled until the strategic situation, which will exist after European hostilities have terminated, could be assessed with greater accuracy, and that when that time came the appropriate Canadian contribution to the defeat of Japan would be determined with United Kingdom and United States authorities in the light of the situation then existing. All, therefore, that is possible at the moment is to describe the broad lines upon which it is intended that Canadian forces will participate in the Pacific.
It has beed agreed, as already stated by the Minister of National Defence for Naval Services, that the Royal Canadian Navy will cooperate with the British Pacific fleet. This force will be built up in. the Pacific as and when the situation in the north Atlantic permits.
As regards the army, it is proposed to provide a force to operate wiith the United States army. This^ force will be concentrated in Canada for reorganization and training prior to dispatch to the Pacific theatre of operations.
Squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force will take part in operations against Japan

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and Japanese held territories, in cooperation with the Royal Air Force.
These -navy, army and air force contingents will be formed in part from personnel now serving abroad and in part from personnel now training in Canada. It is not intended to detail men for service in the Pacific. This applies to general' service personnel as well as to all others. The men to make up whatever military force is to be employed against Japan will be chosen from those who elect to serve in, the Pacific theatre.
No one serving in the European theatre will proceed to the Pacific without first having the opportunity of coming home. All personnel returning from abroad will be granted thirty day's disembarkation leave, in addition to any normal leave to which they may become entitled during their period of duty in Canada while the several forces are being reorganized.
It is still too soon to say 'when any final decision can be reached as to the relative contributions of the different services or to the numbers from any one service. The determining factors, as I have said, will be the actual need for and the probable effectiveness of the forces to be employed.
As the present parliament will have expired on the seventeenth of this month, it will be for the government responsible to the new parliament to determine not only the nature and extent of Canada's continuing war effort, but also the necessary financial policies and programmes. In these circumstances, the present administration has been careful not to do anything that might even appear to commit the next parliament to precise and definite programmes. In what I have stated of plans proposed, I have spoken only for the present government and of the programme and policies we intend to follow if again accorded the confidence of the people.


Mr. GRAYDON:: I should like to ask the Prime Minister a question arising out of the statement which he has just made. The Prime Minister referred to the changed situation which is apparent in Europe and spoke of the forces to be employed in the occupation of German and other territories. I should like to ask what will be the policy of the government with respect to the bringing back of members of our armed force. There has been talk from time to time of a policy of first in, first out. It does seem to ime that the government ought to indicate what will be the broad principle adopted in that respect. For those who have borne the brunt and heat of battle over a long period of time it would seem to me that the government ought to have some word with respect to how soon
alter the cessation of hostilities they may be able to come home to Canada to their loved ones.


William Lyon Mackenzie King: I am quite ready to answer any questions my hon. friend may ask, but I think it would be better if questions relating to the army should be answered by the parliamentary assistant who is acting for the Minister of National Defence. Similarly, questions relating to the naval services and air force respectively should be answered by the ministers of those departments. These are in part departmental matters, and I would prefer, if it is equally agreeable to hon. gentlemen opposite, that the [DOT]ministers immediately directing those departments should make the replies.


Gordon Graydon: Is the Prime Minister able to undertake that that question will be answered by the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of National Defence?


William Lyon Mackenzie King: Yes.


Gordon Graydon: I have one other question which perhaps the Prime Minister himself may wish to answer, with respect to the raising of the Canadian forces for operations against Japan. I take it from the Prime Minister's language that the forces will not be raised on a compulsory or widely distributed basis across Canada, but will consist of those who are prepared to serve against Japan although they may have already borne the heat and brunt of the battle overseas in Europe. Would the Prime Minister indicate the government's policy in that respect?


William Lyon Mackenzie King: My hon. friend in his concluding words said that some would have to serve notwithstanding their having borne the brunt of the battle overseas in Europe. There will be no compulsion in connection with the service against Japan.


Gordon Graydon: My point was this. Somebody has to bear the brunt of the Japanese war, and I wanted to point out to the Prime Minister that under his policy it may be that those who have served in the heat of battle overseas in Europe may find that in order that the necessary forces may be raised they will have to volunteer and carry the battle against Japan also.


William Lyon Mackenzie King: Only those who elect to serve will be the ones w'ho will be included in the forces used against Japan.


Mr. GREEN:: Is that same principle to apply to the men who will serve with the Canadian troops of occupation in occupied Germany?


William Lyon Mackenzie King: I am not sure that I caught my hon. friend's question.
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Howard Charles Green: Is the same principle to apply to the men who will serve in the Canadian Army occupying Germany after peace comes in Europe? The Prime Minister will realize that there will have to be continual replacements of men in that army, with new men going from Canada all the time. Is there to be compulsion in regard to those men?


William Lyon Mackenzie King: I did not catch the full significance of my hon. frend's question when he began to speak.


Howard Charles Green: But the right hon. gentleman understands it now?


William Lyon Mackenzie King: Yes, but I would prefer that it be answered by the minister of the department immediately concerned rather than by myself at the moment.


Mr. ROWE:: Would the Prime Minister care to say whether this means that the N.R.M.A. men will 'be the first to be demobilized?



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The CHAIRMAN:: Shall the resolution carry? When we adjourned last night we were considering the naval vote.


Mr. STIRLING:: I think the minister was to give answers to certain questions that had been asked.
Hon. ANGUS L. MACDONALD (Minister of National Defence for Naval Services): The hon. member for Yale asked first of all a question with regard to the preference granted by the civil service commission to persons who have served overseas. I would say to my hon. friend, though he probably knows it well, that the only civil service preference at the moment is to men who have actually served overseas. There is no preference under the Civil Service Act for men who have served in Canada only, even though they may have volunteered, as many of them have, for service anywhere. This matter has been under discussion for a considerable time by the three men-one in each of the defence services, one army man, one air force man,, and one navy man-who have to do with the matter of demobilization. They have been giving a good deal of study to it, as have the heads of the personnel branches and the ministers of the three services. The matter is one that relates too, to the Department of Veterans Affairs. I can only say to my hon. friend that I shall be glad to continue these discussions with my colleagues, the heads of the two other services and with the Minister of Veterans Affairs, in the hope that we may arrive at some satisfactory solution.


Grote Stirling: May I ask in that connection where does "overseas" begin? Ships which have served in the gulf of the St. Lawrence, around the immediate coasts of Canada, even as far up as the Hudson Bay strait, or Iceland-do men serving on those ships come within the category of those who have served overseas?


Mr. MACDONALD (Kingston City):: I cannot draw an exact geographical line, but there is a well-known definition of overseas service. Any ship in the high seas I think is taken to be a ship which is overseas.
My hon. friend also asked about demobilization leave, and pointed out that there was a difference in the leave granted by the three branches of the service. I wanted a little time to consider that question, because I was not too familiar with the practice in the other branches of the service. I find, as I would expect to find, that my hon. friend is quite right. There is a difference in the manner in which demobilization leave is granted to personnel of the different services. I am quite in agreement with my hon. friend that it should be put on a uniform basis, and that matter is under discussion by the personnel heads at this moment. I thank my hon. friend for bringing the matter to my attention.
My hon. friend also asked for some information as to the progress achieved by the demobilization and rehabilitation branch of the navy. We have an officer in the naval service known as the chief staff officer, reserves. He is a member of the naval board and of several other boards, and committees in the service, but one of his prime duties is to supervise rehabilitation. He has under him at headquarters a staff of seven officers and several ratings, also one officer in the United Kingdom who goes around the various ships and establishments there; also two officers on the west coast and five officers on the east coast, which includes of course the Newfoundland command. All these officers have been trained in their particular kind of work, and they have been going around for about a year now explaining to officers and ratings on the ships and elsewhere the terms of the rehabilitation programme and answering any questions that these officers or men wish to put to them. That work will be continued, and I am confident that the staff engaged in it will be enlarged so that every man. who leaves the navy wall have a chance to make himself thoroughly familiar, if he is not already familiar with the terms of the War Service Grants Act and the regulations made thereunder, and with any other information that might help him to rehabilitate himself back

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into civil life. I must point out that the naval services department is not responsible for the actual rehabilitation of its personnel. These are matters that come under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Affairs and of the Department of Labour; but we are glad on a voluntary basis to assist, even in these respects, wherever we can.


Grote Stirling: Does the work of that branch cover the interests of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval service, also?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Yes. One of the rehabilitation officers I have mentioned-I forget her name-is a woman


Mr. MacNICOL:: In his introductory
remarks yesterday the minister, as reported on page 404 of Hansard, gave some very revealing figures as to the number of personnel from each of the provinces that enlisted in the Canadian navy. Coming from Ontario, 1 cannot help but feel proud of what this province has done. Of a total of 98,015 officers and ratings, Ontario sent 43,502. Ontario is removed from the sea a considerable distance, and the number of her people who enlisted in the naval services speaks well for her patriotic fervour. The figures also reveal a wonderful showing by the western provinces, which are removed a long distance from the sea. Manitoba enlisted in the navy S,391, the fourth highest number among the provinces. Manitoba people may well be proud of the part their boys who are serving on our fighting ships have taken. The province is at least 'two thousand miles from the Atlantic and more than a thousand miles from the Pacific. It shows that boys born on the farms and in remote areas of the country do not lack patriotic enthusiasm for the navy. Alberta, which is not one of our most populous provinces enlisted S.020, and may well be proud of the position it occupies in this respect. I have not figured out the percentage for each province; judged by that standard the results in some cases may be even more creditable. Saskatchewan, the province most largely engaged in agriculture, enlisted 6,967 officers and ratings. I cannot but feel, and my sentiments are shared, I am sure, by the minister, that the Navy League of Canada deserves a great deal of credit for the educational work it has carried on for years in season and out of season. It has excellent branches in Manitoba and in Saskatchewan; and while I am not so familiar with conditions in Alberta I believe there is a large branch there. Of all the ministers we have had at the head of the naval services, none has supported the navy league as strongly as the present minister of naval services has done. I have noticed the effects in Ontario.


Mr. BROOKS:: We have only had one naval minister.


John Ritchie MacNicol: My colleague says we have only had one naval minister; but we have had ministers of defence, and I still say that none of the ministers has supported the Navy League of Canada as well as has the present minister. Of the enlistments in Ontario, ratings constitute 42 per cent plus, and officers 36-7 per cent of the total for all Canada.
I wonder whether the minister has figures, which could be tabulated in much the same form as those he tabulated yesterday, of the number of ships produced in each of the provinces, giving, if possible in tonnages, the total produced in Ontario, where quite a number have been built, and also elsewhere. I do not know whether the minister could also furnish percentages.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
have not the figures with me at the moment, but I shall be very glad to get them for my hon. friend. There has been a very excellent production of ships in Ontario. My hon. friend knows the great yards in that province-at Toronto, of which mention was made yesterday; at Kingston, Collingwood, Midland, Port Arthur and so on, where they have produced a great many of the smaller type ships-and also what has been done in British Columbia. Some ships have been built in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and a good many along the St. Lawrence river. I can get the figures, and I shall be glad to do so.


Mr. REID:: We all listened last evening to the speech of the minister for naval services, and I personally want to say to him that I think it is the finest speech he has made in the house. I was particularly interested in his statement that in 1941 the government considered post-war plans for the navy. Is that the only discussion or the latest discussion which the government has had as regards postwar plans for the navy? According to the minister's figures, last year 120 ships were added to the navy, which now possesses 370 ships. If the naval personnel is to be reduced to 9,000 it will mean that a great number of ships will have to be disposed of. I should like to know if a later discussion has taken place, and how it was possible at that time, in the light of world conditions, to make any forecasts of what the post-war navy should be. Could the minister enlighten members of the committee, particularly myself, as to whether we are going to have, following the end of the war, what is usually termed on this continent a two-ocean navy?


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hon. friend has raised a very interesting question, and I shall answer him quite frankly by

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saying that there has been no -change since 1941 in the estimate of the post-war navy. While the matter has been discussed, of course, at one time or another in a general way, the figure of 1941 still stands as the accepted figure for the moment. As to a two-ocean navy, the question was raised last night by an hon. member opposite, and I then expressed the hope, which I now repeat, that we shall have a navy of such size after the war as to permit of a reasonable number of ships on the west coast and on the east coast.


Mr. NICHOLSON:: I had the privilege of visiting over the Easter week-end the naval hospital in Halifax. I should like to congratulate the minister upon his valuable recital, which enables one to -appreciate more fully the contribution of the Canadian navy in the present conflict. Could the minister make a statement as to the plans which have been made to date regarding research into tropical diseases with a view to fighting in the Pacfic?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Yes, I am glad to be able to tell my hon. friend that for a good many years we had the benefit of the experience in this line of a doctor, Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Little. I think he came from the city of Guelph, but he had practised medicine in the east, for some years in Formosa, and perhaps on certain parts of the Asiatic mainland. He was therefore very familiar with tropical diseases. He, along with other doctors in the naval service, has been giving attention to that very point since the outbreak of war with Japan. Considerable investigation has been done, consultations have been held with the doctors of the United States and elsewhere, and I think that- the matter is well in hand.


Mr. FRASER (Peterborough West):: Has the minister or his department considered granting to the boys who have been serving in Newfoundland service gratuity equal to that received by the boys who serve overseas or on the ocean? I ask that question because some of our boys are in Newfoundland and it is difficult for them to return to Canada on leave. It takes quite a time on the boat and one and a half days on the train. The boys are not any too comfortable there. It is not like Halifax or Esquimau.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Apparently my hon. friend has looked into the matter. I suppose Newfoundland is, not considered overseas. Western hemisphere means Newfoundland and: therefore the men serving in Newfoundland would receive only the lower scale of gratuity. My hon. friend is quite right. I am bound to say to him that I
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have not given consideration to that particular matter. I assume he is dealing with the men who are on shore in Newfoundland, not at sea.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: I
brought it up last year. Take a man on a minesweeper. . He is in and out of harbour but he is in harbour perhaps every night.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Well, I should think that would be different.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: I do not know whether there has been a ruling on it; if there has not been, I think the minister should obtain one.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: To begin with, a -man on a minesweeper would likely be away from port more than one day. These minesweepers often go -away for days, weeks perhaps.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: Some of them.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Without looking into it definitely I should think he would be entitled to the higher gratuity.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: Some are away longer than one day, but I understand others are out only during the day and come back at night.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: If they go on the -high seas that is definite. The War Service Grants Act refers to outside the territorial waters of Canada in a seagoing ship. If they are on that type of work it would certainly entitle them to gratuity at the higher scale, and I should think the fact that they are in harbour perhaps for a night would not bar them. I shall be glad to look into the point more fully.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: Today an answer was brought down to a question of mine in regard to the new naval barracks on the south shore of St. John's harbour, Newfoundland. The answer indicates that these barracks are under admiralty account.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Yes.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: Does that mean that the British admiralty has paid for them, or has the Canadian government paid for them?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: We hope that the British admiralty will pay some time. We have actually paid the contractors for all the buildings that have been built in St. John's, but it is charged up to the admiralty.


Mr.   PHASER@Peterborough West: That would be on the north shore.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: No.

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Gordon Knapman Fraser: Avalon and at the naval dockyards.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Yes, and this is the same.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: It is charged to.the admiralty.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Ye*-


Gordon Knapman Fraser: The minister expects that it will be repaid to Canada after the war?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
would rather my hon. friend put that question to the financial experts of the Department of Finance. There is a big account there. They will do the best they ean with it. It amounts to a large sum.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: Did the British Admiralty select the site for the barracks?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I am not sure about that point. I should think certainly they would be consulted because they were paying for the buildings. They at least had a voice in the matter; but the site was inevitable. I think on account of the purposes for which the buildings were to be put. The new machine shop and storehouses are on the south side of the harbour; consequently I think it would be necessary-certinly it would be desirable-to have the barracks near at hand.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: If
any of the men get out of the barracks at night they are apt to fall right down in the harbour, the place is so extremely steep.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Yes, it requires some skill and sobriety to navigate there.


Mr. CARDIFF:: In regard to the clothing allowance, I believe the order was changed last October 1 to $100. Do those who were discharged previously get any consideration in that respect?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: No; we did not make it retroactive. There has been a great deal of discussion back and forth, but it was finally decided we could not do it; at any rate we did not do it.


Grote Stirling: The minister said yesterday that one of the Canadian cruisers is already serving in the Pacific and another one will join her and possibly two fiat-tops and certain other destroyers and other craft. Would he apply the statement that the Prime Minister made a little while ago to the navy and explain how it would work, for instance, with regard to the cruiser that is already serving the Pacific? The Prime Minister suggested we should turn to the three ministers of national defence for any elucidation of that statement. Would the minister describe in a little more detail how
it will apply to one of His Majesty's ships of the Canadian navy? Did the officers and ship's company of that cruiser have the opportunity of stating whether or not they desired to serve in the Pacific? Will the companies of other ships that will be subsequently sent there be lined up and asked whether it is their wish, to serve in the Pacific? A large number of those serving in our ships are Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve who signed on for the duration. How does that affect their disposition in whatever parts of the world it is desired that they should serve?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Let me take the last question first. The service is for the entire war including the war with Japan. Every man in the Canadian navy is liable for service anywhere until final peace is declared. Now let me take the cruiser that is in the Pacific. No question of the sort which my hon. friend raises arose in connection with that cruiser because the European war was still going on. I am sure any naval man would go wherever he was sent. The question raised by my hon. friend will come up when the European war is over and when some men undoubtedly will feel that they should return to civilian life. I anticipate no great difficulty in securing the number of volunteers necessary for the navy, bearing in mind the relation between the number proposed to be sent and the number now serving. Every man in the navy, of course, is a volunteer; there are no
N.R.M.A. men in the navy.


Grote Stirling: That is so, and I follow the minister in regard to the ship that is already there. I take it from what he now says that when the European war is over the men on any craft subsequently sent to those waters will have to volunteer, but that those already serving in those waters will not even be asked whether they wish to continue, but will remain there.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: That ship has been in commission now for six months, and I should think that during the summer or fall, assuming the European war to be over, if some men on board the Uganda feel they should return home, we would allow them to do so if we felt that we could replace them. Perhaps I should not make that broad statement, but I should think very sympathetic consideration would be given any man on the Uganda who, having put in a year of service on that ship, and the European war being over, wished to return to civilian life. I think sucih a request would be very carefully and sympathetically dealt with.


Grote Stirling: Under those circumstances would the minister feel satisfied that if a considerable number of a ship's company

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were returned for those reasons, he could fill
their places with volunteers?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Yes. That is what I will have to do, under the pronouncement that has been just made.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: Has the minister any idea how many naval personnel have signed up for the Pacific war? I understand that a great number have done so.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: We have sent around a questionnaire to all our men, but we have not the complete returns in as yet. We have not asked them to sign up; we have asked them to indicate whether or not they are prepared to go to the Pacific. Our ships are so widely scattered that it is difficult to get the whole story.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: But have they not signed up?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: No. I suppose they may call it signing up; some of them have indicated a wish to go to the Pacific, while others have indicated a wish to be demobilized whenever the European war is over. But there has been no signing up.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: Does the questionnaire also contain a question to this effect: "Do you wish to join the R.C.N.?" I have had letters from a number of the boys in which they say they have signed up for the Pacific war, while some say they have signed for the permanent navy.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Well, for some years we have been holding out the Canadian navy to these volunteer reserve and naval reserve people. We have been asking them. "Do you want to transfer to the permanent navy?" Some officers and some ratings have expressed that desire; and that goes on constantly. I cannot say that this particular question is on the questionnaire dealing with the Pacific war, nor am I sure there is a written questionnaire on that point. Certainly tests have been made and officers have been instructed to find out.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: There is no special recruiting for the Pacific war?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: No, there is no special drive or pressure or anything of that sort.


Howard Charles Green: Is it the intention that there shall be a special enlistment for the Pacific war? Will there be an enlistment to fight in the Pacific?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
doubt if "enlistment" is the correct word. Certainly those who have indicated a desire

to go to the Pacific will be given the first preference for that theatre. That is true.


Howard Charles Green: If a man says on his
questionnaire that he would like to serve in the Pacific, then he will go to the Pacific and will not be asked to sign anything else?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Well, his attestation carries him right through the Pacific war as well as the European war.


Howard Charles Green: So that in effect by answering "yes" on his questionnaire a man is signing on for service in the Pacific?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: If he is needed. There may be too many, of course. By means of that questionnaire we shall endeavour to get to the Pacific the men who want to go there. We feel that they will be happier and the ships will be happier. Our aim is to please.


Howard Charles Green: Then the men who have
indicated a desire to go to the Pacific will not be asked to sign anything further; they will be sent automatically, to fight in the Pacific?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: That is right.


Mr. LOCKHART:: Have those who have gone already signed something in addition?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: No, not those who have gone already.


John George Diefenbaker: It is apparent
from the answers of the minister that the pronouncement made by the Prime Minister this afternoon, while of first magnitude as a matter of political importance, is going to be very difficult of application. As I see it, and apparently the minister agrees, the difficulty is as to how this announcement is going to be carried into practical effect. It is not a new thing, for I have before me a press clipping of November 1 last in which the announcement made this afternoon by the Prime Minister was predicted in almost complete detail. This press report goes on to point out, in its statement of expected policy, that all service men for the Pacific will be recruited on a voluntary basis and a month's leave in Canada will be given to those who have been on active service in other war areas.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: That is not an official statement, I take it?


John George Diefenbaker: No, Mr. Chairman, it was not official, but the gentleman who wrote it certainly had unusual powers of prevision, and did not miss very much in the conclusions at which he arrived in regard to what the announcement would contain. Is it correct, then, that before any of the

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members of the Canadian navy will serve in the Pacific, they will be brought home to Canada and given a month's leave?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: That is contained in the statement of the Prime Minister, and of course that is the policy.


John George Diefenbaker: So that is the
policy that has been arrived at. Then the statement says it is intended that those who serve in the Pacific shall be limited as far as possible to single men. I would ask the minister if any such policy has been arrived at in regard to the naval personnel who will serve in the Pacific.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
have heard nothing on that point. I do not think the Prime Minister made any statement as to that.


John George Diefenbaker: Then what about
an international force? There has been some reference recently in Washington to the effect that a major part of Canada's contribution to the security council will be made by the Canadian navy. I would ask the minister whether or not such a course has been determined upon.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: My hon. friend is entering into spheres that are beyond the navy. As a mere service minister, I may say that I do not think anything has been decided about the nature of this security force which may be formed after the war, but if there is to be a security force and if this country is to contribute, I should hope that the service which has acquitted itself so well would have some part in it.


John George Diefenbaker: That will be all the questions I will ask in that regard. The Prime Minister said that all we had to do was to ask the ministers and the information would be forthcoming, and it is no criticism of the Minister of National Defence for Naval Services to say that apparently the announcement made to-day is as much a surprise to him as it has been to most of the other members of the house.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: No, it is a matter of government policy.


John George Diefenbaker: What I rose however to do was to ask the minister a few questions regarding opportunities that are available to ratings who have the necessary qualifications to secure commissions. In looking over the list at page 404 I find it indicates that while in certain provinces one-tenth of the personnel have the hope of receiving commissions, in other provinces only one-fortieth or onefiftieth have the same opportunity. While that might be understood in part by reason of the fact that some of these sailors have lived adjacent to the sea or have had certain training, I have a complaint which I bring to the minister's attention. This applies to men in the navy from the western provinces. They find on occasion that while they are recom

mended for commissions and have the necessary qualifications, their recommendations in many cases do not pass beyond the commanding officer of the ship to which they are attached. I would suggest that some arrangement be made whereby a rating is given the opportunity to be brought before one of the various boards by personal application and without the necessity of that application being approved by the commanding officer of the ship to which he is attached. I have in mind one or two young men who have been at sea for a considerable time. They have the necessary education and the ability as evidenced by the marks they received in their examinations, and yet they find it impossible to get their applications before the boards charged with the responsibility of determining their ability as prospective officers. I would ask the minister to outline in some detail the system at present in effect and also to make it easier for young men with ambition to advance themselves; because there is nothing more discouraging than for a young man with ability, who looks ahead to the day when promotion will come his way, to find that his applications for advancement, or for the opportunity of advancement, do not receive the consideration they deserve.
There is one other matter. What is the intention of the government with respect to the continuance of Canadian naval college? What I had in mind in that regard is this. There are many young men who would like to make the navy their career. What opportunity will be given a young man of that type to join the Royal Canadian Navy when the war is over? On what basis will the choice be made where there are more applicants than the number which it is expected will be in the navy after the war? Personally I think that every opportunity should be given on an equal basis for young men everywhere in the country to enlist in the service of the permanent force, and that all should be made to realize that their applications will receive identical consideration by the responsible boards.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: In answer to the first question, I may say that up to the last report I have, that is up to Feb-

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ruary 28 of this year, there were no fewer than 3,254 promotions from the lower deck to commission rank. That would be something more than forty per cent, or about forty per cent of the total officer personnel in the Canadian navy. I think it is difficult to find anywhere more satisfactory proof than that that promotion is open.
Dealing with individual cases, there may be of course some cases where boards make a mistake, or a commanding officer might make a mistake in his estimate of a rating's ability to hold a commission. I do not know of any way of preventing that. I have had perhaps more concern and worry over the findings of boards than over anything else I have had to deal with, but I know of no other way than to select the best officers available and put them on a board and abide by their findings. A great many parents feel, and it is a natural sentiment on their part, that their boys are worthy of commission and are fit for high rank in the navy, but that judgment is not always unbiased. I think that the officers on the boards do the best they can. It is true we require a man to have some recommendation from his commanding officer before he goes before the board. I do not think we could dispense with that; otherwise the boards would1 be required to sit all the time, to move around all the time, and it would be a cumbersome and almost impossible method.
If a rating feels that he has a grievance in any respect he is entitled to make it known, and theoretically at any rate it will be attended to. I doubt if any change in the system can be worked out at this date.
With regard to the number of officers from certain provinces being greater than from others in proportion to the number of ratings, that is undoubtedly the ease. If anyone looks at the figures he will find that in certain provinces there are more officers in proportion to ratings than in others. I dealt with that last year and the year before, and1 explained it at length by the fact that in certain provinces at the beginning of the war there were a good many men trained in the mercantile marine either on the great lakes, on the rivers or on the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and these men were available at once, and have been available ever since, to take commissions as officers and to take command on ships. Therefore these provinces have had a higher proportion of officers than the completely inland provinces such as Saskatchewan and Alberta where opportunities of that sort are not open to their citizens.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: I understood the minister to say last night that there will be two aircraft carriers in the Pacific. Where will he
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get the crew? I understand that these carriers will require crews from the fleet air arm. Are we training these men in Canada or in Great Britain, or will they be withdrawn from those who are serving with the British forces?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Before I deal with that question I should like to apologize to the hon. member for Lake Centre (Mr. Diefenbaker) for not answering his question with regard to the naval college. It is my keen desire and one of my fondest hopes that the naval college will be continued after the war. Instruction at the college was discontinued for a period of nearly twenty years and one effect was that there was not the entry into the Royal Canadian Navy of nearly as many officers as would have been the case had the college continued. During that period it was necessary to send boys to the Royal Navy for training. While the training there was quite sufficient it was inevitable that we did not get so many who were willing to go to England as we would had we had a college establishment in this country. I am most hopeful that the college will continue after the war in its magnificent setting in British Columbia and with the splendid staff it now has to handle instruction and discipline.
In connection with entry into the college, the examinations are the same for all Canada. Every student, no matter in what province he may live, must write the same examination. The only change being made this year is that the questions are being printed in French for French-speaking students, but that does not constitute a fundamental difference in the means of testing their aptitude. I think the present system is fair. Each province gets a certain quota and after that it is open to the boys making the highest marks.


Mr. BLACK (Cumberland):: Do I understand the minister to say that the naval college is to be restored to -Nova Scotia where it was located before it was discontinued? Certain branches of the naval college work have been carried on in that province in the last few years, and I believe the people takt it for granted that the college will be restored to Nova Scotia where it properly belongs and where it was located before it was discontinued because of the calamity that overtook Halifax and resulted in the destruction of the college buildings.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Unfortunately the college buildings were destroyed as a result of the Halifax explosion, and the college had to seek a home in strange lands.


Grote Stirling: No.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: In other places. I think for a time they worked in connection with the Royal Military college

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at Kingston, and then they moved to Esquimau. This is where the difficulty begins for the hon. member for Cumberland. When the college was discontinued its location was at Esquimalt, so Esquimalt has a certain claim through being thp last place at which the college was located.
Then I am told that the climate in the winter time in that part of the country

I refuse to yield as far as the summer is concerned^-is propitious to outdoor training and boat work and that sort of thing. Of course there will always be a considerable number of naval establishments in Nova Scotia. That is inevitable because of the position of that province on the great Atlantic and because of its unequalled harbour at Halifax. That province has had two hundred years of association with the naval life of this country and it is bound to continue as a great naval base.
With that in mind certain buildings which have been erected since the beginning of the war have been made permanent. As I indicated last night, while it may not be possible to establish two naval colleges in the country, and it may be that the naval college will continue in British Columbia, I would hope that there will be sufficient other naval activities in Nova Scotia more than to compensate for the loss of this educational institution. Nova Scotia has a great many educational institutions and perhaps we should operate this one in some other place.


Percy Chapman Black: The British
Navy never trained or earned its traditions in balmy seas such as the minister depicts as existing in British Columbia. The British Navy under Drake and Nelson, or Bruce Fraser in this present war, was not trained in seas like that. It was trained in the seas off the British coast, in the English channel, in the North sea off Scotland, and in the seas around Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. The minister has a deep interest in Nova Scotia and it is to him that the people of that province look to safeguard their interests. I cannot understand why this naval college should be stationed at a place where people from the prairies, from England and from all over the world go to retire in order that they may live in peace and sail their little sail-boats on the balmy seas. It is in the seas that touch Nova Scotia and the Atlantic coast that British sailors and Nova Scotia seamen have been trained. They have built up a history over hundreds of years, and every one associated with the British Navy . or the Canadian Navy is proud of their traditions in the days of Drake, in the days of Nelson, in the days of Bruce Fraser and h.is associates in this war
The people of Nova Scotia who have followed the sea have great traditions, they have great accomplishments and it will be with keen disappointment that they will learn that the naval college which was located in Nova Scotia is to be taken permanently from them and located beside the balmy seas of the Pacific coast.
There is very much more that I might say, Mr. Chairman, in this connection. I am going to make this statement, which I am sure the minister himself would like to make if he were free to do it, but he is not free. I am sorry I was not here yesterday when he made his statement to the committee, but it showed at the time the table was compiled an enlistment in the navy from Nova Scotia of 626 officers and 6,515 men, a total of 7,141, which is I believe the highest percentage of enlistments for any province of Canada. I have not calculated the figures for all the province;-, but I believe our enlistments in Nova Scctia are fifty per cent higher than the enlistments in Canada. I know that the minister is not free to speak for these men of Nova Scotia, but I am going to speak for them. I say that every one of these men who has voluntarily enlisted from the province of Nova Scotia is prepared to serve in any theatre of war until the war is over. They do not have to be asked to volunteer, because they are ready, aye ready, following the tradition of the British Navy. They do not wish it to go forth to our enemies the Japanese or to our friends and allies in the United States that they have to be coaxed to go into the Pacific to carry on the war against Japan. They are ready to a man, to serve their country and the British flag anywhere, and they will not be satisfied with the statement given to this house and the people of Canada and the people of the United States and all our allies to-day by the Prime Minister of Canada. I know that the minister, who has done well in giving leadership to the Canadian Navy is not satisfied with the statement that has gone forth to the world to-day from the Prime Minister. Again I say that every one of these men who has enlisted from the province of Nova Scotia is prepared to serve if duty calls him until the war is over-and let the enemy and our allies know it.


Thomas Reid: We from the Pacific coast do not want to get into this breeze that has arisen in the house, but after listening to the last speaker the thought is in my mind that he might be wondering why the minister allowed the Canadian navy to go to the Pacific coast at all. Be that as it may, when you look at the figures given by the minister to the committee and realize that more men from

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British Columbia have enlisted in the navy than from all the three maritime provinces, if that does not merit some recognition for the Pacific coast, I do not know what will. I rather took it from the last speaker's remarks that the spirit of the British navy flourished only on the Atlantic coast. But the actual figures, I say, speak for themselves.


Mr. PURDY:: The hon. member for Cumberland undertook too much when he undertook to speak for everyone in Nova Scotia. He represents only one constituency in that province, and if I wanted to be nasty I might say that he represents it by a minority vote. It is all very well for him to get up and say what Nova Scotia has done. We all know how well Nova Scotia has done .in the matter of enlistments. But we are not in the habit, of carrying our hearts on our sleeves. History will tell what Nova Scotia has done when the time comes to speak of that. The hon. member for Cumberland wants to send every Nova Scotian in the navy into the Pacific war against Japan. There is no question that they are ready to go, but I say that the boys from Nova Scotia who enlisted at seventeen and a half or eighteen years of age. not having completed their education, should have the opportunity to return to their schools and colleges when the war in Europe is over and only a partial contribution is required from Canada to carry on the war in the Pacific. They should be allowed to complete their education so as to be able to take their rightful places in this world as Nova Scotians and Canadians. The hon. member for Cumberland would send every one of those boys into the Pacific war.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: He did not say that; he said they would all be willing to go.


Gordon Timlin Purdy: Certainly, if needed, and I have said that too. But when we do not need them. I object to his trying to send every Nova Scotia boy into the Pacific war and keeping the rest out. We can do our share: we have done it many times; but our boys want a chance to rehabilitate themselves like the boys from the rest of Canada. The hon. member for Cumberland bit off more than he realized when he said that he would send them into the Pacific war.


Mr. ROSS (Souris):: I do not want to get into this Nova Scotia battle over the question of supplying man-power for the Pacific war. I want to bring another matter to the minister's attention. Young ratings now training at the naval schools have told me that they were interviewed and given the choice of either getting out of the naval service, and
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being drafted into the army, or signing up for the Pacific theatre of war. If that be so, it is simply carrying on the same man-power policy for the Pacific war that we have had through the N.R.M.A. These young chaps told me they would like to prepare themselves for civil life when the war in Europe is over, because many of them left high school or university to go into the service. We all know what takes place in connection with the N.R.M.A., how once you are in that army they endeavour to force you to volunteer to serve in an actual theatre of war, and these young chaps told me that rather than do that they preferred to continue in the navy and sign up for the Pacific war. I presume that what they told me was a statement of fact, and the minister can correct it if it is not so.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Surely there must have been some misapprehension on the part of these young men. I cannot understand a naval officer telling any number of men: You must get out of the navy or sign up for the Pacific war; because it is obvious, as the Prime Minister stated this afternoon and as we all know, that the naval requirements of the Pacific war will be very much less than that of the Atlantic war. So when the Atlantic war ends, a considerable number of men will have to be set in process of demobilization. It would seem impossible to say to a man: You have either to get out now or volunteer for the Pacific war. If that were said, I regret it, and I will take every step to investigate and see that no more of that happens. But I think that the young men must have been mistaken.


Mr. MAYHEW:: How many men are there in the Royal Canadian naval service and how many Canadians have enlisted in the British navy?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: In
connection with this dispute between the east and the west, I have here a comment which was made on one occasion by a very distinguished officer. He said we must always remember that we are a two-ocean country; therefore I am sure the hon. member for Cumberland would not want all the naval establishments to be in Nova Scotia. The second comment this officer made was that while it is true that cadets may do their schooling in British Columbia, they must get in a great deal of their sea time around Nova Scotia. So with that explanation I may perhaps leave the . matter.
My hon. friend asked about the fleet air arm, whether we were training men for that service. As I explained yesterday, at the moment we are supplying the naval personnel

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while the British are supplying the fliers and the planes for the ships. But we have now trained or under training a total, officers and men, of 725, as air crew, engineers, and maintenance.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: Where are they receiving
their training?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Some of their training has been had in this country and some more of it in England. I believe that some of the mechanics can get trained here. The fliers do some training here and they complete it in England. They may do a little training of this sort in the United States; of that I am not sure, but the actual flying on and off the carriers would be done on the other side. I believe a great deal of the preliminary work might be done in this country; some of the mechanics' work can be done on this side.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: Shall we make an effort to draw Canadians from the British fleet air arm?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Yes.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: Or shall we have British
fliers?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: As
I pointed out yesterday, when we draw men from the British fleet air arm we believe that they will give us Canadians wherever they can be spared, feeling that that arrangement will work out better, because when you have Canadian fliers and Canadian sailors on the same ship there are no problems as to rates of pay and that sort of thing. I would point out that the number of men in training or now trained for the fleet air arm is more than would be required to man a ship; and that these, with other Canadians whom we may borrow from the British fleet air arm, would be able to take care quite adequately of these two carriers.


Mr. ROY:: I should like to know from the
minister if the Germans are still holding a piece of land in France on that section of the coast which includes Dunkirk, St. Nazaire and Bordeaux, and if so, whether they have some submarine bases in that section.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
believe they do hold Dunkirk and a little land in the vicinity, but I do not know that they have a submarine base there. They had some submarine bases further down the west coast, at St. Nazaire and Lorient and elsewhere, for a considerable time. I do not know whether the bases at St. Nazaire and Lorient still exist. Probably that area has been cleared.


Joseph Sasseville Roy: I find it strange that the allies
could have afforded to push back the Germans all over, from France, from Holland, from
Belgium, and far into their own country, while they allow that little piece of land to be occupied by the Germans. That is a question a good many people are asking.


An hon. MEMBER:: Ask Hitler that.


Mr. MITCHELL:: Why don't you page
the Bloc Populaire?


George Alexander Cruickshank: Those fellows
are just a souvenir.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: It is a question of military strategy, and one for the army commanders, rather than for me, to answer. I should think they have thought of that matter. It may be that the number of men needed to reduce Dunkirk by direct assault would be fairly large. The last report I saw indicated that the Germans have some twelve thousand men in Dunkirk, so that the allies would have to detach a considerable force to take the city. It may be the fact, and I have no doubt it is, that they believe they can employ the men to better advantage in going ahead with their great drive, as they are doing now, and letting Dunkirk be taken care of in due time.


Robert Wellington Mayhew: I do not want to get into this Atlantic-Pacific dispute. I just want to say that I think the minister showed courage in placing the college at Royal Roads, and will show good judgment in letting it stay there. The minister said the other day that we have over ninety thousand men in the Canadian navy. How many of those are Royal Canadian Navy?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I am sorry I did not answer my hon. friend before. The number in the Royal Canadian Navy, officers and ratings, is 4,371. That is the permanent force strength.


Robert Wellington Mayhew: And you said the other day that you had approximately seven thousand in training at Deep Brook. How many have you at the present time at Esquimalt?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: At Naden and Givenchy there are altogether 2,700.


Robert Wellington Mayhew: Are those trainees?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: They are officers and ratings. Some of them, I suppose, would be trainees. I should think a great many would be staff. That brings up the question which was asked yesterday by the hon. member for St. John-AIbert, who I am sorry is not here. He asked me about the number of men at Deep Brook-[DOT] that is, Cornwallis. I may say I told him yesterday that the total number of persons

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at Deep Brook is approximately seven thousand: of these, 2,625 are staff, 4,167 are trainees; giving a total of 6,792. That is much larger than the number at Esquimalt. Since Cornwallis opened no fewer than 40,190 persons have received training of one kind or another there, training as officers, as officer candidates, as new entries, training in the accounting branch, in the women's branch, in gunnery, in mechanical arts-nearly 8,000 have received training in that field alone-training in the medical branch, in physical instruction and in other lines.


Robert Wellington Mayhew: In spite of the fact that
the naval college was put at Victoria the minister has not been unmindful of the welfare of his own people. How many of the Canadian navy, both R.C.N. and R.C.N.V.R. are serving with the Royal Navy?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: The total I have here is 654. That has been very considerably reduced from what it was at one time when we had more than 2,000 serving there. That means on loan to the Royal Navy; it does not include certain people serving in motor torpedo boats and other craft where the crews are all Canadian. The figure of 654 would cover, I think, cases where there are a few Canadians on British ships, perhaps two or three officers for each ship. It does not take into account instances where the ship is all Canadian manned even though owned by the Royal Navy.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: Last
year and the year before I asked the minister [DOT]what was being done -with regard to getting out a Royal Canadian manual on seamanship. We are now using the British one, which is out of date.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
do not know that we have done anything on that. I think we print a great many books for the British. It may be that we print some of these manuals on seamanship for them, but I am not sure. We have not undertaken to write a new .manual on seamanship. I doubt if it would be an undertaking in which we would wish to engage during the war, but that can be given attention at some other time.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: I
know that some of the boys have been buying for their own use Knight's "Manual on Seamanship", which is the United States manual and is right up to date, even just to a few months ago.


Herbert Alexander Bruce: In the general review which the minister gave of the work of the navy, of which we are all very proud, I did not

notice that he said anything about the Royal Canadian medical service and the work that it has done. Could the minister give us a list of the number of their hospitals and where they are located, the number of patients in each hospital, the number of cases suffering from wounds and the number suffering from sickness, the number of medical personnel and the number of nurses, the medical personnel afloat and those doing work in the hospitals ashore or in any other capacities ashore? If the minister has not the information available to-day perhaps he will give it to us on another occasion.
I should like to pay tribute to the work done in the Royal Canadian Naval Medical Service under the able direction of Surgeon Captain McCallum, who has performed outstanding work in organizing, developing and stimulating the work of that service. I should like also to pay a tribute to the work of Surgeon Captain Best, who has been responsible for some valuable contributions in research. May I mention one subject which not only will interest those who are serving in the navy but will be of equal value to those who go to sea later on. I refer to the work he has done in connection with seasickness, first, in investigating its cause and then in suggesting a remedy for the relief of this disagreeable malady. It will be interesting to learn the amount of work that has been accomplished by the Royal Canadian Naval Medical Service. If the minister cannot give us the record now, will he give it to us on some subsequent occasion?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I am sure that the head of the medical service, Surgeon Captain McCallum and all the others associated with him will appreciate most highly, as I do, the complimentary remarks of the hon. member for Parkdale, who himself was connected with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in the last war and who enjoys in his own profession a splendid reputation throughout the land. I cannot give him all the information, but I can give him some and I shall present the remainder at a later date.
There are in the Canadian navy now 407 doctors and 298 nurses. There are nine general hospitals and two convalescent hospitals. There are two in Newfoundland and one in Sydney. The hon. member for Cumberland must listen to this now. There is one hospital in Sydney, one in Halifax, a fine hospital, partly permanent and partly temporary, one in Shelburne, one at Cornwallis, a very fine hospital, one at St. Hyacinthe, one at Esquimalt and one at Niobe. That is the base overseas. Then there is a convalescent hospital at Toronto, Eaton Hall, a building lent

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to the navy for the duration of the war by Lady Eaton. I think it is twenty miles outside the city. The hon. member for Parkdale is probably familiar with it.


Herbert Alexander Bruce: Yes; it is a beautiful site
and building for a convalescent hospital.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: There is a convalescent hospital in Montreal, the Peter Holt house, a gift to the navy for the duration of the war by Mrs. Holt.


Herbert Alexander Bruce: If I may ask a supplementary question, have we any Canadian naval hospitals overseas? Second, is it the intention after the war to reduce the number of hospitals and, if so, could the minister give an estimate of what the reduction will be? Is it also the intention to reduce the number of medical officers and nurses and, if so, by how many?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: There is one hospital overseas; that is the hospital in the depot ship Niobe near Greenock, Scotland. I cannot say at the moment how many of these hospitals will be maintained after the war; of course that will depend on the size of the navy. Again, it is difficult to say at this time how many doctors and nurses will be retained. When we laid down the complement for the navy in 1941 we did set out a certain number of doctors, I think fifteen in all, as the permanent establishment. All these things will have to be settled in the future.


Herbert Alexander Bruce: Have you, in the naval medical service, sufficient hospitalization for all the patients requiring treatment in that service at the moment?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I think so. I have heard no complaint on that score. I shall be glad to consult the medical director general, however, to see if there are any shortages. I do not know of any at the moment; I think the hospitalization is adequate for the purpose.


Mr. BRYCE:: I should like to ask the minister a couple of questions in connection with marriage regulations in the navy. I understand that when a man in the navy marries a civilian bride she immediately gets the separation allowance of $35 a month, but that if he marries a girl in the service she does not get that allowance for six months. If that is the case I think it is very unfair, because the civilian bride may have been earning $100 or $150 a month, while the other girl has been earning only $1.20 a day. Could the minister give me some information about, that?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I will look into that matter. I think there is a rule or at any rate it was suggested that there should be a rule, that service men should not marry for six months after going into the service, or something like that. That may be what my hon. friend has in mind. I do not think the separation allowance is denied the wife of a sailor for six months, but there is some rule about six month's notice, or waiting for six months, or something like that.


William Scottie Bryce: I think the minister misunderstood me. If the girl comes from the army she is barred from collecting twice. I think that is very unfair. I do not know whether the minister is listening to me now.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I will get the information. Does my hon. friend say this should be the case; a man in the army marries a girl in the army, and they should both go on drawing their pay and she should get a separation allowance as well?


William Scottie Bryce: She does not get it until after six months.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I will look into the case.


William Scottie Bryce: Will the minister also find out for me what is the allowance for a man living out in Halifax? Is it $1.25 a day?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Yes.


William Scottie Bryce: Do you think that is
sufficient?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Well, I do not know. It is sufficient for a good many, I suppose. Some may find it a little hard.
Mr. BR\ CE: I do not like the way the minister answers that. I do not think it is fair. Let you or me try to live on $1.25 a day in Halifax or in Ottawa. We just cannot do it. These men who have offered their lives that we may live in a democracy are entitled to something better than $1.25 a day.


Mr. MACDONALD (Halifax):: There are several questions I want to ask, but before doing so I should like to make one or two observations. I was very much pleased with the minister's splendid review of the work of the navy. It was a fine story, well told. I think one can say that to-day in naval power Canada ranks third among the allied nations. I was particularly interested in the references made by the minister to the port of Halifax. Perhaps I may be permitted to
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point out to the committee that two of the officers mentioned yesterday as having attained very high rank and won decorations for gallantry in action were Halifax men. They were Captain H. G. De Wolf, D.S.O., D.S.C., and Captain Harold Grant, D.S.O. I might add that Vice Admiral G. C. Jones, C.B., chief of the naval staff, is also a native of Halifax. Each of them learned to sail on the waters of Halifax harbour.
I do not propose to take issue with the hon. member for Cumberland when he places an estimate on the value of Atlantic sailors as compared with Pacific sailors. I have no doubt he formed those estimates after due reflection. I agree with the hon. member for Cumberland that we in Nova Scotia would like to see the old naval college back in the port of Halifax again some day. I am quite sure we have in that city now very fine educational institutions, but we can always make place for the Canadian naval college. I should like to refer to the fact that since the outbreak of war Halifax has become a first-class, admirably equipped naval base. This is quite fitting, for this port is the principal Atlantic base for the Canadian navy. Although we have not the Canadian naval college there, we have H.M.C.S. Stadacona. It has been developed as a great naval barracks and training establishment. H.M.C.S. Stadacona has a seamanship school at which are taught all phases of seamaflship required for ratings up :o the rank of chief petty officer. It also has >, torpedo school and a mechanical training establishment where personnel are trained for engineroom work. The whole dockyard area at Halifax has been practically reconstructed. We have the great floating drydock mentioned yesterday by the minister. New wharves also have been constructed, together with new naval stores buildings, new administration buildings and new workshops. Across the harbour we have a new, modern and in every way well equipped naval armament depot.
_ There also have been improvements and additions to the central victualling depot. I mention this for the purpose of expressing my appreciation, as one of the members for the county of Halifax, of the most excellent work done by the navy in my constituency.
There was one observation made by the minister yesterday which greatly pleased me and in which I was much interested. He expressed the view that there was no reason why destroyers and cruisers could not be built for the Canadian navy in Canada after the war. It happened that, owing to the great slump in shipping in the period between the first and second great wars, the shipyards through-

out Canada were at a low ebb in equipment, facilities and trained personnel for the building of ships. The result was that at the out-. break of the present war many of the shipwrights had to be trained from the beginning. Fortunately, as luck would have it, at that time the ships required for warfare were of comparatively simple construction. Consequently it was possible to have these built quickly, and they filled a pressing need. Later on it became necessary to have more highly skilled workmen engaged because modern warships require a greater degree of skill in construction-much greater than do merchant ships. My purpose in pointing this out is to indicate how unfortunate it would be if the building of naval ships were allowed to fall into disuse and be discontinued when the war is over. It would be almost impossible to exaggerate the handicap it would have been to the successful prosecution of our naval war effort if we ourselves were not able in Canada to supply some of the ships needed for that work.
It is, I think, certain that at different times throughout the war we could not get from other countries the warships needed and we were dependent to a large extent on our own work. I would therefore urge the government to adopt a policy, when post-war reconstruction is considered in all its aspects, whereby at all events for the replacement of ships in our own Canadian navy we shall make use of our own shipyards. As the older ships fall into disrepair, replacements should come, whether of small or of large construction, from our own shipyards. Men trained in skilled trades in our shipyards should not be allowed to lose their skill and disappear.
The questions which I wish to ask the minister are these:
1.	What, if any, new construction for naval purposes is planned in and around the port of Halifax?
2.	Are there any plans for a further concentration of naval properties in any place in Halifax with the idea of reducing the need for extensive naval transportation facilities?
3.	What lands in Halifax acquired for naval purposes since the beginning of the war will be declared surplus to War Assets Corporation?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: First of all, my hon. friend asked what new construction was planned in Halifax for the Canadian navy. One new building we propose to erect there is in course of planning now. It is a chain-testing building in which chains can be tested instead of being sent out of the country for that purpose. Another bit of construction is to improve No. 3 camber in

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the dockyard, and then we have in mind some place where cordite cases may be kept until they are needed to be refilled. These cases cannot be thrown into the open; a building is necessary to store them. These are three items of construction we have in mind, and there is the possibility of some improvement to the waterfront in the dockyard. That may be undertaken.
My hon. friend asked whether we planned to concentrate naval properties in Halifax. He had in mind, I suppose, the possibility of reducing-


William Chisholm Macdonald: Reducing the tax-exempt property of the city.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I should say that practically all naval properties in Halifax will be concentrated in five places in and around Halifax.


William Chisholm Macdonald: It would save transportation.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: There will be a saving in transportation. First of all there is the dockyard itself, then the R.C.N. barracks, H.M.C.S. Stadacona, and then the central victualling depot. Those, I should think, after the war would practically contain in themselves all the naval activities in the city of Halifax. Outside the city we would have the Bedford basin magazine and the armament depot on the Dartmouth side. These five buildings should pretty well take care of all naval activity in and around Halifax.
As to the land or buildings that might become surplus, it is a little difficult to say at this moment what land or buildings might be so affected. There are some buildings in the city which we shall probably not use after the war, but exactly what they will be it is not easy to say at the moment. Probably a good many or nearly all buildings outside those five I have mentioned would be surplus.
The hon. member for Selkirk had a question about dependents' allowance. I think the regulation in that regard was suggested by the dependents' allowance board. It states that no allowance should be granted) to the wife of an officer or rating if such officer or rating was single at the time of being called up for active service unless he has completed six months' service from date of entry into active service. I assume the purpose of that was to prevent hasty marriages of members of the forces.


Mr. JACKMAN:: Of the total Canadian naval personnel, how many are at sea and how many on shore duty?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I have not the exact figures, but I should say, roughly 40,000.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: The minister said that he was quite certain that there would be enough volunteers from the navy to fill the complement of men required for the Pacific war. Could he tell us how many personnel from Canada are likely to be engaged in the Pacific war?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I do not think I could give my hon. friend that figure.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: The minister has said that he feels quite certain that there will be enough volunteers from the Royal Canadian Navy to make up Canada's contribution to that war. At the present time we have approximately 90,000 men and women in the Royal Canadian Navy and the minister must have some idea of what Canada's contribution is to be.
I should like to know also whether our allies, particularly Great Britain and the United States, are adopting the same procedure as that outlined this afternoon by the Prime Minister when he said that the enlistment at the time of entry into the service would be extinguished and that if there was to be any participation in the Pacific war there would have to be what would be tantamount to reenlistment.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: In answering the first question, the best I can do for my hon. friend is to say what I have said before, that is, that the number to be used in the Pacific war will be considerably less than the number used in the European war. I do not think it would be proper for me to make public the number to be engaged in that war.
With regard to the policy to be adopted by the United States and Great Britain in connection with the Pacific war, I do not know whether they have made any change in their present system of getting men into their services. My hon. friend knows that both the United States and England since the beginning of the war have operated under a system of draft or compulsory training.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: Canada is going to cut down its naval personnel for the Pacific war, and I should like to know if the same thing is going to be done by our allies, particularly Great Britain and the United States.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I do not know exactly what the size of the British fleet in the Pacific will be. It has been stated that it will be a fairly strong fleet, but that does not mean, of course, that it will be the complete British fleet as it exists at the present time. There are ships that might do quite



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well in close waters but which they might not want to send to the Pacific. That is a matter upon which my hon. friend would have as much information as I.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: Is it a fair question to ask whether ships carrying munitions across the Pacific will have to be convoyed?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I assume that there will have to be some convoy work. Wherever there are enemy submarines or any enemy planes or possibility of enemy attack, protection will have to be provided.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: Has the Canadian navy been assigned any particular duty in the Pacific?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: No.


Percy Chapman Black: I should like to have a statement from the minister as to the cost of property, the cost of improvements, the cost of buildings and construction and the cost of equipment at Deep Brook, Sydney and Esquimalt. Also if the minister has not already made a statement, I should like to know what progress is being made in the construction of tribal class boats at Halifax.	I should	like to know	how manyof these	boats	are	in service, or	when it is [DOT]expected	they	will	be completed	and be inactual service.	Is it intended to	extend the
original programme?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
cannot give my hon. friend all t'he answers, but I can give him some figures with regard to Deep Brook. The estimated main contract cost was $8,663,000 in round figures and there has been expended to date by the Dominion Construction company on construction work, $8,645,000. A total of $57,000 was paid out for the purchase of land. Then there were other things such as power supply, pipelines and railway sidings, which brings the total expenditure to date to $8,893,000.


Percy Chapman Black: Does that include equipment?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: All I have here are the capital charges but I can get the equipment separately later on. This will disappoint some people because they predicted that it would cost a great deal more than that. So far as expenditures on land and buildings and other capital items are concerned, they have been within the estimate.


Percy Chapman Black: The minister has not given the cost of the equipment.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
have not and I cannot give that. I told my hon. friend I would get it for him.
[Mr. A. L. Macdonald.}


Percy Chapman Black: That is perfectly satisfactory. I do not wish to annoy the minister but I should like to have it clear.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
understand my hon. friend perfectly. I told him that I did not have anything but the capital cost, but I will get the other details either to-night or to-morrow.
As to Sydney, capital costs of all kinds, including land, buildings, wharves, dredging, oil storage, roads, marine railway, storage buildings, sprinkler system, telephone system and so forth amounted as of February 28 of this year to $10,698,000, as I make it out from these figures, and I think that is right. That is against an estimated cost of $11,218,000, so that we have been able to get along with a little less than the estimate. Again I have not anything beyond the capital cost. I will get the other details to-morrow.


Percy Chapman Black: Does that
complete it, or is there some other work projected?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: There might be some small odds and ends still to be done, but that can be taken as the virtual completion of the contract. I will find out exactly what remains to be done.
I am afraid I have no figures for Esquimalt. There was a considerable naval development there before the war, but we have added to it since the war. I can find out just what our costs have been.


Mr. POTTIER:: What has been, the expenditure at Shelburne?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
have not that before me but I will get it.


Mr. GILLIS:: The figures given to the hon. member for Cumberland with respect to Sydney had to do with the Point Edward job, where a pier was destroyed before completed, was it not?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: The one that was destroyed by fire?


Clarence Gillis: Yes.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
think it was pretty well completed.


Clarence Gillis: Was it rebuilt?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Yes.


Clarence Gillis: And the cost of rebuilding
is included in the figures given by the minister?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I have not looked into that. I do not know whether there was any insurance. I suppose there was, probably held by the contractor.


Clarence Gillis: That was exactly what I was thinking of.

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Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
will look into that.


Mr. GRANT:: In order to keep the record
straight I should like to correct a mistake that was made by the hon. member for Cumberland when speaking a few minutes ago. He said that Nova Scotia had contributed fifty per cent more men to the navy than any other province.


Percy Chapman Black: No; fifty per cent more than the average for Canada.


Thomas Vincent Grant: I just wish to point out that according to the minister's own figures Prince Edward Island has contributed more men to the navy in proportion to population than any other province, including Nova Scotia. The hon. member for Cumberland covered up his remarks with such balmy and soothing eloquence that I almost overlooked his error.


Percy Chapman Black: I am not
envious of Prince Edward Island because Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island have all through this war been running hand in hand together in their enlistments in the army, navy, and air force. They both have an equally honourable and creditable record. Their men have enlisted for.service in any theatre of war and I am very proud indeed to be associated with the members for Prince Edward Island in paying tribute to their record.


Ernest Edward Perley: Since there is a little boasting going on by the maritimers about enlistments I should like to put something on the record which the public of Canada ought to know. I think we all agree that the Canadian navy is doing a wonderful job and too much praise cannot be showered on the achievements of our men. According to the minister's statement appearing on page 404 of Hansard, of the
90.000	naval ratings over twenty-five per cent came from the prairie provinces and nearly
7.000	of them from Saskatchewan. A great many of these men who enlisted from our province hardly knew how to step into a rowboat, certainly not into a canoe, and had never seen as much water as would cover a ten acre surface until they joined the navy. But these men from the prairies have made a wonderful record for themselves. They seem to take to the sea kindly. They have done a wonderful job. Many of them have won promotion purely on their meritorious service in the navy. It is worthy of record that the three prairie provinces have contributed twenty-five per cent of the ratings in the Canadian navy. I just wanted to say a word of praise for the men wdio have enlisted from Saskatchewan and the other prairie provinces in the Canadian navy.
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George Alexander Cruickshank: We have five
V.C.'s from British Columbia. Can you top that in the maritimes?


John Ritchie MacNicol: Can the minister tell
us where the eighty-seven men of the naval 'service were taken prisoner of war.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: Most of them were taken prisoner when the Athabaskan was sunk off the coast of France just before the invasion. There were one or two prisoners also taken in the Mediterranean.


John Ritchie MacNicol: Were these men of the
Athabaskan who were taken prisoner picked up by German submarines.


Angus Lewis Macdonald: They were picked up, I think, by German surface craft.


John Ritchie MacNicol: Has the minister a
break-down by provinces of the 1,498 who were killed on active service?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: I
can get that for my hon. friend.


Mr. CASTLEDEN:: Has the department
any recruiting policy for obtaining officers and ratings for the permanent naval service in Canada, and, if. so, to what extent is recruiting proceeding?


Angus Lewis Macdonald: We discussed that at some length last night, when probably my hon. friend was not here. I said that we now have about 4,300 in the R.C.N., the permanent navy, whereas we aim at a post-war total of 9,000. So that there is room in the permanent navy for about 4,700 more. We have been taking some officers and also a few ratings into the permanent service. We have asked' those who are in the reserve-the naval volunteer reserve or the naval reserve-to apply, if they wish to transfer to the permanent navy. Some, though not a great many, have taken advantage of that; I think the majority are waiting to see how things are at the end of the war and then make up their minds. But we have had some transfers in that way, and also a few direct entries into the Royal Canadian Navy.
At six o'clock the committee todk recess.
After Recess
The committee resumed at eight o'clock. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE FOR AIR


Hon. C. W. G. GIBSON (Minister of National Defence for Air):: Mr. Chairman, it has been the custom for the Minister of National Defence for Air to provide the com-
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mittee with a detailed and comprehensive statement of the condition and progress of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Hon. members will, I am sure, appreciate the hesitation with which I embark upon such a task. In the short time during which I have been connected with the air department I do not pretend to have mastered all its problems, or to have been able to make myself, familiar with all its activities.
But I think that anyone would be justified in feeling a full measure of pride in being able to speak on behalf of such a magnificent body as the R.C.A.F.
I can take pride without assumption, for I have had nothing to do with its achievements. If there is any one man who can take full credit it must be the hon. member for Quebec South (Mr. Power), who guided the expansion of the air force during the dark and difficult days of the war.
With the consent of the committee-and I am sure the members would not want me to take the time of the committee in reading it- I should like to table a statement of the cash estimates for the first five months of the 1945. 46 period, amounting to $453,876,000 and as a comparison the actual expenditures for the previous five months period ending 31st January, 1945:
Royal Canadian Air Force Estimates 1945-1946
1. Estimated cash requirements (5
months)	 $453,876,000
Consisting of:
Air training organization	 $ 95.555,000
Western hemisphere operations 103.290.000 Overseas war establishment... 254,985.000 Departmental administration..	46,000

2.	Actual expenditures (5 months
ending January 31, 1945).... $651,754,278
Consisting of:
British commonwealth air
training plan	 $151,567,745
Western hemisphere operations 80,507,952 Overseas war establishment... 419,635.856 Departmental administration..	42,725

Note: There were extraordinary expenditures overseas amounting to approximately $150,000,000 during this period.
You have already been made aware that two objectives have dominated the Canadian policy in the air war against our enemies. The first objective-that of training sufficient aircrew to provide superiority over the enemy in the air-has been attained in abundant measure [Mr. Gibson.l
through the British commonwealth air training plan. The second objective-the creation of a strong fighting air force-also has been attained to an extent which has brought everlasting glory to this dominion.
The British commonwealth air training plan. It is the achievement of the first objective about which I should like to speak first. A great deal has been said and written about the British commonwealth air training plan but I have yet to encounter a single example of exaggeration.
Members of this house, I am sure, have followed with interest the course of the plan, through those half-forgotten days of peril when it was obvious that the British isles would be under constant and heavy aerial attack by the enemj'; and the broad farm lands and prairies of Canada, thousands of miles removed from possible enemy action, suggested themselves as ideal for the training of vast numbers of empire airmen.
I need not recall to your minds the fateful decision which had to be reached when France collapsed and a German invasion of the United Kingdom seemed imminent. The question to be decided then was whether or not to cast aside the British commonwealth air training plan and send every available R.C.A.F. aircrew and aircraft overseas to defend the British isles.
The long-range view was taken that it would be better to provide a larger number of trained aircrew at a later date than to send a token force to the defence of Britain, and the justification of that decision can be seen by the daily record of our aerial operations. The wisdom of this decision can be judged too, by the fact that there have been created reserves of aircrew sufficient to meet all anticipated requirements.
You will recall that at the spring sitting last year this house was informed that after a careful examination of the situation, it was possible to commence a gradual process of contraction of the training plan. The process of rolling up the great carpet which had been laid down across the dominion since December. 1939. has continued steadily.
Then last autumn the partners to the plan reviewed the situation and reached the conclusion that adequate provision had been made to meet all conceivable eventualities in the air, until the end of the war. Therefore the partners by mutual consent, decided that it would not be necessary to continue the training plan beyond the date at which the agreement would normally run out-March 31, 1945.
The last classes of students graduated at schools across this country on the 29th March, and ceremonies were held at that time to

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mark suitably the completion of the first phase of Canada's biggest single contribution to victory.
I do not propose to bore you with a flood of statistics, but before proceeding to discuss the variety of circumstances which arise out of the conclusion of this phase of Canada's war effort, I should like to tell you that the plan graduated a total of over 131,000 trained aircrew. Of these, 72,729 graduates, or over 55 per cent, were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
In case anyone may gather the impression that the winding up of the British commonwealth air training plan is an indication that we are reducing our effort before negotiating the last laps in the race to victory, I should like to emphasize that the decision to allow the training plan agreement to run out on its normal date was solely the result of the fact that the training plan had accomplished its purpose.
In examining decisions with respect to the plan it must always be borne in mind that the intake and production of trained men under the training programme were planned and regulated, not to provide for immediate needs, but for the operational requirements of from eighteen months to two years ahead, as those requirements were estimated by the high command. Our training programme was never a hand-to-mouth scheme, such as it was in Germany. At any one time in Canada, men were being trained who could be expected to be required as much as two years later.
Training continues. Neither does the termination of the British commonwealth air training plan mean the end of training in Canada. The R.C.A.F. will continue to train men for its own requirements and we will continue to train additional aircrew for the Royal Air Force on a contract basis. For obvious security reasons it is impossible for me to indicate the numbers of men to be trained under this programme but it can be disclosed that for the training of R.A.F. personnel only, the R.C.A.F. will continue to operate three elementary flying training schools, four service flying training schools, one air navigation school, one central navigation school and a reconnaissance and navigation school.
In addition we will continue to maintain and operate six operational training units on normal training for the R.A.F. and R.C.A.F. as well as seven schools of various types to provide refresher and certain specialized training for the R.C.A.F.
As an insurance against an unfavourable turn in the progress of the war a further nine
schools are being retained on a care and maintenance basis under a "shadow" organization, pending final disposition. These are capable of being reopened, if necessary, on short notice.
All schools in which training is suspended and which are not included in the new "shadow organization" continue on a "care and maintenance" basis until their final disposition is decided. Later on I will make reference to the methods of disposing of surplus assets.
Transfers to Army. There is another aspect of the consequences of winding up the training plan in which hon. members are vitally interested. It is obvious that a large number of men who have been engaged in operating the training programme-instructors, administrative officers, clerks and ground crews-became surplus to requirements. Some of them were required for replacements overseas, but it was possible to release many from the service. Some of these men, as you know, became eligible for call-up under the National Resources Mobilization Act and for a time they were released from the air force and then the normal call-up procedure followed. Recently, however, new regulations were put into operation which make personnel who are to be discharged from the R.C.A.F., and who are eligible for call-up, immediately available to the army as reinforcements.
Men in this category are being medically examined by an army medical board prior to discharge from the R.C.A.F. and if they are physically fit they receive a call-up notice which becomes effective, after any period of leave to which they are entitled, as soon as discharge from the R.C.A.F. is completed.
Aircraftmen and leading aircraftmen, on enlistment in the army for general service, receive credit for their service in the R.C.A.F. in determining their initial army rate of pay; that is up to 4 months service, SI.30 per day; 4 to 6 months, SI.40 per day and over 6 months, $1.50 per day.
In addition, an arrangement has been concluded between the army and the air force under which airmen of non-commissioned rank, including W.O.'s II, although enlisted with the rank of private, receive pay of their R.C.A.F. rank at standard rates during retaining in the army, and for six months thereafter, with a maximum of ten months. At the expiration of that period it is anticipated that many of the men concerned, by reason of their already recognized ability, will have obtained the equivalent rank in the army.
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This arrangement does not, of course, affect qualified aircrew personnel or any. personnel who have served overseas.
Reserves. With respect to aircrew a different situation prevails. When, last autumn, it was decided that the training plan could be allowed to run out, we were in a position of having considerably more aircrew than were immediately required. And many more have become available as final classes graduated. It is true that we had more aircrew than could be usefully employed at once, but at the same time we had to be cautious. . It was decided, therefore, that as men graduated they should be transferred to the R.C.AJF. reserve, subject to recall. They were free to enter civilian occupations but they constituted sound insurance against any eventuality.
That eventuality appeared within recent weeks. The stepped-up tempo of the air assault against the enemy on the western front resulted, not in higher casualties, but in aircrew completing their operational tours considerably more rapidly than formerly. Men who had been making one or two trips a week against enemy targets were suddenly flying almost every day, and even, in cases of some short trips, twice a day.
In order to provide replacements for these men as their tours expired1, it became necessary to recall some categories from our reserve. The warning call has gone out to some members of all categories except pilots, and navigators "W", of whom there is still an adequate surplus in the service. Here again it is impossible for security reasons, to supply figures, but I can give you positive assurance that our reserve of trained aircrew is quite sufficient to cope with any situation which is likely to arise.
There is another category of R.C.A.F. personnel who are being released and transferred to the reserve. They are the "tour-expired" men who have returned from overseas. All of 'hem have completed one or more tours of operations against the enemy, and, in addition, have completed periods of instructional or other duties.
All members of aircrew who complete an operation tour are entitled to 30 days leave in Canada before undertaking a second tour.
On the completion of a first tour aircrew are usually required to complete a non-operational tour before returning on leave, but leave to Canada is granted before a second tour is commenced.
Not all aircrew personnel are required to undertake a second operational tour, but the skill and experience of some of those who

have completed a first tour are required in our overseas squadrons in order that they may act as leaders for less experienced crews.
Members of aircrews who have completed one or two tours, or on completion of three years' overseas service, if surplus to overseas requirements are returned to Canada. After a period of leave they may be posted to general list duties in Canada or appointed to non-flying list duties. Provided they are not in certain restricted categories, those who desire to retire may be transferred to the reserve, subject to recall later if their services should be required.
I would like to make it clear that in no cases are aircrew personnel who have completed two operational tours reposted overseas except on a strictly voluntary basis.
With respect to other members of the R.C.A.F. officers on the non-flying list, ground-crew and members of the Women's Division, after the completion of three years' overseas service they may elect repatriation, or retention overseas for a further period. If they elect repatriation it is arranged as soon as a replacement is available, and if they elect to remain overseas they are retained, if they can be suitably employed.
You will agree, I am sure, that with this policy there can be no quarrel. These men and women have done their appointed tasks. But their number has not yet reached a very considerable total. It will increase fairly rapidly from now on, but in January, for instance, only 185 officers and 224 other ranks on the flying list who had seen service overseas were discharged, retired or resigned.
Rehabilitation Services. To prepare for the transition of our personnel from service to civilian life a series of release centres have been established across the country. Here they have their final medical examinations, and move on to the care of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. But long before they actually reach a release centre, and while they are still serving, members of the R.C.A.F. can commence preparation for their return to civilian life.
In the early days of the war the air force devised e, highly efficient system of personnel selection, a system which was later accepted as a model by the United States. It was a system of choosing the right man for the right job.
Now, when we are preparing to return men1 to civil life, the system is being reversed so that we may choose the right job for the man; and to assist him educational services have been provided to prepare the man for the job.

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Out of the air force's personnel selection organization there has been created an organization for what is known as "personnel counselling".
As a result we have a highly effective team composed of the personnel counsellor and the education officer. The personnel counsellor is trained to guide and assist members of the force who often have very hazy ideas as to what to do after the war. The education officer assists members to undertake training or studies, and by means of correspondence courses, directed reading and trade classes, opportunities are provided for men and women to continue their formal education, to improve their general knowledge or to secure vocational training.
Through the facilities of the Canadian Legion educational services more than 150 courses are available, many of them carrying credits recognized by Canadian departments of education and universities.
As an example I will mention the case of a Plight Lieutenant who required a pass in trigonometry to complete his senior matriculation. The education officer provided all possible help with the result that he completed his course of studies during his operational tour. Then he was told of the place and time of his examination. He returned from an operation against the enemy early one morning; flew 100 miles to write the paper, but found that he could not remain for the full time allowed for writing the examination since he had to go on operations again that evening. However, he completed the paper; flew on operations that night that won him the Distinguished Flying Cross, and learned some time later that he had also passed his examination.
Many thousands of our men have taken advantage of these educational opportunities and I think I can safely say that in the midst of waging war, the R.C.A.F. is, at the same time, doing everything possible to prepare its men-and women-for peace.
Disposal of surplus. I mentioned a few moments ago that I should like to discuss briefly another circumstance arising out of the winding up of the air training plan-the disposal of surplus assets.
The major portion of R.C.A.F. surpluses have been referred to the crown assets allocation committee for disposal through War Assets Corporation. As units close down, some of their equipment is required by other units of the R.C.A.F. and the balance is reported for disposal. Furthermore stocks held in equipment depots are progressively and systematically reviewed in the light of future R.C.A.F. requirements, and any surpluses discovered are reported for disposal.
Large numbers of aircraft have, of course, become surplus to our requirements and these are reported for disposal by the allocation committee which has been charged with the task of disposal to the best national advantage.
The accumulation of large amounts of surplus equipment has necessitated the formation of a number of reserve equipment maintenance units to store equipment required for future R.C.A.F. needs, and a number of surplus equipment holding units in which are placed the surplus awaiting disposal through the War Assets Corporation. In some cases War Assets Corporation will take over the entire site together with all stocks stored in the buildings. As of March 1, 1945, the Department of National Defence for Air has cancelled 232 leases and has declared 94 properties to the crown assets allocation committee as surplus to requirement.
Up to the end of February there had been sent to crown assets from the B.C.A.T.P. alone, surpluses valued at $131,630,138. In addition some $30,000,000 of surplus equipment from our western hemisphere operations has been made available for disposal.
Operations. I come now to discussion of what, in my opening remarks, I referred to as our second great objective

the creation of a strong, fighting air force. This subject, naturally, I should like to discuss at great length, and in the most complete detail. But there are imposed upon me the security restrictions which prevent my giving any details or particulars that would be of benefit to the enemy.
I am sure that hon. members will not require any words from me to inform them of the magnificent work that members of the R.C.A.F. are doing both in our Canadian units and in formations of the R.A.F. The stcy of their achievements is being told daily in the newspapers but there are a few points which I might mention to assist the committee in appreciating the superlative accomplishments of our fighting airmen.
One of the best indications of the outstanding nature of the services provided by members of the R.C.A.F. is the fact that up to the end of January last, a total of 5,166 honours and decorations had been awarded to R.C.A.F. personnel. Of these, 2,372 were Distinguished Flying Crosses and 433 were Distinguished Flying Medals.
At the close of my remarks I should like to table a list which provides a summary of these honours and awards for the information of the committee.

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I will also table, with the consent of the committee, a list giving the names and addresses of those who have been awarded decorations for gallantry since the last list was tabled in the house.
As an example of the brave acts for which these decorations have been awarded, I will read the citation foir the award of the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) to Flight Sergeant W. E. Crabe of Fingal, Ontario. I chose this example at random and because it was recent. It is typical of many scores of others:
Flight Sergeant Crabe was the mid-upper gunner of an aircraft detailed for a sortie one night in February. They bombed their objective but soon after leaving the target, the aircraft sustained severe damage. The rear gun turret was wrecked. Flight Sergeant Crabe went at once to attend to the rear gunner. Assisted by another member of the crew, he cut away the side of the turret and then, tying a rope around himself, Flight Sergeant Crabe climbed into the wrecked turret. He was completely exposed to the slipstream, in imminent danger of falling and was not wearing his bulky parachute. Heedless of the danger and despite the intense cold, Crabe toiled until he succeeded in freeing the gunner and getting him back into the fuselage. Unfortunately the gunner was dead, but although Flight Sergeant Crabe's efforts were in vain, his brave and determined bid to save his co-gunner were worthy of the greatest praise.
There is one other exploit which may already have come to the attention of hon. members which illustrates so well the quality of courage that is common to all ranks, from the highest to the lowest, and from all parts of Canada.
In this case, awards were made to an air commodore, a flight sergeant, a corporal and two leading aircraftmen, all of whom distinguished' themselves in the same exploit.
Air Commodore Arthur Dwight Ross,
O.B.E., of Toronto and Winnipeg, the commanding officer of a large R.C.A.F. bomber base, was awarded the George Cross, the empire's highest award for gallantry, other than in the face of the enemy.
Four airmen who aided in the rescue, also were honoured:. The George Medal was awarded to Flight Sergeant Joseph Marcel St. Germain of Montreal, and to Corporal Maurice Marquet of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. The British Empire Medal (Military Division) was awarded' to LAC Melvin Muir McKenzie of Tehkummeh, Ontario, and LAC Robert Rubin Wolfe, Toronto, Ontario.
The joint citation accompanying the awards was:	[DOT]
One night in June, 1944, an aircraft, while attempting to land, crashed into another which was parked in the dispersal area and fully loaded with bombs. The former aircraft had broken into three parts and was burning 
furiously. Air Commodore Ross was at the airfield to attend to the return of aircraft operations and the interrogation of aircrews. St. Germain, a bomb aimer, had just returned from an operational sortie, and Corporal Marquet w'as in charge of the night ground crew, whilst LAC McKenzie and LAC Wolfe were members of the crew crash tender. Air Commodore Ross, with the asistance of Corporal Marquet, extricated the pilot who had sustained severe injuries. At that moment, ten 500-lb. bombs in the second aircraft, about eighty yards away, exploded, and this officer and airman were hurled to the ground. When the hail of debris had subsided cries were heard from the rear turret of the crashed aircraft. Despite further explosions from bombs and petrol tanks which might have occurred, Air Commodore Ross and Corporal Marquet returned to the blazing wreckage and endeavoured in vain to swing the turret to release the rear gunner. Although the port tail plane was blazing furiously, Air Commodore Ross hacked at the perspex with an axe and then handed the axe through the turret to the rear gunner who enlarged the aperture. Taking the axe again, the air commodore, assisted now by Flight Sergeant St. Germain, as well as Corporal Marquet, finally broke the perspex steel frame supports and extricated the rear gunner. Another 500-lb. bomb exploded which threw the three rescuers to the ground. Flight Sergeant St. Germain quickly rose and threw himself upon a victim in order to shield him from flying debris. Air Commodore Ross's arm was practically severed between the wrist and elbow by the second explosion. He calmly walked to the ambulance and an emergency amputation was performed on arrival at station sick quarters. Meanwhile, Corporal Marquet had inspected the surroundings, and seeing petrol running down towards two nearby aircraft, directed their removal from the vicinity by tractor. LAC McKenzie and LAC Wolfe rendered valuable assistance in trying to bring the fire under control and they also helped to extricate the trapped rear gunner, both being seriously injured by flying debris. Air Commodore Ross showed fine leadership and great heroism in an action which resulted in the saving of the lives of the pilot and rear gunner. He was ably asisted by Flight Sergeant St. Germain and Corporal Marquet who both displayed courage of a high order. Valuable service was also rendered by LAC McKenzie and LAC Wolfe in circumstances of great danger.
"Courage of a high order". "Worthy of the greatest praise". Surely this restrained language of official citations may be applied equally to the thousands of members of the R.C.A.F. who operate over Europe, the Mediterranean, India, Burma and the lonely waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
The enemy threat to our own shores has been removed but it has been none the less essential to maintain adequate western hemisphere operational units and, of course, there has been no relaxing of our campaign against the U-boats. The R.C.A.F. is responsible for convoys and anti-submarine patrols in the western half of the north Atlantic and much of the credit for the frustration of the U-boats



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must go to those men who day after day, in the foulest kind of weather, fly these long, lonely, arduous patrols which take them frequently to mid-Atlantic and often all the way across. Opportunities to strike at the enemy are few and far between but our men have had their "incidents" as they call them.
I hardly need recall to members of this house that the late Flight Lieutenant Hornell, the only member of the R.C.A.F. to be awarded the Victoria Cross in this war, was flying an aircraft attached to an R.C.A.F. squadron stationed at Iceland, when he flew to attack a submarine in complete disregard of his own safety.
Flying from the United Kingdom there are other R.C.A.F. squadrons engaged in an equally relentless warfare on the U-boats.
Bomber Groups.-Then in the United Kingdom there is our own R.C.A.F. bomber group, of bomber command, which shares with the R.A.F. and the air forces of the United States the proud credit for hastening the day of victory. Air Vice Marshal McEwen, who commands the group, was in Canada recently, and, as an indication of the extent of the R.C.A.F. contribution to the aerial offensive, members of the committee will be interested in knowing that he reported that last October the Canadian group dispatched the largest force of 4-engine bombers ever sent against any target by any group in the history of bomber command.
In 1943 our bomber group flew 7,355 sorties and dropped 13,639 tons of bombs. Last year the group flew 25,353 operational sorties and dropped 86,503 tons of bombs. And this was accomplished with the lowest loss percentage of 4-engine aircraft in the whole of bomber command.
With the invasion of Normandy the character of the group's operations changed to some extent. Previously it has been engaged exclusively in strategic bombing by night. But with the landing of troops, the group took tactical bombing in its stride. Between the dusk of June 5 last and the dawn of June 7, aircraft of the group flew 478 sorties with the loss of but a single aircraft. Since then the R.C.A.F. group has continued to play its full part in support for the army as well as continuing to share in the strategic strikes against the enemy's war potentials-its industrial and rail centres.
Fighter units.-Then across the channel there is another phase of R.C.A.F. activity. There, the R.C.A.F. comprises a major part of the 2nd tactical air force which provides close support for the First Canadian and Second British Armies.
This year up to the 15th March, Spitfires and Typhoons of R.C.A.F. fighter and fighter-bomber squadrons had flown 10,575 sorties during which sixty-one locomotives were destroyed and 165 damaged; 648 railway cars were destroyed and 228 damaged; 214 motor vehicles destroyed and 413 damaged; 395 railway cuts were made and 124 enemy aircraft were destroyed and eleven damaged.
I mention aircraft last, and for a good reason. Shooting down aircraft has long ceased to be a priority job with our fighter pilots. They have long ago subdued the hun in the air. Their mission has been to shoot him off the ground. They have done that with phenomenal success, not only with their cannon, but with rockets, and they have blasted him with bombs. The figures I quote here are all the more noteworthy, for they have been accomplished during a period when operational flying has been curbed by weather conditions.
Never in warfare has an air force operated so close to the enemy's line as these fighter-bomber boys of the invasion spearhead flew last summer. That aerial umbrella, the R.A.F.'s most outstanding single engine group, was then composed of 60 per cent Canadian pilots, and the first airfield in Europe, an R.C.A.F. one, was operating on D-day, plus 4.
I will cite one day during the German collapse in Normandy, when all roads towards the Seine were cluttered with German disorder. That was August 18, when this fighter-bomber group accounted for 1.074 vehicles destroyed, 1,929 damaged, in addition to seventy-three tanks destroyed, ninety-one damaged. One Canadian Spitfire wing headed all others that day, just as it did on frequent occasions, both in air and ground destruction. It alone destroyed 230 vehicles, damaged 445 others, in addition to four tanks destroyed with Spitfire cannon, and nineteen damaged. That will give you some idea of the job our fighter-bomber squadrons are doing on the other side, carrying on in Holland and into Germany what they inaugurated on that narrow Norman beachhead last June. They have never let up. They are harrassing and disorganizing the enemy at his most vital points immediately behind the lines at which our ground forces are steadily thrusting.
Then too there are night fighter, night intruder and artillery spotting squadrons, there is a fighter squadron in Italy and two transport squadrons in India; and there are the thousands of R.C.A.F. personnel serving in R.A.F. units in widely scattered theatres of war-all of them daily adding lustre to the wings of the R.C.A.F.
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In the recent crossings of the Rhine, one R.C.A.F. transport squadron was employed in dropping parachutes, as well as supplies and equipment.
All told, in addition to the thousands of Canadians serving with the R.A.F., there are more than 45 R.C.A.F. squadrons on service as units overseas.
Overseas mail squadron. There is one aspect of R.C.A.F. operations, not quite so familiar to members of the committee, to which I would like to make specific reference; that is, the operation of an overseas air mail service. You will recall that in December, 1943, the air force undertook to assist in carrying the armed forces' mail to the various theatres of war. The first Flying Fortress converted for this job took off from Rock-cliffe loaded with mail on December 15, 1943. In January, 1944, the load carried by the squadron totalled 11,600 pounds. Twelve months later the load totalled 469,638 pounds for one month, and in the intervening twelve months the service had been extended so that, aircraft of the squadron were flying 9,923 miles of regular routes, as compared with
3,500	miles at the beginning of 1944.
In addition to the transatlantic service to the United Kingdom, local service has been provided to the Canadian armed forces in the Mediterranean area and a daily service is provided from the United Kingdom to Canadian forces on the western front. A regular service is also provided to Goose Bay and Iceland.
The squadron has completed 235 transatlantic crossings and the whole service has been carrying more than 400,000 pounds of mail per month.
The future. Some hon. members may have noticed that, because the B.C.A.T.P. had fulfilled its purpose, and because it was possible to release some of our personnel, there was a disposition in some quarters to suggest that with the end of the war in sight we were resting on our oars.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The R.C.A.F. will play its full part to the end and while, because of altered circumstances, our requirements at home have grown less, it is no indication that our blows at the enemy grow weaker.
Even when the fighting in Europe is finished, the R.C.A.F. will be represented in the occupation force. It is not possible to inform the committee at this time what the exact nature of our representation will be, but I can say that units-that is squadrons-of the R.C.A.F. will be included in the aerial police force which will be required for the occupation of Germany.

In addition, discussions have been in progress for some time and are continuing with regard to the extent of our air force's participation in the second phase of the world conflict-the war to defeat Japan. It may be stated that R.C.A.F. squadrons will be operating in cooperation with the R.A.F. against the Japanese in the Pacific, but the number and composition of our units have not yet been definitely decided.
Certain squadrons will be detailed for service in the Pacific, but the wishes of the squadron personnel will be considered before being detailed for such service. They have already volunteered for the duration of the war for service anywhere in the world, but it is inevitable that a certain number of the personnel will wish to be replaced before the units embark for service against Japan. All personnel who may be selected for such service will have a period of leave in Canada before proceeding on operations in the Pacific.
I know I have succeeded in painting only a rough picture, but I think it is sufficient to convey to the members an impression of the efficiency of the R.C.A.F. as a striking force. I think we can say, without being in the slightest degree boastful, that in the air war, Canada, in proportion to her size, is making a contribution as great as any member of the commonwealth or any of the united nations.
When all that can be said i3 said, and all that can be written is written of our great plans and our broad achievements, it is the individual achievements of our men that will live in the hearts of our people. Those boys who have made the B.C.A.T.P. and the R.C.A.F. a success, came from families in every walk of Canadian life, from rich and poor alike, from the farm and from the city, from high school and university. The least professional of soldiers, they are the most gallant of citizens. Coming from different atmospheres of a nation of widely divergent views, they found a common patriotism and a common purpose.
Their selfless endeavour, their common patriotism and their unswerving purpose are a grand example to us in our Canadian task.
I want to place on Hansard list of honours and decorations awarded to members of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Victoria Cross
Number-Rank-Name

Address
J7594 F/L Hornell, D. E., ]9 Harbord St., Toronto, Ont.

Awards jor Gallantry-Air Services
George. Cross
J19379 F/O Gray, R. B„ 337 Home St., Winnipeg, Man.
Clll A/C Ross, A. D., OBE, 92 Golfdale Rd., Toronto.
Distinguished Service Order
J25399 F/L Anderson, J. A., 367 Scotia St., Winnipeg.
J10503 A/W/C Avant, A. F., 1012 Aird St.,
Saskatoon.
J15248 A/S/L Bennet, G., DFG, 396 Home St.,
Winnipeg.
C 1009 W/C Chapman, C. G. W., Woodstock Rd., Fredericton, N.B.
J24086 A/F/L Curtis, R. E., DFM, 8 Water St., Albion, Pa., U.S.A.
J15042 F/L Dale, R. G., 84 Woodlawn Ave. E., Toronto, Ont.
C325 G/C Davoud, P. Y., Rigi Apts., 495 Prince Arthur St. W., Montreal.
J11265 F/O Denomy, B. C., Drawer B., Te-miskaming, P.Q.
J5691 A/S/L Dow, J. R., 1111 Wolseley Ave., Winnipeg.
J11442 S/L Elhvood, G. B., DFG, Box 673, Portage La Prairie, Man.
J27659 A/F/L Foote, W. L., Penticton, B.C.
J3701 A/W/C Godefroy. H. C., 120 Oriole Parkway, Toronto, Ont.
J39394 F/O Hay, C. M., 409 Linton St., Winnipeg.
J15707 A/F/L Hay, H. B., DFG, 67 Canada Rd., Edmundston, N.B.
J12324 S/L Hayward, R. K., DFG, 129 Gower St., St. John's, Nfld.
J4771 A/S/L Ingalls, R. B., DFG, 4217 Kensington Ave., N.D.G., Montreal.
J6494 S/L Kallio, O. C., DFG, R.R. No. 2, Box 76, Iron wood, Michigan.
J5022 A/W/C Keefer, G. C. Jr., 167 Euston St., Charlottetown, P.E.I.
J7548 A/S/L Keillor, H. G., Mitchell, Ont.
J6002 F/L Kerrigan, H. F., DFC, 387 Roslyn Ave., Westmount, P.Q.
J4743 A/S/L Kipp, R. A., 359 Nicola St., Kamloops. B.C.
J8441 A/S/L Koester, G. D. S.. Finca "Seamay" Senahu A.Y.. Guatemala, C.A.
J19973 F/O McGillivray, D. A., 15 Gilmour St., Ottawa.
J19268 S/L MacKinnon, L. L., DFG, Box 65, Ponoka, Alta.
J7978 A/S/L McDonald, J. R., 631 Longford St., Victoria, B.C.
J4912 A/S/L McLeod, H. W., DFG & Bar, 2311 Garnet St., Regina, Sask.
J4745 A/W/C McNair, R. W„ 1462 Edward St.', North Battleford. Sask.
J22754 F/O Moore, K. O., 2645-5th Ave. W., Vancouver.
J4898 A/W/C Morrison, H. A., DFG, 3790 Ontario St., Vancouver, B.C.
J15088 S/L Northcott, G. W., DFC & Bar, R.R. No. 1. Box 47, Minnedosa. Man.
J5125 A/S/L Olmsted, W. A., DFC, 15 Chedoke Ave., Hamilton.
J9192 A/S/L Perry, J. W.. Woodbridge, Ont.
C1319 A/W/C Russel. B. D„ DFC & Bar, 807 Clarke Ave.. Westmount. P.Q.
C871 A/W/C Ruttan, C. G., 9 Ridley Ave., Belleville, Ont.
J12483 F/O Shulemson, S. S., 5150 Decarie Boulevard. Montreal, Que.
C1999 A/W/C Somerville, J. D., 33 Victoria Crese., Box 814, Parrv Sound. Ont.
C823 A/F/L Stephen, W. M-, 62 King St. W., Gananoque, Ont.
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J24504 F/O Strange, M. S., 7 Rosehill Ave., Apt. 7, Toronto.
J9783 S/L Sweany, G. A., Apt. 5, 314 Lonedale Rd., Toronto.
J15176 A/W/C Swetman, W. H., DFC, % A. M.
Dewar, Metropolitan Bldg., Toronto, Ont. J7343 A/S/L Wilson, H., DFC, 17 McCallum Blk., Regina, Sask.
C1697 S/L Trainor, H. C., Bedford, P.E.I. J15603 S/L Vanexon, W. C., DFC, 402 Winston St., Ottawa, Ont.
J16644 F/L Walker, H. A., Shawville, Que. J19885 P/O Webb, J. L., 74 Mayflower Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
J6650 A/S/L Westerman, C. F., DFG, 1263 Athol St., Regina, Sask.
J6991 S/L Williams, D. J., DFC, 1874 W. 10th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
Distinguished Flying Cross
J36330 F/O Abell, J.- W., Elgin Ave., Goderich, Ont.
J27509 F/O Adams, D. A., 415 E. 10th Ave., Vancouver.
J17235 A/F/L Adams, W. E., 732 Agnes St., New Westminster, B.C.
J55979 F/O Adamson, A. C., Vegreville, Alta. J17646 F/O Agrios, J. E., Camrose, Alta.
J7460 F/O Aikrnan, A. F., 178 Albertus Ave., Toronto.
C28055 A/F/L Ainslie, T. E. C., Comber, Ont. J88596 P/O Ainsworth, G. W., 355-3rd Ave., Verdun, Que.
J14793 F/O Albert, E. T., Emerson, Man.
J17224 A/F/L Alberts, E. J., Melville, Sask. J25825 F/O Aldred, E. M., 2221 Montague St., Regina, Sask.
J5766 F/L Aldwinckle, R. M., Varna. Ont.
J15543 A/F/L Alexander, E. S., DFM, 3519 W.
26th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J19255 F/O Allan, G. I., Box 10, Imperial, Sask. J19586 F/O Allan, J. L.. Box 299, Tisdale. Sask. J89062 P/O Allard, B. L. P., 157 Patrick Ave./ The Pas, Man.
J21435 F/O Allen, E. 2nd, 215 S. Normandie Ave.. Los Angeles.
J87111 F/O Allen, R. P., 141 Sackville St., London, Ont.
JC173 F/L Anderson, R. A., 26 Steadman St., Moncton, N.B.
J25309 F/L Anderson, J. A., 367 Scotia St.. Winnineg. Man.
J16379 P/O Anderson, P. M., Union Point, Man. J89?4 A/S/L Anderson, W. B., 367 Scotia St., Winnipeg, Man.
J24471 A/S/L Anderson, W. J., Bedford St., Westport, Ont.
J24423 F/L Andrew, E. W., Box 313, Colling-wood, Ont.
J87068 P/O Andrews, D. R., 70 Holmstead Ave., Toronto, Ont.
JSSO^ P/O Angell, G. E. L„ 315 B.C. Mining Bldg., Vancouver, B.C.
J22435 F/O Angus. A. G., 392 McIntyre St. W.. North Bay. Ont.
J88535 P/O Annesley, G. W.. 10649-124 St.. Edmonton.
J85881 A/F/O Anthony. R. F„ % Mrs. G.
Branch. R.R. No. 1, Beamsville, Ont.
J26004 A/F/L Appleton. C. A. P., 15 Burnaby Blvd.. Toronto 12. Ont.
J17202 F/O Arbuekle, W. M., 103 Lakeshore Rd.. Lakeside. P.Q.
J23445 A/S/L Arbuekle, G. F.. 930 Queen St. E.. Toronto. Ont.
J26495 F/O Ardis. B. D., Friendship, New York. TT.S A.
F/O Armstrong, S. W.. 605 Agnes St.. Winnipeg. Man.
T180«fi P/O Armstrong. W N.. Box 137. West
Summerland. B.C.
[Stage Direction]
Awards jor Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con. Number-Rank-Name-Address
J21168 F/O Arnold, A. J., 80 Gibson Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
J25304 F/O Arnold, H. F„ Hardy Island, B.C.
R137690 W/O Arnott, M. A., 61 Brock St., Barrie, Ont.
J15538 F/L Ashbaugh, F. A., 3330020 Ave., W. Vancouver, B.C.
J21982 A/F/L Atkins, E., Cremona, Alta.
J14000 A/F/L Atkins, J„ % Mr. R. L. Millar, 8 Westminster Ave., South Montreal West, Que.
J35746 F/O Aubrey, G. A., 95 Monarch Park, Toronto, Ont.
J20136 F/L Audet, R. J., 902-8th Ave. S., Lethbridge, Alta.
J15710 F/O Austen, R. J., 58 Leuty St., Toronto.
J15254 T/F/L Austin, L. F., 78 Jackman Ave., Toronto.
J24467 F/O Baer, R. E., R.R. No. 2, Beamsville, Ont.
J86729 P/O Bailey, T. R., Rosdene, Sask.
J14781 A/F/L Baker, E., 339 Sherwood Dr., Ottawa, Ont.
J7804 A/S/L Baker, O. N. W., 454 Hamilton St., Preston, Ont.
J19777 A/F/L Baker, R. P., R.M.D. No. 1, Ganges, B.C.
J13609 F/L Ballachey, J. M., High River, Alta.
R118197 W/O Balmer, D. H., Box 294, Courtenay, B.C.
J25124 F/O Balsdon, C. G., 533-13th Ave. W., Calgary.
C22669 F/O Bamford, J., 158 Cameron Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
.T27401 F/O Bamford, R., 7011 Stuart Ave., Outremont. Montreal.
J86552 P/O Banika, N., 2380 Bellevue St., Niagara Falls. Ont.
J23958 F/O Banister, R. K.. Okotoks, Alta.
J12855 F/O Banks, H. C. C., Ste. 6, Colgrove Apts., Calgary.
J12311 F/L Banks, W. J., 88 Hanna Rd., Lea-side. Ont.
J28388 P/O Banning, J. E. V., 62-5th Ave., Timmins, Ont.
C1086 S/L Bannock, R„ 12320-67th St., Edmonton. Alta.
J87469 P/O Bamnoflf, E.. 6753 Oulloden St., Vancouver.
.110-809 F/L Banting, D. W.. Fort Sen. Sask
J23822 F/O Barber. J. D, 9756-89th Ave., Edmonton. Alta.
J87609 P/O Barbour, D., 22 Wallace Ave., Yorkton, Bask.
J6S07 A/W/C Barker, A., Ashenhurst, Tod-marden. Lancs.. England.
't/F^ Banker. J. M„ Glemboro. Man.
T«o692 F/O Barker, N. G., 139 Evens Ave., Toronto. Ont.
J85385 F/O Barlow, J. T„ 54 Walnut St., Pans. Ont.
J25035 F/O Barnett, R. V. M., 62 Brooklyn Ave., Toronto.
J14199 F/O Barnhart, H. W.. 375 Second Ave., Ottawa.
J19400 F/L Barony, R. B., 48 Thomas St., Arnprior, Ont.
J18930 F/O Barrett, W. L., Foresthill, Fredericton, N.B.
J9161 F/L Barron. J. H., c/o Mrs. A. Player, New Liskeand, Out.
J85618 P/O Barrowman, A. M., Tisdale, Sask.
J21033 A/F/L Bartleman, J. M., Box 324, Wolsely, Sask.
J87199 P/O Bartleman, K. E., 20 Doehn St., Kitchener, Ont.
[Mr. Gibson.J
J14654 F/O Bartlett, A. H., 999 Old Orchard Ave., N.D.G., Montreal.
J85663 P/O Bartman, M., Vegreville, Alta.
J24258 F/O Barton, G. G., 421 Cartier Ave., Sudibury, Ont.
J86138 P/O Bassett, G. A., 930-19th Ave. W., Calgary.
J19-840 P/O Basson, R. A., 709-7th Ave., South Lethbridge, Alta.
C22661 F/O Bateman. L. J., 2A Hampson Ct., 47 Kennedy St., Winnipeg.
J86093 P/O Bateman, L. F., 359 Davenport Rd., Toronto.
J5810 A/S/L Bayly, G. H. U., 47 Oastlefield Ave., Toronto.
J24725 F/O Bayne, R. J., 437 McLeod St., Ottawa, Ont.
J86692 F/O Beairsto, F. W., Sedgewick, Alta.
J36688 P/O Beamish, R. W., 201 Torrens Ave., Toronto.
J25438 F/O Beard. J. S., 601 North Bosbury Dr., Beverley Hills, Cal.
J17090 F/O Beattie, R. L., Londesboro, Ont.
J20162 F/L Beauchamp, S. N. E., Buchanan Cresc., Dauphin, Man.
J21913 F/L Beaudoin, M. J. A., 337 Yonge St., Winnipeg, Man.
J23346 F/O Beck, W. D. C., 737 Lower Main
St., Woodstock, N.B.
C48205 P/O Bed well, W., Marchwell. Sask.
C13458 S/L Beirnes, J. R.. Tofield, Alta.
J14413 F/O Bell, A. G., 37 Golding St., Saint John, N.B.
J35329 F/O Bell, D., Box 87, Baker St., Yarmouth, N.-S.
J17535 F/O Bell, D. A. L., 64 Campbell Ave., Toronto.
J4821 S/L Bell, J. F. M., Las 3 Lagunas, Lasrosas. F.C.C.A., Arg.
J16345 P/O Bell, J. K„ New Glasgow, N.S.
J86078 P/O Bellman, W. A., 9641-105A Ave., Alberta, Edmonton.
J15964 E/L Bennett, C. E., Box 1123, Penticton. B.C.
J27537 F/O Benet, R. C., 3862 W. 41st St., Vancouver, B.C.
,121557 F/O Bennett, W. R., 663 Pape Ave., Toronto 6. Ont.
J19671 F/O Bentson, M. W.. Broderick, Sask.
Rl-17327 W/O Bergeviin, J. J. C., Cochrane. Out.
J29412 F/O Bernier, J. W. L. F., 1180 Wolfe St., Montreal, P.Q.
J10898 F/O Berrigan, L. T., Dunedin, Clyde River. P.E.I.
J18864 P/O Berry, D. A., 2353 Rockland Ave., Trail, B.C.
J23390 A/F/L Berry, G. A., 3826 Quadra St., Victoria. B.C.
J24513 F/O Berryman, L. F., 657 King St. E. Hamilton, Ont.
J20078 A/F/L Betyher, B. E., 717 Hunter St., Crookston, Minn., U.S.A.
C18263 P/O Beurling, G. F., Verdun, P.Q.
J15070 S/L Beveridge, M. W.. 3241 Cedar Ave., Westmoumt, Q.ue.
J24434 F/O Bideu, D. E., 183 Church St., Moncton, N.B.
J87292 P/O Bill, E. J. D., 3856 M-anine Dr. W., Vancouver.
J35981 P/O Billings, John, 844 W. 18th Ave., Vancouver,
J22744 F/O Billingsley, H. G., c/o Great Northern Rly., 414 Main St., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
J15465 P/O Bing, L. P. S., Graystone Arms, ?83 Assiniboine Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Awards for Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con. Number-Rank-N ame-Address
J2388S F/O Birch, J. 0., 49 Donwoods Dr., York Mills, Toronto.
J85057 P/0 Black, S. B., 104 Yala Rd. W., Chilliwack, B.C.
J26061 F/O Black, V. J., c/o Lynn Marshall,
Vancouver Sit.; Yarmouth, N.S.
Distinguished Flying Cross C846 A/W/C Blackburn, A. P., 119 McKay St., Glasgow, N.S.
J87461 P/O Blackburn, W. J., 213-7th Ave., Cochrane, Ont.
J10609 F/L Blair, C. E., 146 Pownel St., Charlottetown, P.E.I.
J86752 F/O Blake, M. R., Blairmore, Alta. J14132 F/O Blake, W. V., 25 Glenfern Ave., Hamilton.
J19258 A/F/L Blarney, D. 0., 235J King St. E., Apt. 3, Hamilton.
J19669 F/L Bleakley, R. M., 398 Ash St., Winnipeg.
J86752 F/O Blake, M. R., Blairmore, Alta. J3467 A/S/L Blenkinsop, E. W., 1076 Joan Crese., Victoria, B.C.
J88466 P/O Bloomfield, M. R., 1566 Goyeau St., Windsor, Ont.
J27322 F/O Bly, K. E., 812 Broadview Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J85410 P/O Boadway, J. M., Sedgewick, Alta. J85009 P/O Boal, E. W., 1141 Rae St., Regina, Sask.
J88329 P/O Bodaly, S. H., Ealing P.O., London, Ont.
J86079 F/O Bodard, G. P. A., Manville, Alta. J20065 A/F/L Boe, R. L., Manville, Alta. J23870 F/O Boileau, L. C., 223-3rd St., Fort Frances, Ont.
J19306 P/O Bolduc, W. J., 2054 Grand Blvd., N.D.G., Montreal.
J20055 F/O Bolger, C. M., Renfrew, Ont. 63 Argyle St.
J16264 F/L Bonnar, R.,	41 Florence St.,
Ottawa.
J27231 F/O Bonner, J. F., R.R. 1, Blenheim, Ont.
186 W/O Bongard, K. J., 408 Athlone Ave., Westboro, Ont.
J85416 P/O Booth, R. J., DFM, 1319-8th Ave. N., Saskatoon, Sask.
J17932 F/O Borden, J. W., 77 Gore St., Stratford, Ont.
J19536 P/O Borrowes, R. D., 1140 Pine Ave. W.. Montreal, P.Q.
J85054 P/O Bouchard, V. J., 2676 Broder St., Regina.
J19867 P/O Boulanger, J. H. G., Montmagny Co., Montmagny, Que.
J86211 A/F/L Bourassa, J. A. C., 103 St.
Maurice, Three Rivers, Que.
J85941 A/F/O Bourassa, J. M., Peace River, Alta.
R136575 W/O 2 Bourassa, P. E., St. Remi, Co. Portneuf, Que.
J10254 F/L Bouskill, R. R., 21 Fern Ave., Toronto.
J21646 F/O Bower-Binns, J. R., 23 Main St., Aylmer East, P.Q.
J14628 F/O Bowers, A., 294 Horton Ave. E., Transcona, Man.
J20711 F/L Boyd, W. H. C., 23 St. Andrews Gardens, Toronto, Ont.
J87310 F/O Boyden, R. G., Warkerville. Alta. J87859 P/O Boyer, A. V. J., 44 Peel St.,
Penetanguishene, Ont.
J871001 P/O Boyle, T. E., 36 Eastmount Ave., Lakeview, Ont.
J87278 F/O Brackett, E. W. C„ 123 Curson St., Toronto.
C166 W/C Bradshaw, D. A. R., 259 George St. Belleville, Ont.
J12278 F/L Bradshaw, F. B., 9220-89th St., Edmonton, Ont.
J87394 P/O Branch, A. H., Diamond City, Alta.
J10762 F/L Brannagan, T. A., 877 Langlois Ave., Windsor, Ont.
J23408 F/O Brasnett, W. G., 2878 Angus St., Regina, Sask.
J9536 F/L Brawn, H., 151 Wellington Ave., Victoria, B.C.
J86280 P/0 Bray, J. R., 50 Rideau Terrace, Ottawa.
J17271 F'/O Breithaupt, W. R., 450 Russell Hill Rd., Toronto.
J29236 F/O Brennan, W. R., 806-7th Ave. W., Calgary.
C85792 F/O Brewer, D. L., Vancouver, B.C.- 2711-W-26th Ave.
J35244 F/O Brewster, J. G. R., 3216 W. 12th Ave.. Vancouver.
J10742 F/L Bridges, H. E., 222 Millsdale East, Toronto.
J26317 F/O Bright, W., Waskada, Man.
J87845 P/O Brittain, D. G., 180 Woodbridge Rd., Winnipeg.
J24431 F/L Britten. R. I. E.. Arichat, N.S.
J19441 P/O Britten, T. B., Little Current, Ont.
J85998 P/O Britton, H., 7 Walter St., Toronto, Ont.
J85412 A/F/L Brochu, L. R., Ste. Marie de Beauce. Beauce Co., P.Q.
J35288 F/O Brodie, R. J., 393 Roslyn Ave., Westmount, P.Q.
J10422 F/O Brook, A. C., Boissavain, Man.
J15469 F/L Brook, P. R., 144 Water St. E., Burlington, Ont.
J28086 F/O Brown, A. G., R.R. No. 1, Mill-brook, Ont.
J9354 F/L Brown. A. L.. Hawarden. Sask.
J25969 A/F/L Brown, D. R., R.R. No. 4, Fredericton, N.B.
R104757 W/O Brown, G. F., Danville, P.Q.
J19704 A/F/L Brown. J. A., 286 McIntyre St. W., North Bay, Ont.
J9065 S/L Browne, J. D., Ridgedale Ave., Flor'ham Park, N.J., U.S.A.
J18143 P/O Brown, J.F.C., 185 St. Cyrille St., Quebec, P.Q.
J24432 A/F/L Brown, N. F., Muscow, Sask.
J89231 P/O Brown, P. R., Ligne, P.Q.	[DOT]
J26755 F/O Brown, W. J., 135 Peter St. N., Orillia, Ont.
J27222 F/O Brownell, F. H., Carling Ave., Westboro. Ont.
J21638 F/O Brownhill, J. K., 237 Phippe St.,
Fort Erie N„ Ont.
C87693 F/O Browning, C. H„ 407-5th Ave. North Saskatoon, Sask.
J16285 F/O Bryers, C. R., Box 595, 10-2nd Ave., Schumacher, Ont.
J25317 F/O Bryson, A. A., 370 Arlington St., Winnipeg, Man.
J23886 F/O Buchanan, M. A., 18 Fox St., Leamington, Ont.
J16657 F/O Budgen, H. C., 27 Queen's Rd., St. John's, Nfld.
J20632 F/O Bull, C. F., R.R. *4, Hamilton, Ont.
R124688 W/O Bulley, G. H., 92 Edward St., Halifax, N.S.
J23808 F/L Bullock, D. C., 3593 W. 25th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J86703 P/O Bullivant, R. G., Okotoks, Alta.
J21143 F/O Burgess, C. L., Box 625, Fredericton, N.B.
[Stage Direction]
Awards for Gallantry

Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
Number-Rank-Name-Address
J19249 P/O Burgess, F. W., Box 28, Drumheller, Alta.
J22533 F/L Burk, J. M., 157 Albert St., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
J87193 P/O Burke, E. A., R.R. #3. Perth, Ont. C2980 A/S/L Burnand, L. B., 14 Helena Ave., Toronto.
J8605 F/L Burns, C. A., Ogema, Sask.
J864G2 P/O Burns, J. M., 10364-93rd St., Edmonton, Alta.
R160639 W/O Burrows, C. D., 938-3rd Ave. N.W., Calgary, Alta.
J18363 A/F/L Burns, R., 472 North St., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
J9392 F/L Burroughs, G. W., 92 Bowie Ave., Toronto 10, Ont.
J18959 A/F/L Burton, W. D., 9 Riddolls Ave., Brantford Ont.
J85126 F/O Burton, W. R., 93 Myrtle St., St. Thomas, Ont.
J39727 P/O Bush, D. G., R.R. No. 1, Kelowna, B.C.
J20961 F/O Butcher, R. W, Box 143, Sackville, N.B.
J32809 F/O Butler, A. L., 1437 Salsbury Dr., Vancouver, B.C.
J24616 F/O Butler, G. D., 595 Alverstone Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J18848 A/F/L Buttar, P., Box 411, Rosetown,
Sask.
J19507 F/O Byers, W. B., 1913 W. 5th Ave.,
Vancouver.
J22142 F/O Byford, A. J. P., 550 Bay St, Ottawa, Ont.
J24654 F/O Cacchioni, T. A, Kelowna, B.C. J86251 A/F/O Cadegan, P. C, 3 Reserve St, Glace Bay, N.S.
J86111 F/O Caine, A. M, 41 Riverdale Ave, Toronto.
J22379 F/L Caine, J. T, General Delivery, South Edmonton, Alta.
J6149 F/O Calder. J. A, 71 Roxborough Apt, Laurier Ave, Ottawa.
J24292 F/O Calder, J. H„ 3029 St. Famille St, Apt. 6, Montreal.
J14118 F/O Calder, J. M, e/o W. E. Davies, 3036 Cedar Hill Rd, Victoria, B.C.
J27G05 F/O Calderbank, J. R, 201 Wentworth St. N, Hamilton, Ont.
J4899 F/L Camacho, V. E, Georgetown, British Guiana.
J15378 A/S/L Cameron, L. M, Roland, Manitoba.
J17785 F/O Cambron, T. H, Sylvan Lake, Alta. J85895 P/O Camire. J. J. P, 330-4th Ave, Quebec City, P.Q.
J88034 P/O Campbell, D. C, 4440 Oxford Ave, N.D.G, Montreal.
J24406 F/O Campbell, D. R.. Foxboro, Ont. J25414 F/L Campbell, E. A, 250 Queensway Ave, Humber Bay, Toronto.
J26921 F/O Campbell, G, 3015 E. 18th Ave, Vancouver.
J28490 F/O Campbell, H. H, Ste. 17, 1206 Haro
St, Vancouver.
J85810 F/O Campbell, J. H„ 10406-70th St, Edmonton, Alta.
J88294 P/O Campbell, R. M, Hartney, Man. J85691 P/O Campbell. S. E, Box 521 Bridge St Drumheller, Alta.
J22909 A/F/L Campbell, T, 416 Davisville Ave, Toronto.
R155553 W/O Campbell, W. C, Ethelton, Sask. J20820 F/O Campbell, W. J, No. 2 Fire Hall, Lethbridge, Alta.

J23719 F/O Cantrell, G. A, Milford, Ont.
J85061 F/O Card, R. K, 11054 87th Ave, Edmonton, Alta.
J87548 P/O Cardno, M. B, 83 Belview Ave, Hamilton.
J8947 F/L Carlson, A. T, 3808-7A St. S.W, Calgary.
J88788 P/O Carmichael, R. E, 396 Randolph St, Windsor, Ont.
J23590 F/O Carr, D. D, 703 Dease St, Fort William, Ont.
J13090 F/O Carr, W. K, 124 St. John St, Fredericton, N.B.
J86983 P/O Carruthers, D. E„ Kazabazua, Que.
J25157 F/O Carruthers, G. F, Girvin, Sask.
C148 W/C Carscallen, H. M, 104 Young Ave, Halifax, N.S.
J85484 F/O Carson, M. A, R.R. No. 4, Box 44, Edmonton, Alta.
J19667 F/O Cassor, T, 4047 Clayton Ave, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
J22971 F/O Carter, A. J. E, Ste. 11, Reinhorn Apts, Regina, Sask.
* J16S30 A/F/L Carter, C. M, 10 Kings St, Lewisville, N.B.
J24018 F/O Carter, S. M, c/o Commercial Chemicals, Pier "H", Vane.
J11213 F/O Carter, C. H. F, 85 Parkway Rd, Bronxville, N.Y.
J2346G F/O Casey, W. P, 56 Lome Ave, Ottawa
J19902 P/O Cattiny, G, 5A-15th Ave, Lachine, Que.
J85439 F/O Cawsey, E. H, Cecil Hotel, Moose Jaw, Sask.
J85404 P/O Cerat, J. A. Y. W, 6415 Louie Hebert St, Montreal, P.Q.
J29782 F/O Charlebois, J. H. H, 38 Albert St, Cornwall, Ont. .
J24697 A/F/L Charley, W. A, R.R. No. 2, La Crescent, Minn, U.S.A.
J85402 P/O Chase. G. W, 12 Clarendon St, Saint John, N.B.
J9135 F/O Cheater, A. P. V, 1012 Angus St, Regina, Sask.
J24172 A/F/L Chekaluk, II. R, Shepard, Alta.
J18295 F/O Cheney, D. H, 24 Wendover Ave, Ottawa
J9356 F/L Childs. A. F, Malton, Ont.
J27672 A/F/L Chisholm, M. D, Box 51, La Fleche. Sask.
J15044 A/F/L Chisholm, W. L, 18 Orchard Rd.. Kentville, N.S.
C2234 A/S/L Chislett, J. R, R.R. No. 3, Port Hope, Ont.
J19991 F/O Chown, C. W, Mirror, Alta.
J27454 F/O Christian, C. D„ 1536 Belcher Ave, Victoria, B.C.
J88370 P/O Christie. K, Rocanville, Sask.
C1508 F/L Christie, R. D„ 2225 Rae St, Regina, Sask.
J86550 T/F/O Christiansen. P. E, Ponoka, Alta.
J15143 A/S/L Christison, AY. R„ 23 Church St, Lennoxville, P.Q.
J9139 F/L Cirko, A, 329 Ogden St, Ft. William, Ont.
J39101 A/F/L Claeken, C. O. R„ c/o D. A. Martin. 3459 Vendome Ave, N.D.G, Montreal, P.Q.
J18905 P/O Clark, G. F, R.R. No. 1, Summer-land, B.C.
J9331 F/L Clark, W, P.O. Box 894, Weyburn, Sask.
C18639 A/W/C Clayton, A. C. P„ 1686 W. 81st Ave, Vancouver.
J18133 F/O Clement, R. S, AFM, Russell, Man.
J5765 S/L Cleveland, H. D, 3490 Cypress St, V ancouver.

Awards for Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
X umber-Rank-X ame-Address
J11621 F/L Cliff, E. G„ 11211-85th St., Edmonton, Alta.
J15680 F/L Clothier, R. A., 1979 Waterloo Rd., Vancouver, B.C.
J10313 F/O Cloutier, W. B. B., 35 Parkway Ave., Toronto.
J25354 F/O Coatsworth, E. S., 17 Dinnick Cresc., Toronto
J18127 P/O Coburn, L. G., 400 Ketchen St., Temiskaming, P.Q.
J88460 P/O Cochrane, J. M„ 514 Winthrop Ave., Jackson, Mich., U.S.A.
J87549 P/O Code, A. W., Phippin, Sask.
J86050 F/O Coffey, J. R., Provost, Alta.
J10256 F/L Coffey, R. E„ Greenwich, 111., U.S.A.
R157880 W/O Cole, E. F., 2821 Marine Dr. W., Vancouver.
RG1668 W/O Cole, H. C., Tompkins, Sask.
J86733 P/O Cole, J. H., Sioux Lookout, Ont.
J88249 P/O Cole, M. W., 60 William St., Parry Sound, Ont.
J87759 F/O Collver, H. R., Wellandport, Ont.
J14215 F/O Combe, C. J., 530 Dominion St., Winnipeg, Man.
J18328 F/O Cohley, W., Humboldt, Sask.
J8157 A/S/L Connor, D. W„ Ste. 404, 1140 W. Pender St., Vancouver.
R124700 W/O Connor, P. M., Kingston, N.S.
J25511 F/O Conrad, R. G„ Allbro Lake Rd., Dartmouth, N.S.
J20971 F/O Cook, C. T., 199 Division St., Welland. Ont.
J18875 P/O Cook, D. T., Kelowna, B.C.
C1059 W/C Cook, G. M„ AFC, Northern Arm, Nfld.
J17563 F/O Cook, H. R„ R.R. No. 1, Abbotsford, B.C.
J6276 A/F/L Cook, R. G., 15 Chicora Ave., Toronto.
J16201 F/O Cook. W. F., Clinton. Ont.
J86874 A/F/O Cook. W. L.. Leamington. Ont.
J11462 F/O Cooke, T. C.. Dauphin. Man.
R52693 W/O Cooke. W. G., 16 Woodland Ave., Saint Catharines. Ont.
J86394 P/O Cooper, E. M., Varsity View, Man.
J35302 A/F/L Cooper, J. J.. 750 Stella Ave., Winnipeg.
J4539 S/L Cooper, W. B„ 817-25th St. S„ St. Pe.terburg, Florida.
J26329 F/O Corbett, L. A., 1564 Inverness St.,
New Westminster, B.C.
J23909 A/F/L Corrigan, J. F.. Billings Bridge, Ont.
.720167 F/O Oont.ts, G. L., Basswood. Man.
J18330 F/O Corbeil. J. L„ 4278 Sherbrooke W., Montreal, P.Q.
J40290 F/O CoTcoran. E. L., 1940 Greatford Place. Victoria, B.C.
J20958 F/O Oor.bett, W. G., Swift Current, Sask.
J23397 F/O Co-sman, W. M., Yarmouth, N.S.
J19722 F/O Cote, J. Y. J., 759 Manseau St., Joldette, P.Q.
J85354 A/F/L Cote, J. Y. A., 147 Soott St., Quebec, P.Q.
J4874 F/L Cotiteriill, S. H. R., 3 Claxiton Blvd., Toronto.
J19380 P/O Coulombe, J. A. R., R.R. No. 1,
Montmiagny Co., Quebec.
J88449 P/O Gourtois, .T. H. R., 18 Debi Garre
S.t., Viotoriaville, Que.
J18986 P/O Cou'.lee, C. M„ 53 Findlay Ave., Ottawa.
J5304 P/L Court, G. L., 38 Second Ave., Ottawa.
J88515 P/O Cowan, W. J. H., 30 Lola Rd., Toronto.
J88.380 P/O Cox, D. M„ Armdale, Halifax, N.S. J26413 A/F/L Cox, R. L., Box 182, Shelburne,
NjS.
J.17793 F/O Craddock, B. A., 9 Norwich Ave.,
Woodstock, Onit.
J15694 S/L Craig, F. Y., Vulcan, Alta.
Jl'8420 A/F/L Craig, G. L., Fdtzroy Harbour, Ont.
J21466 T/F/O Craig, J., 399 Victor St., Winnipeg, Man.
J87344 P/O Crain, A. F., 285 Olemow Ave., Ottawa.
J19373 P/O Cramer, L. G., Arborfield, Sask. J15545 F/L Crawford, H. A., 10843-125th St.,
Edmonton.
J12954 A/S/L Crawford, N., Chatham, N.B. J88295 P/O Crook, N. J., 347 Woodfield Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
J12986 A/F/L Cruickshank, J. A., 70 Hewitt Ave., Howard Park, Toronto.
J16533 P/O Cummins, W. D., 94 McDonnell St., Guelph, Ont.
J10105 F/L Cunningham, C. C., 4718 Douglas Rd., Burnaby, B.C.
J11079 A/S/L Cur'lee, T. H., 436 Oakwood Ave., Albermarle, North Carolina.
J9340 P/O Curtin, D. J., 208 Alexander Ave., New York City, N.Y.
R92567 W/O Curtis, R. D., 2073-2nd Ave., Trail, B.C.
J86474 P/O Curtis, W. A., Melfort. Sask. J86582 P/O Cuthbert, H. E„ 10027-115th St„ Edmonton, Alta.
J86386 P/O Dakin, D. D., Box 423 Kimberley,
[Stage Direction]
J10795 F/L Dale, J. P. B., R.R. No. 2, New
Westminster, B.C.
J85337 P/O Dalgleish. W. B., 143 Silverbirch Ave., Toronto, Ontario.
J17608 P/O Dail'by, E. G., 3 Western Tee., The Park, Nottingham, Eng.
J87295 P/O Dalton. R. W„ Midale, Sask. J35706 F/O D'Alvise, G. G., 15 Muskoka Rd., Long Bramah, Ontario.
J21355 F/O Daly, R. V. J., 356 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
J24475 F/O Damgaard, H. E., Salmon Arm,
[Stage Direction]
J29636 F/O Dauby, C., 23 Agnes Street, Hamilton, Ontario.
J26647 F/O Daniel, W. A., Rivers, Manitoba. J29243 F/O Dargds, J. G. J., 715 Des Forges, Three Rivers, Quebec.
J18075 F/O Date, H. B.. R,R. No. 3, Woodrow e Beach, Sarnia,, Ontario.
J18048 F/O Davenport, R. M., Box 484, Russellville, Arkansas, U.S.A.
J87003 P/O Davidson, A. E., 220 Tragima Ave., Hamilton, Ontario.
J19161 P/O Davidson, A. M., 1235-6th Ave., S.,
Lethbridge, Alta.
J19143 P/O Davidson, S., Cloverbar, P.O.. Alta. J85334 P/O Davie, J., Box 207, Biggar, Sask. J22413 A/F/L Davies. D. P., 1610 Sherbrooke St„ West, Montreal, P.Q.
J85093 P/O Davies, F. C., 81 East Young 'Street. Halifax, N.S.
J2936 A/S/L Davis, J. T. J., Como, Quebec. J36374 F/O Davis. K. K., 19 Frederick Ave., Saint Vital, Winnipeg, Man.
J87124 P/O Davis, R. H., Aylmer, West, Ontario.
R107107 W/O Davy. H. W„ 449-7th Street, E„ Prince Albert, Sask.
[Stage Direction]
Awards for Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
N umber-Rank-N ame-Address
J26435 F/O Dawber, N. E., 42 Howie Aye., Toronto.
J87702 P/0 Day, A. L., Consort, Alberta.
J131-04 F/L Dean, Jr., T. H., Courhlands Street, Martins Rd., Caerphilly Glen.
J23714 F/0 De Beck, H. K., 2830 Sornass Drive, Victoria, B.C.	.
J21418 F/0 De Bow, E. S., Pleasant Yale, Elgin Albert Co., N.B.
J16052 F/0 Decher, Iv. A., 35 King Street, W., Kitchener, Ontario.	.
J18889 A/S/L Deegan, R. C., 124 Beckwith Street, Smiths Falls, Out.
J2938 A/S/L De La Haye, A. L., 3348 Marine Drive, Hiollyburn, B.C.
J22419 F/O Delaney, A. L., Peterboro, Ontario.
J8964 A/F/L De Le Pauille. J. A. H.. 1700 Massaehussetts Ave., Washington, DC.
J21039 F/O Dempsey, S. M, 639 Christie Ave., Oaliawa, Ontario.
J23952 F/O De Nevers, R. A., Vandura, Sask.
J25033 F/O Dennett, W. E., 127 Woodfideld Road, Toronto, Ontario.
J87961 F/O Dent. L. R. G., 2466 West, 8th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J14650 F/O De Pelham, W. C. L., 22 Clifford
Street, Hamilton, Ont.
J14804 F/O De Rosenroll, J. A., 1148 Clifton Ave., Moose Jaw, Sask.
J21005 F/O De Rosier, L. J., Sam Antonio, Florida. U.S.A.
J87112 A/F/O Desmarads, J. R. J. M., 98A. Laurier Ave., Sherbrooke, P.Q.
J14707 A/F/L De Solla. H.. 105-41-65th Rd., Forest Hill, N.Y., U.S.A.
J15901 F/O Destonis. D., 6696 Ohriistophe Co-lomb, Montreal, P.Q.
J86985 P/O Devine, F. J., 81 Pine Street, Thorold, Ontario.
J1051O F/O Dewitt, R., 3071 Duokias Street, W., Toronto, Ontario.
J16600 F/O De Zorzi, S. J., 60 Taunton Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
J86836 F/O Diamond. R. C., 2864 West 32nd Avenue. Vancouver, B.C.
J85975 P/O Dickinson, J. C., 329-19 Street. W., Prince Albert, Sask.
J21461 F/O Dickson, T. R., 570 Ingersoll Street, Winnipeg, Man.
J19107 P/O Dingley, W., 2130 1st Avenue, N.W., Calgary, Alta.
J89033 P/O Dingwall, M. M.. Shellbriook, Sask.
J27305 A/F/L Dixie. J. P., 4036 Imperial Street. New Westminster, B.C.
J85086 P/O Dobbin., I. H.. 1409 Camosun Street, Victoria, B.C.
Cl583 S/L Dobson, R., 4154 W. 11,th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J15674 F/O Dodds. A. F., Beachwood. Brunton Park, Newcastle on Tyne 3, England.
J13094 F/S Dohaney, V. C., Plaster Rock, N.B.
J881I27 A/F/O Dionne, C. A. J., 1631 Adrd Ave., Montreal P.Q,
J27490 F/O Dobson, M. R., 23 Jarvis Street, Orillia, Ontario.
J27952 F/O Dolan, S. E.. 581 Highland Avenue, Wesbboro. Ottawa, Ont.
J88073 P/O Donald. R. G., 620 E. 99th Street, Cleveland, O., U.S.A.
J8203 P/O Donkersley, H. W., Moosomdn. Sask.
J88959 P/O Donaldson, J. D., 1174 2nd Avenue W., Qwen Sound, Ont.

R147280 WO Douglas, C. L., Rossbum, Manitoba.
J17076 A/F/L Douglass, R. N., 9550-83rd Ave., Edmonton, Alta.
J22578 F/O Dourley, M. R., 746B De L'Epec Ave., Outremont, P.Q.
J16342 A/F/L Dover, D. H., 24 Cordelia Ave., Mount Dennis, Toronto.
J4893 A/W/C Dow, H. R., 145 Briar Hill Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J5691 F/L Dow, J. R., 1111 Wolseley Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
J23224 F/O Dowding, E. G., 41 Rushbrooke Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J35760 F/O Downey, W., 9 Kingdon Street, Weston, Ont.
J6008 A/F/L Dowie, C. S., Leader, Sask.
J24544 F/O Downing, G. O., 205 Vaughan Rd., Toronto, Ont.
J5709 F/L Draper, L. A., 70 Cambridge Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J16306 F/O Drimmie, G. R., 1547 Comox St., Vancouver, B.C.
J25922 A/F/L Dubois, M. L., 135 Hill Street, Norwood, Man.
J11502 F/O Duchesnay, A. A. H. J. N. A., 263 Fraser St., Quebec, P.Q.
J21786 F/O Duern, S. B., 143 Bold St., Hamilton, Ont.
J16125 F/O Duff, T. R. N., 436-13th Street W., Prince Albert, Sask.
J7073 F/O Duffy, W. A., Wolfville, N.S.
J21327 A/F/L Dumas, W. V., 4536 Hingston Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
J19955 P/O Duncan, J. D., Antler, Sask.
J16267 T/F/L Dunn, W. G., 25 Morningside Ave., Swansea, Toronto 3, Ont.
J28079 F/O Dutkowski, R., 2237 Rae Street, Regina, Sask.
J13821 F/O Dunbar, H. G. S., 141 Farnham Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J35954 F/O Duncan, R., 506 Blvd., N.W., Calgary, Alta.
J12204 A/S/L Duncanson, D. A., Dutton, Ont.
J25964 A/F/L Dundas, J. O., 28 Pine Street North, Thorold, Ont.
J19623 P/O Dunlop, J. F., 3266 Oak Street, Vancouver, B.C.
J20571 A/S/L Dunphy, A. V., Upper Black-ville, N.B.
J85013 A/F/L Dupuis, L. P. J., Merivale Rd., Carlington, Ont.
J7992 F/L Durocher, J. E., 181 First Ave., Verdun, Montreal, P.Q.
J5699 A/S/L Dyer, H. R. F., Mirinedosa, Man.
C86178 P/O Dykes, G., Hillhouse, Troon Ayrshire, Scotland.
J21809 P/O Dyson, E., Vedder Crossing, B.C.
J86872 A/F/O Earl, R. S., Pinto, Sask.
J12095 F/O Easson, J. G., 137 Strathallan Blvd., Toronto. Ont.
J9549 S/L Easton, J. F., 76 Maple Street South, Timmins, Ont.
J20236 A/F/L Ebdon, F. A., 7916-79th Avenue, Edmonton, Alta.
R1S8477 W/O Eby, C. A. C., 409 Hill St., Kitchener. Ont.
J26464 F/L Eckel, E. A., 550 Dovercourt Road, Toronto, Ont.
J10272 F/L Edinger, C. E.. 2957 Pasadena Ave., Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
J86254 P/O Edmondson, F. R„ Oakville, Man.
J19320 P/O Edson, I. G., Unity, Sask.
J14045 S/L Edwards, G. J. J., 368 Putney Avenue, St. Lambert, P.Q.
J19824 P/O Edwards, J. F., 73 Gartside Ave., Hamilton, Ont.

Awards for Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
Number

Rank-Name-Address
J22622 A/F/L Edwards, T. K., 6913 Ternes Avenue, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.A.
J24375 A/F/L Edwards. W. F., 10945-90th Avenue, Edmonton, Alta.
J85133 A/E/O Egli, H. D., 89 Douglas Drive, Toronto, Ont.
J26711 F/O Ell, J., Dilke, Sask.
J13468 F/L Ellison, T., 3525-W-41st Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J86870 P/O Ellwood, W. J., 414 Jarvis St., Apt. 46A, Toronto, Ont.
J10489 F/L Emeny, F. E., R.R. No. 1, Enderby, B C
J27571 F/O Emerson, E. P., Nestleton, Ont.
J16917 A/F/L Empey, G. G., 1303 Lyall St., Esquimalt, B.C.
C23861 F/L English, W. M. H., 1715 Coy Avenue, Saskatoon, Sask.
J22234 F/O Emmott, N. W., 504 Brandon Avenue, Winnipeg, Man.
J25411 F/O Emond, C E., 663 St. Patrick St., Ottawa, Ont.
J21989 F/L Enns. J. A., La Salle, Man.
J89201 P/O Enos, I. R. R., 4659 Fabre St., Montreal, P.Q.
J11552 S/L Epps, R. F„ 306 Parkview St., St. James, Man.
J19397 A/F/L Escaravage, P. V. M., Suite 1, 249 Ellen St., Winnipeg, Man.
J24793 F/O Essery, R. K., 844 Davenport Road, Toronto, Ont.
J22233 F/L Evans. D. C., 2979 West 39th Ave.,
Vancouver, B.C.
J18702 A/F/L Evans, R. E., 1620E 84th St., Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
J85812 P/O Evans, W. G., Laurier, Man.
J19792 P/O Evans, W. T., 484 Beverley St., Winnipeg, Man.
J23253 A/F/L Evenson, L. R., 259 Laura St., Winnipeg, Man.
J6222 F/L Everard, H. J., 101 Tamarack St., Timmins, Ont.
C949 G/C Ewart, F. J., 144 Drummond St., Ottawa. Ont.
J16328 A/F/L Ewer, H. F., Box 1326, Kelowna, B.C.
J87964 P/O Ewing, F. H., 75 Main Street, Kirkland Lake, Ont.
J20947 F/O Eyjolfson, E., Otto P.O., Man.
J85015 P/O Eyjolfsson, H. C., 148 West 3rd Ave., North Vancouver, B.C.
J8799 F/L Eyolfson, K. M., Leslie, Sask.
J16440 F/O Faeey, H. R., 10632-104th Street, Edmonton, Alta.
J9069 F/L Fairbanks, D. C., 424 E. State St., Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
J14324 A/F/L Fairey, W. M., Lloydminster, Sask.
J86801 P/O Fallon. H. R„ Wayne. Pa.. U.S.A.
J16828 E/O Fallis, A. H., Mayfair Hotel, Portage La Prairie, Man.
J14222 F/O Farb, H. R., 193 Lonsmount Dr., Toronto, Ont.
R134906 W/O Farmer, A. C., Box 93, Pine Falls, Man.
J15976 F/O Farquhanson, G. H. T., Corbyville, Ont.
R144254 W/O Farquharson, J. E., 117 Glengrove Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J29517 A/F/L Farris, L. W., 71 Park Street, Sydney, N.S.
J22749 F/L Faulder, J. M., 18 Rosewood Avenue, London, Ont.
R127997 W/O Faulkner, V. H., 91A Geoffrey St., Toronto, Ont.
J15479 A/F/L Faurot, V. J., 425 Park St., Niagara Falls, Ont.
J86875 P/O Fawcett, H. A., 25 Hunter St., Huntingdon, P.Q.
J19673 F/O Fenton, W. I., Ladner, B.C.
J28917 F/O Ferguson, R. M., Erin, Ont.
J92660 P/O Ferris, C., 322 28th Avenue N.E., Calgary, Alta.
J20924 F/O Ferris, J. R., 248 Hiawatha Road, Toronto, Ont.
J21354 F/O Ferstman, A. N., 74 Charest Blvd., Quebec, P.Q.
J85181 F/O Fetherston, J. D., 1050 Yonge St., Apt. 15B, Toronto, Ont.
J11101 F/L Finch, G. H., Birtle, Man.
R96333 W/O Findlay, J. B., Fitzroy Harbour, Oint.
J21630 F/O Fink, R. G., 117 Ruby St., Winnipeg, Man.
J85089 F/O Finkelstein, C. L., 27 Sanahurst Apts., Calony St., Winnipeg, Man.
J14734 E/L Finlay, S. S., 10 Balsam Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J88637 P/O Finlayson, D. M., 448 E. 30th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J13956 F/O Finlayson, C. G., 1040 Craigdarroch Rd., Victoria, B.C.
J9078 S/L Fiset, K. J., 875 Stuart Ave., Montreal P Q
J36391 F/O Fish, F. H., 1509-19 Avenue W., Calgary, Alta.
J15636 F/L Fisher, C. C., Englehart, Ont.
J24228 F/O Fisher, J. E„ 71 Vanderhoof Avenue, Leaside, Ont.
J15898 F/O Eitzgerald, R. E. J., 402 Gore St., Amherstburg, Ont.
J28561 F/O Fitzsimmons, E. F., Govan, Sask.
J19797 P/O Fjeldsted, T. B., Arborg, Man.
J86730 F/O Fleck, A.B., 1296 The Crescent, Vancouver, B.C.
J85087 P/O Fleming, R. J. C., 142 John St., London, Ont.
J88048 P/O Eleming, J. C., R.R. No. 2, New Westminster, B.C.
J89169 P/O Fleming, M., Drinkwater, Sask.
J24920 E/O Fleming, R. M., 60 Queen St., Dartmouth, N.S.
J18927 A/F/L Flewelling, M. F., 512-22nd Ave. West. Calgary, Alta.
J10514 F/L Foekler, E. M., 1756-W-10th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J19524 A/E/L Foley, J. C. C., Box 111, Wellington, Ont.
J18382 P/O Folkes, R. W„ 362 Bleecker St., Toronto, Ont.
J21918 F/O Fonger, O. W., Apt. 5, 383 Bay-view Ave., Leaside, Ont.
J21372 F/L Ford, C. G., Melfort. Sask.
J12688 F/L Ford, J. A. L„ c/o Mrs. A. Ford, Box 77, Fergus, Ont.
J85684 P/O Ford, L. E., Box 23, Kelvington, Sask.
J87189 P/O Forgrave, R. A., 180 1st Street, Iberville, Que.
J11616 F/L Forman, G. W., 703 Queen St., Geraldton, Ont.
R107547 W/O Forsberg, W. G., Riceton, Sask.
J11310 F/L Forsyth, D„ 108 East 36th St., New York East, U.S.A.
J14458 F/L Foster, W. D., 208 Lochiel St„ Renfrew, Ont.
R114420 W/O Foster, W. P., R.R. No. 6, Guelph, Ont.
C910 S/L Foster, W. M., 84 Palmer St., Guelph. Ont.
J18636 A/F/L Fowler, V. T., Camrose, Alta.
J22528 F/L Fownes, L. E., Baddeck, N.S.
J90093 P/O Fox, B. A. M., Cupar, Sask.
[Stage Direction]
Awards jor Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
Number-Rank-Name-Address
J6364 F/L Fox, C. W., 337A Woolwich St., Guelph, Ont.
J85607 P/O Fox, G. W., Weyburn, Sask.
J86179 P/O Fox, K. C„ R.R. No. 2, Belleville, Ont.
J85446 F/O Foy, H. O., Admaston, Ont.
J10690 F/O Francis, G. E., 11 Train St., Sydney, N.S.
J85367 F/O Frankel, B„ 453 Pembine Highway. Winnipeg, Man.
J14225 F/O Franklin, A. E., Zealandia, Sask.
J1403S A/F/L Franklin, E. M. C., Box 115, Digby, N.S.
190500 P/O Fraser, A. D., 287 Beverley St., Winnipeg, Man.
C1350 F/L Fraser, R. B., R.R. No. 1, Pictou, N.S.
JS7011 P/O Fraser, R. C., Grosse Isle, Man.
J86757 P/O Fraser, L. M., 756-8th Avenue East, Vancouver. B.C.
J22321 F/O Fraser, T., 365 Belfast St., Medicine Hat, Alta.
J35289 F/O Freeborn, D. B., 141 Bayswater Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
J14457 F/L Freeman, A. B., Box 125, Yarmouth North, N.S.
J85937 F/O French, A. R., 3 Adelaide St., Amherst, N.S.
01617 F/L French, D. T., 110 Province St. S., Hamilton, Ont.
J12548 F/L French, J. A., 598J Concession St., Hamilton, Ont.
J29859 F/O Friesen, J. K., Altona, Man.
J85330 F/O Frith. H. D. F., 470 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C.
J24265 A/F/L Fritz, H. J., Shaunavon. Sask.
J21359 F/L Frost, G. R.. 77 Wells Hill, Toronto. Ont.
J19861 F/O Fry, C. W,, 38 Temperance St., Aurora. Ont.
J27575 F/O Fulton, K. R., Windsor, Hants County, N.S.
J28913 F/O Fultz. J. G., 123 Beech St., Halifax, N.S.
J18391 P/O Galan, P. R., Wisla, Man.
J26644 F/O Galbraith, J. A.. 5479-2nd Avenue, Rosemount, Montreal, P.Q.
J23960 F/O Galbraith, J. R., 396 Lisgar Street, Ottawa, Ont.
J86428 P/O Galbraith, L. J., 606 15th Avenue N.E., Calgary, Alta.
J36436 A/F/L Galipeau, J., 132 Water St., Ottawa, Ont.
J26811 F/O Gallen, R. M., 1374 Bruce Avenue, Windsor, Ont.
J85386 F/O Galloway, I. M., 23 15th St., New Toronto, Ont.
J22864 F/O Galvin, J. W., 82 St. Clarens Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J87383 F/O Ganley, C. J., Shaunavon, Sask.
J11245 A/F/L Gardner-Medwin, A. G., Rose Cottage, Old Couldon, Surrey, England.
C18867 P/O Gargett, E., 284-6th St., Medicine Hat, Alta.
J17155 F/L Garland, J. W., R.R. No. 1, Richmond, Ont.
J26358 F/O Garneau, J. F. R., 178 East Laurier St., Montreal, P.Q.
J16299 F/O Garrett, E. W., 363 Wolverleigh Blvd., Toronto 6, Ont.
J29620 F/O Garrett, F. M„ 55 Arthur St. N., Elmira, Ont.
J87389 P/O Gaudry, L. A. J., Somerset, Man.

J45287 P/O Gauthier, J. R., 501 Langevin St., St. Boniface, Man.
J12450 A/F/L Gauthier, J. J. A. R„ 2080 Jeanne Mance St., Apt. 9, Montreal, P.Q.
J85521 F/O Gauvreau, R. J., 11 Miller Avenue, Greenfield Park, Montreal, P. Q.
J19209 A/F/L Gee, Wilbur Thomas, 5881 Notre Dame de Grace Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
J19058 F/O Geeves, G. E., 2230 Harward Avenue, N.D.G., Montreal, P.Q.
J12273 F/O Gibbons, N., 2355 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, B.C.
J17590 F/O Gibbs, J. C., Beech Ave., Bowman-ville, Ont.
J15108 F/L Gibbs, P. L„ Harlan, Sask.
J23624 F/O Giddens, J. A., Rolling Dam, N.B.
J85413 A/F/L Gilbert, A. E., Yonge Street, Aurora, Ont.
J26356 F/O Gilbert, J. E. J., 4 Ferland St., Quebec, P.Q.
J14754 F/O Gillette, A. B., c/o Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam, New York.
J88089 P/O Gill, F. A., 2791 West 11th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J27402 F/O Gillespie, G. C., Carleton, P.E.I.
J25875 F/O Gillis, D. J., 10718-106 St., Edmonton, Alta.
J28672 F/O Gilmour, B. C., R.R. No. 6, Galt, Ont.
J6189 F/O Gilmour, B. T., 32 Woodworth Ave., St. Thomas, Ont.
J16762 A/F/L Gillmore, J. H., Picardville, Alta.
J92004 P/O Girling, D. E„ Konoka, Alta.
J23208 F/O Girvan, R. M., Rexton, Kent County, N.B.
J92197 P/O Glasgow, A. D., Irma, Alta.
J22584 F/O Glazebrook, J. R., 11 Princess Place, Halifax, N.S.
J14092 F/O Glen, I., 85 Kindersley Ave., Mount Royal, Montreal, P.Q.
J27226 F/O Gliddon, W. J., The Pas, Man.
J14713 F/L Glover, V. R., 2046 Cornwall St., Vancouver, B.C.
J15765 F/L Glustien, A., Heelen St., New Waterford, N.S.
J29970 F/O Coatcher, R. E., 515 Jubilee Avenue, Winnipeg, M an.
J22395 A/F/L Goeres, R. J., 238 Stadacona St. W., Moose Jaw, Sask.
J5981 F/L Goldie, J. K., Box 26, Creelman, Sask. _
J19871 P/O Golding, W. H., Box 44, Meadow Lake, Sask.
J85064 A/F/L Goldsmith, J. E., 283 Oxford Street, Halifax, N.S.
J25985 A/F/L Gonyou, G. L., 43 Humbolt St., Humberstone, Ont.
J89963 P/O Goodhew, W. K., 830 Broadway Ave., Saskatoon, Sask.
J87056 P/O Goodhue, W. R„ c/o Leon W. Eldridge, RFD No. 3, Portland, Maine, U.S.A.
J10608 A/S/L Gooding, H. O., ^6 Kenilworth Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
C18336 A/F/L Goodman, G. M., Box 104, Wellington, Ont.
J88817 P/O Goodman, R. M., 560 Delaware Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J16942 F/O Goodwin, D. W., Maynooth, Ont.
J17399 F/O Goodwin, H., 168 Fernbrook Ave., Wyncote, Pa., U.S.A. '
J86308 P/O Gordon, J. C., 608 Hillcrest Ave., Calgary, Alta.
J22418 A/F/L Gordon, J. S., 48 Berkeley Apts., 59 Maxwell St., Toronto, Ont.

Awards jor Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
Number-Rank-Name-Address
J12461 F/L Gorman, C. C., 102 West 39th St., Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
J18534 F/O Gorrill, V. I., Camp Lister, Creston, B C
J15224 A/S/L Gosman, H. G., c/o Dr. A. D. McKee, Dauphin, Man.
J88027 P/O Goudreault, J. A. G., Albanel County, Roberval, P.Q.
J28993 A/F/L Gourdeau, J. E. H., 5 D'Estimau-ville, Quebec City, P.Q.
J85351 P/O Goulet, N. A., P.O. Box 195, Dal-housie, N.B.
J21811 F/O Gourley, J. L., 34 Dave., Ladysmith, B.C.
J80353 F/O Gourley, D. M., Watson, Sask.
J12820 A/S/L Cowans, J. R., Grand Forks, B.C.
J19963 P/O Grace, M. A., 46 Reid Street, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
J18335 P/O Graham, D. D., 780 East 31st Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J16364 F/L Graham, E. B., Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.
J14729 F/O Graham, G. T., 1039 Schuyler St., Saskatoon, Sask.
J88381 P/O Grant, D. A., Williamstown, Ont.
J5056 S,/L Grant, F. G., 614 Elbow DrivS, Calgary, Alta.
J86001 F/O Grant, H. G., 35 Carlyle Apts., Winnipeg, Man.
J28351 F/O Grant, I. C., 545 Lansdowne Avenue, Westmount, Quebec.
J14183 F/L Gray, E. G., 4115 Sherbrooke St., W., Westmount, Montreal.
J21518 F/O Gray, J. M., 411-10th St., New Westminster, B.C.
J19799 P/O Gray, R. A., 827 Elise Street, London, Ont.
J7547 A/S/L Gray, R. G., 560 Hillsdale Rd., Roekcliffe, Ont.
J86561 P/'0 Gray, R. T., Indian Head, Sask.
J25043 F/O Gray, W. G., 356 East 26th Street, North Vancouver, B.C.
J24023 F/O Gray, W., Box 818, Campbellton, N.B.
J20863 F/O Greco, J. P., 42 Parkhill Rd., Toronto, Ont.
J26697 F/O Gregg, R. B., River Plate London Committee 10, Finsburg Circus, London, England.
C1970 S/L Green, J. F., 180 Centre St., St. Thomas, Ont.
J22852 F/O Greene, G. A., 502 Third St, Saskatoon. Sask.	.
J19060 F/O Greenwood. E. A, 1229 Third Ave, N.W., Moose Jaw, Sask.
J26501 F/O Gregson, H. H.. Castor. Alta.
J5683 S,/L Grierson, J. W. R. F, 52 Wellington St. E, Guelph. Ont.
J17375 F/O Griffiths, R. M, 137 West 13th St, New York, N.Y, U.S.A.
J27282 F/O Grimble, H. F, 3866-W-35th Ave, Vancouver, B.C.
J17625 F/O Grimes, R. A, Heaslip Station, Man.	.
J17559 F/O Grout, A. C, 1294 Clyde Ave, Vancouver, B.C.
J19386 P/O Gruninger, E, Sunny Brook, Alta.
J25934 F/O Guilfoyle, H. B, 880 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ont.
J88643 P/O Guillet, G. J, 351 Chapel St, Ottawa. Ont.
C24448 A/F/L Gullevin, F. E„ 11 Williams St, Halifax, N.S.
J86500 P./O Gundy, R. M, 9 Ridge Drive Park, Toronto, Ont.
J87695 P/O Gurski, N, 816 Crowe Ave, Fort Frances, Ont.
J85157 F/O Hache, P. J. D, Petit Rocher, N.B.
J14437 F/L Hagerman, G, Mallorytown, Ont.
J6795 F/L Halcrow, A. F, Box 1199, Penticton, B C
C1408 W/C Hale, E. B, House 21, R.C.A.F. Dartmouth, N.S.
J6498 A/S/L Hales, F. W, 11421-96th Street, Edmonton, Alta.
C17597 A/F/L Hall, D. G, Box 129, Sundridge, Ont.
J25156 F/O Hall, J. C;, 859 Winnipeg Avenue, Winnipeg, Man.
J14776 F/O HalU J. B, 1197 Seymour Avenue, Montreal, P.Q.
J25802 F/O Hall, J. T./516-15th Avenue, Calgary, Alta.
J22416 F/O Hall, T. S, 5 Gotham Avenue, Ger-ritsen Beach, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.
J87592 A/F/O Hall, W. S„ 12729 Stony Plain Road, Edmonton, Alta.
C19689 F/O Halladay, II. D., Glenside, Sask.
J85078 F/O Hallatt, H. E., R.R. #1. Main W„ Hamilton, Ont.
J22057 F/O Hallikas, E. O., 335 Scott St., Fort Frances, Ont.
C1625 A/W/C Hamber, E. C., 17 Chilton Place, Hamilton, Ont.
J13388 F/O Hamblin. W. D. M„ 1606 Defer Place, Detroit, Michigan, U.SA.
J20900 F/O Hamilton, C. E. T., 345 Douglas St., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
C86340 F/O Hamilton, C. S. V., 155 Mill St„ Oshawa, Ont.
J1G121 F/O Hamilton, F. F., Mazenod, Sask.
J27149 F/O Hamilton, J. D., 127 Third Avenue, Schumacher, Ont.
J20580 A/F/L Hamilton, J. K„ 12936-116 St., Edmonton, Alta.
J23939 F/O Hamilton, Jones, J. E., 2 Spruce Street, Great Neck, Long Island, New York, U.SA.
J17352 A/F/L Hammond. A. B., 5854 McLynn St., N.D.G., Montreal, P.Q.
J26423 F/O Hammond, H. H., 773 Pelissier St., Windsor, Ont.
J10645 A/S/L Hammond, J. W., 815 West Canadian Avenue, Vinita. Okla., U.S.A.
J88664 P/O Hammond, W. K., 428 Rectory St., London, Ont.
J25249 F/O Hample, M. A., Eagle River, Ont.
J38752 F/O Hancox, E. R., 96 Brisbin St., London, Ont.
J86018 F/O Hanna, K. C., 98 John St., Brock-ville, Ont.
J22850 F/O Hanson, C. E., Hay Lakes, Alta.
J15599 A/F/L Hanson, J. R.. 454 Mount Stephen Ave., Westmount, Montreal, P.Q.
J17377 F/O Harding, J. R., Box 31, Windsor, Ont.
J19301 P/O Hardy, A. V., 9655-87th Ave., Edmonton. Alta.
C25250 F/L Hardy, G. E. A., 2450-28th Ave.
S.W., Calgary, Alta.
J9132 F/L Hargrove, W. W., Sombra, Ont.
J14242 F/O Harkins, G. F., R.R. No. 3, Sarnia, Ont.
J11481 F/L Harling, D. W. A., 231 Melville Avenue, Westmount, P.Q.
J9316 F/L Harland, G. R., 113 Villaire Ave., Riverside, Ont.
J87953 F/O Harlow, R. G., Box 84, Prince George. B.C.
C19525 F/O Harper O. J., 38 Brunswick Apts., Winnipeg, Man.
J9498 F/L Harris, A. A. C., 2257 McIntyre St., Regina, Sask.
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Number-Rank-N ame-Address
J25098 F/O Harris, A. A., 461 Kingswood Road, Toronto, Ont.
J85038 P/O Harris, A. M. P., 301 Lumberman's Bldg., Richards St., Vancouver, B.C.
J20064 F/L Harris, F. R., 611 Wilson St., Victoria, B.C.
J9766 F/L Harris, W. J., 5 Visart St„ Saint John, N.B.
J5908 F/L Harris, W. N., Minnedosa, Man.
J88062 P/O Harrison, F. A., 1328 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C.
J16686 F/O Harrison, R., 4237 Pine Crescent, Vancouver, B.C.
J22483 F/O Hart, D. A., 365 Wiley St., Port Arthur, Ont.
J16995 F/O Harty, J. C., 3403 Amherst St., Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
J86736 P/O Hartford, G. P., % the Hospital, Hazelton, B.C.
J85081 P/O Harvey, J. D., 54 Levinia Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J87004 P/O Harvey, R. C., 911-12th Street, New Westminster, B.C.
J35172 F/O Harvey, T. S. W., Hines Creek, Alta.
C1075 F/L Hill, G. U., Box 55, Shubenacadie, N.S.
J11307 A/S/L Haton, J. A., 145 Douglas Drive, Toronto, Ont.
J27535 F/O Hawkes, R. C., 2756 West 37th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J18020 A/F/L Hawkins, A., 68 Wardell St., Toronto, Ont.
R109508 W/O Hawks, E. S., 73 Victoria Ave., Leamington, Ont.
J9242 F/L Hawn, E. J., Maple Creek, Sask.
J21640 F/O Haworth, R. J., 90A Hiawatha Road, Toronto, Ont.
J85823 F/O Hawthorne, T., 2663 Eton St„ Vancouver, B.C.
J26743 F/O Hawtin, G. F., Cannington, Ont.
J15707 P/O Hay, H. K., 82 Rice St., Edmunds-ton, N.B.
J5489 A/S/L Hay, W. B., % Chase Nat. Bank of New York, Park Avenue at 60th St., New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
R140172 W/O Hayes, J. H., 335 Martin St., Banff, Alta.
R105406 W/O Hayward, F. R., Emsdale, Ont.
J12324 A/F/L Hayward, R. K., 129 Gower St., St. John's, Newfoundland.
J86040 F/O Hea, R. W. K., Grand Coules, Sask.
J14508 F/O Head, J. T„ 254 Centre Avenue, New Aberdeen, Glace Bay, N.S.
J22838 F/O Healey, T., Suite 26, Eugenie Apts., Norwood, Man.
J21121 F/O Healey, W. A., 141 Gibson St. N., Parry Sound, Ont.
J23343 P/O Heaney, H. C., % A. G. Heaney, 540 Atlantic Ave., Boston 10, Mass., U.S.A.
J86859 P/O Heaton, J., R.R. No. 1, Scarlet Rd., Weston, Ont.
J16485 F/O Hebert, J., 7252 Des Ecores St., Montreal, P.Q.
C1469 A/S/L Hebert, R. J. C., Magog, P.Q.
J85353 P/O Hegseth, A. H., 529 Second Avenue, South, Kenora, Ont.
J16650 F/O Heide, C. L., 1254 Venables St., Vancouver, B.C.
J19426 F/L Heimpel, E. S., MacDonald College, Quebec.
J13447 F/L Hemphill, R. D., 2153 West 51st Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J9123 F/L Henderson, C. H. D., 3 Westcott St., London, Ont.

J10516 F/L Henrickson, D. C., 977 Dominion St., Winnipeg, Man.
J16469 A/F/L Henry, E. R., Kincardine, Ont.
J85016 F/O Henry, J. C., 113 Spruce Hill Road, Toronto, Ont.
J29585 F/O Hepburn, H. R., 14 Keystone Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
J85050 A/F/L Herbert, R. G., Box 540, Kelowna, B.C.
J27687 A/F/L Heron, G. L., 3708 W. 27th St., Vancouver, B.C.
J1139 A/F/L Heron, P. W., 7818-104 St., Edmonton, Alta.
J29846 F/O Hetherington, J. N., 1112 Nanaimo St., New Westminster, B.C.
J21294 A/F/L Hewitt, H. A., Lac Vert, Sask.
J85562 A/F/L Hewitt, J. T., 30 Maehedash St., Orillia, Ont.
J18834 P/O Hicks, V. C., 3613 7A Street W., Calgary, Alta.
J15695 A/S/L Higgins, C. W., St. Avards, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
J87596 P/O Higgins, G. R., 6281 De Gaspe St., Montreal, P.Q,
J25798 A/F/L Hill. D. J. L., Mt. Brydges, Ont.
J24296 F/O Hill. W. F„ Strome, Alta.
J16255 F/O Hill, V. P. B., R.R. No. 3, St. Catharines, Ont.
J19496 P/O Hind, J. P., 1207 Duke St., Victoria, B C
J92003 P/O Hinds, R. H., 2780 West 8th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J26290 F/O Hinmian. G. W.. Cardston, Alta.
J85245 P/O Hirscbfeid. G. D.. Goklenville. N.S.
J29571 A/F/L Hiiscott, R. W., Sutton West, Ont.
J28772 F/O Hi slop, J. V., 16 Lavinia Avenue, Toronto Ont.
J18609 P/O Hodges, S. C., 744 Ingereoll St., Winnipeg, Man.
J41894 F/L Hodgins, R., 123 Albert St., Ottawa, Ont.
C428 S/L Hodgson, W. B., Stratton Lodge, Inverness, Scotland.
J12826 F/L Hodson, A. H., Box 36, Vancouver Island, Alberni, B.C.
J0O67 F/L Hoffman, J. W., 274 Giles Blvd, Apt. 4'12, Windsor, Ont.
J21119 A/F/L Hogg, J. M., 563 McLeod St., Ottawa, Ont.
J28141 F/O Holden, R. G., 245 E. 37th St., New York City, New York, UjS.A.
J86467 P/O Holding, S. R., Welwyn, Sask.
J85039 P/O Holland, J. R., 29 Newton Avenue, West Ki'ldonan, Man.
J18740 A/F/L Hollingsworth, J. M.,	3410
Hingston Ave., Apt. 26, N.D.G., Montreal,
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J92116 P/O Holman, W. G., Garafraxa St., Fergus, Ont.
J91076 P/O Holmes, A. M., New Liskeard, Ont.
J14350 P/O Hooke, E. N., 159 Westminster Ave.. Toronto, Ont.
J87397 P/O Hope, W. J., 388 Riverdale Ave., Ottawa, Out.
J289S5 F/O Hopkins, D. S., R.R. No. 2, Langley Prairie, B.C.
J5812 F/L Hopkins, J. D., Orangeville, Ont.
J19003 P/O Hofton, C. G., 310 S. Archibald Street, Fort William. Ont.
J28929 F/O Horbul, T., Nokomis, Sask.
J85627 P/O Hordal, S. G., Box 126. Wynyard, Sask.
J23T10 F/O Horswill, T. S., 412 Silica Street, Nelson, B.C.
APRIL 4, <1946
Awards for Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
Number-Rank-Name-Address
RS2755 W/O Houston, J. T., Box 49, Carleiton, Onit.
J51O0 A/S/L Hovey, J. C., Apt. 4, 13 Government Rod., W., Kirkland Lake, Out.
J8790 F/L Howard, J. P. O., 377 Daily Ave., Ottawa. Ont.
J22203 F/O Howard. M. E, R.R. No. 4, Mitohell, Ont.
J85337 P/O Howard, T. J., R.R. No. 7, Lucknow. Ont.
J159'30 F/O Hown, N. C. R., 68 Charles St. E., Apt. 19 Manhattan Apts., Toronto, Ont.
J29268 A/F/L Howes, J. H., Rockhaven, Sask.
J87595 F/O Hoy, J. C., 35 Dinniek Cres., Toronto 12. Ont.
R154623 W/O Hudson, E. B., Cascumpec, P.E.I.
J21976 F/O Huget. C. M., 2225 E. 44th Avenue, V ancou ver, B .C.
J10234 F/L Hughes, B. G., 210-29th Ave. S.E., Calgary. Alta.
J12639 F/O Hughes, J. R., R.R. No. 1, North-wood, Ont.
J26927 F/O Hughes, L. G., Cangallo 2630, Buenos Aires, Argentine.
J28282 F/O Hughes. L. G., 464 Kelly St., New Westminster. B.C.
J10708 F/O Hughes, P. G., Box 519, Courtenay, Vancouver Island, B.C.
J22196 F/O Huletsky, P„ 6319 Third Ave., Rosemount, Montreal, P.Q.
C1256 A/W/C Hull, A. C., 199 Chapel St., Apt. 11. Ottawa, Ont.
J24929 F/O Humphrey, H. J., 134 Larch St., Sudbury, Ont.
J18053 F/O Hunt, H. S., Box 291, Kiniatino, Sask.
J5037 F/L Hunter, H. R., 1726 W. 60th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J13816 F/O Huntley, F. J., 966 Ossington Ave., Toronto, Ont.
C18877 P/O Hurd, E. J., Sawyerville, P.Q.
R58023 W/O Hurst, H. R., Box 316, Grimsby, Ont.
C22662 A/S/L Hurley, P., Hale Haven Store, Road 42 Route 1, Rex, Georgia.
J88936 F/O Hurly, J. R„ 202 Fraser St., North Bay, Ont.
J17192 F/L Husband. D. F., 3 Valleyview Gardens, Toronto, Ont.
J88082 P/O Husband, M. L., Robsart, Sask.
J19887 A/F/L Huston, S., 2 Greendale Ave., Mt. Dennis, Toronto, Ont.
J86648 F/O Hutcheon, A.. 393 Dawson St.. Port Arthur, Ont.
J21893 F/L Hutcheon, D. R., Davidson, Sask.
J16831 F/O Hutchinson, E. B., 23 Rankin Ave., Amherstburg, Ont.
J17380 A/F/L Hyslop, M. C., 10612-124 St., Edmonton, Alta.
J86472 F/O Ide, F. I., 5793 St. Margarets St., Vancouver, B.C.
J4425 A/S/L Imrie, B. S., 131 Oakwood Ave., Toronto, Ontario.
J1709G A/F/L Ingalls, B. J., Sayabec Station, P.Q.
J5907 S/L Ingrams, R. R., c/o Rev. W. M. Rodger, Norton, N.B.
J86461 P/O Ingleby, W. G., 36 Leopold Street, Toronto, Ontario.
J86686 P/O Irvine, J. V., 724-11th St., Saskatoon, Sask.
J10245 F/L Irving, W. J., Box 116, Coleman, Alta.
J22132 A/F/L Irwin, A. K.. Princeton, B. C.
J12868 S/L Irwin, W. A., 120 Geoffrey Street, Toronto. Ontario.
J12339 A/S/L Jack, R. A., No. 1 C.N.S., RCAF., Rivers, Man.
J21827 F/O Jackman, F. D., Stirling, Ontario.
J11231 F/L Jackson, A. H., 36 St. Matthews Ave., Hamilton, Ontario.
J19710 F/O Jackson, H., 1430-21st Ave., N. W., Galgary, Alta.
J18946 P/O Jackson, H. H., R.R. 2, Millet, Alta.. Box 24.
J23716 F/O Jackson, L. E., 2807 W., 7th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J85576 P/O James, G. B., Kelvington, Sask.
J85056 P/O James, J. L., 67 Cameron Crescent, Toronto, Ont.
J22093 F/O James, R. H., 941 West 20th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J19196 F/O Jamieson, D. R. C., 140 Symington Ave.. Toronto, Ontario.
J19705 P/O Jarman, R. H., 11525-88th St., Edmonton, Alta.
J10611 F/L Jasper. C. M., 170 South Post St., Clark Hotel, Spokane, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
J85358 P/O Jean. J. E. F., 93 De Montmorency Street, Apt. 2, Quebec.
J9441 F/L Jenkins, F., Aroostook, Jet., N.B.
R. 153179 W.O Jennings, D. R„ Elmsvale Hfx. Co., N.S.- (Mrs. A. E.	Jennings).-
68 Washington St., W., Warwick, R. I. U.S.A.- (Mr. A. E. Jennings).
J85173 F/L Jennings, W. T., University of Manitoba, Fort Garry, Man.
J26908 F/O Jessee, James Pyle, 1915 Hard Street, Vancouver, B.C.
J86086 P/O Johnson, A. D., 235 St. Johns Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
J22577 F/O Johnson. C. H.. Strome, Alta.
J9262 F/L Johnson, G. W., 102 Beechwood Ave., Hamilton, Ontario.
J14373 F/L Johnson, J. R. F., Omemee, Ontario.
J20834 F/O Johnson, M. J., Baldur, Manitoba.
J20050 A/F/L Johnson, P. G., 11 Beach St., Bethel Con., U.S.A.	*
J13346 F/L Johnson. I, 6177 Notre Dame de Grace Avenue, Montreal, P.Q.
J87545 A/F/O Johnson. R. E., 249 Balmoral Street. Winnipeg, Man.
J85307 F/O Johnson, T. R. M., 6307 Drolet St„ St. Edouard, Montreal, P.Q.
J15583 F/L Johnston, A. J., c/o W. J. Maybin, Box 424. Souris, Man.
J25407 F/O Johnston, B. 164 London Rd., Guelph. Ontario. '
J25509 F/O .Johnston, E. C. W., 164 McIntyre East. North Bay, Ontario.
J18596 P/O Johnston. F. E., 283 Demarchais Blvd., Verdun, P.Q.
J19259 P/O Johnston, J. I., 65 Avenue Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
C18844 F/L Johnston, K. E., 66 Lee Street, Peterboro. Ontario.
J27556 F/O Johnston, V. R., 735A Danforth Avenue. Toronto, Ontario.-Stanley Barracks (Toronto).
J24724 F/O Johnston, W. H., 263 Westwood Avenue, Toronto 6, Ontario.
J85017 A/F/L Jones, C. R., Mrs. Lillian M. Jones, 1995-W-5th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. Mr. Thomas Jones, 2968 W., 9th Avenue, Vancouver. B.C.
J19171 P/O Jones, E. T., 9602-149th Street, Edmonton, Alta.
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Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
Number-Rank-Name-Address
J13827 P/O Jones, K. W., 1399-3rd Ave., Trail, B.C.
J87422 P/O Jones, L. E., 1399-3rd Ave., Trail, B C
J87406 P/O Jones, 0. E., Kellam Mills, West County, N.B.
J9508 A/F/L Judah, F. T., 11314-99th Ave., Edmonton, Alta.
J26321 F/O Jutras. J. R., Plessisville, P.Q.
J26354 F/0 Kabbash, A. D., 6696 De Norman-ville, Montreal, P.Q.
J28482 F/O Kalla], J. T., Tofield, Alta.
J19881 P/O Kalle, R. A., 1022 Bruce Avenue, Windsor, Ontario.
C19796 F/O Kalyniuk, A., 48 Messines, Ave., Timmins, Ontario.
J16135 F/O Keane, H. W., 50 Julia St., Quebec City, P.Q.
J19422 A/F/L Keane, J. H., Orono, Ontario.
J14117 F/O Keefe, E. J., Wainwright, Alta.
J4876 F/L Keefer, R. G., 1461 Mountain St.. Montreal, P.Q. Apt. 46.
J86148 P/O Keegan, K. E., 78 Mill St., Brampton, Out.
J25807 F/O Keelan, L. H., 2940 Victoria Ave., Regina, Sask.
J87496 P/O Keen, W. D„ 107 Walnut St., Paris, Ont.
J23599 A/F/L Keighley, Jr., F. E., 2647 Eastwood Avenue, Evanston, 111., U.S.A.
J9074 F/L Keller, J. W.. 54 Fairmount St., Brookline, Mass., U.S.A.
J7548 S/L Keillor, H. G., Mitchell. Ont.
J17332 F/L Kelly, P. G., 4109 Northcliffe Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
J86309 P/O Kelly, P. J., 155 Pembroke St. W„ Pembroke, Ont.
J20729 F/O Kelly. R. L., Miniota, Man.
J86452 A/F/L Kelly, W. W„ 195 Ferry Road, Winnipeg, Man.
J88367 P/O Kemp. W. G., Fort Fraser, B.C.
J19974 A/F/L Kennedy, L. J., 208 Prince Ave., Portage la Prairie, Man.
J25793 A/F/L Kent, R. W., 149 Proctor St., Sarnia, Ont.
J18428 F/O Kent, W. E., Bathurst, N.B.
J19139 P/O Kennedy, H. R., 475 Washington St., New7 Glasgow, N.S.
J17500 A/F/L Kerr, C. G., 2205 McIntyre St., Regina. Sask.
J86532 P/O Kerr, J. A.. Alexander, Man!
J11940 F/L Kerr, J. W., 18 Williamson Apts., Regina, Sask.
J89277 P/Q Kerr. R. D . Langford Park. Alta,
J6002 F/L Kerrigan, H. F., 387 Roslyn Ave., Westmount. P.Q.
J87067 P/O Keslick, J. L., 147 Heath St. East, Toronto. Ont.
J24254 A/F/L Kettlewell. T. W.. 208 Canada Bldg, Prince Albert, Sask.
I870S9 A/F/O Kicak, J., 374 Victor St., Winnipeg. Man.
1223*0 F/O Kidd. K. R„ 417 Main St. W„ North Bay. Ont.
J35983 F/O Kinball, D. H, Oromocto. N.B.
J18976 P/O Kimmett, T. H„ 303-10th St., N.W, Calgary, Alta.
J17505 F/L King. D. B, c/o 259 Kitson St., Winnipeg, Man.
J25379 F/L King, J. L., 146 Barlsdale Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J7659 S/L King, R. B., Box 508, Dunnville, Ont.
J88850 P/O King, W. H., 54 Lakeview Ave., Toronto, Ont.

J25139 A/F/L Kingsland, R. R., 4377 West-mount Ave., Westmount, P.Q.
J4743 A/S/L Kipp, R. A., 359 Nicola St., Kamloops, B.C.	'
J86565 F/O Kipper, C. W., 10 Parkside Drive, Westdale, Hamilton, Ont.
J20662 F/O Kirkpatrick, C. J., 149 Arkell St., Westdale, Hamilton, Ont.
J87765 P.O. Kirkwood, W. G., 10747-104 St„ Edmonton, Alta.
J11048 F/L Kirsch, L. V., 174 Tupper Ave., Yorkton, Sask.
J88375 P/O Kirstiuk. W. A., 4338 Beatrice, Str., Vancouver, B.C.,
J12199 F/O Klersy, W. T., 14 Harcroft Rd., Toronto, Ont.
R145973 W.O. Knight, D. H„ 629 Simcoe St., Winnipeg, Man.
J28738 F/O Knobovitch, H., 4518 St. Urbain St., Montreal, P.Q.
J86465 F/L Knowles, W'. G., Nurses Residence, South Vickers St., Fort William, Ont.
C1174 S/L Knox, D. G., Box 314, Shelburne, N.S.
R125200 W.O. Knox, J. H., 551 Gilmour St., Ottawa. Ont.
J21636 F/O Knox, K. W., 72-2nd Street, New Toronto, Ont.
J17760 F/O Koch, J. D.. Cannington, Ont.
J85940 F/O Koresky, J., 1037 Marion Ave., Windsor, Ont.
J87665 P/O Krantz. W. T„ Wadena, Sask.
J22195 F/O Kritzer. Solomon, 1537 King St., E„ Hamilton, Ont.
.T89016 P/O Kubiak. W.. 2687 Knox St.. Point St. Charles, Montreal.
J16781 F/O Kuehler, F. G., 1346 W. 6th Ave., Vancouver. B.C.
J24633 F/O Kuzma, A., 1225 E., 15th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J21328 A/F/L Kogan, M., 141 Delaware Ave., Toronto. Ont.
R130008 W.O. Korman, I. A., 17-8th St., No-randa. P.Q.
J35526 F/O Krakovsky, M. S.. 426 Markham St., Toronto. Ont.
J16392 A/S/L Krimar, F. C.. Re''*. Man.
J85882 F/O Labelle, P. A., 3720 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J85836 F/O Lafond, L. E., R.R. No. 2, Sarnia, Ont.
J14639 F/O Lafond, P. C. E„ 117 Hotel de Villa St., Hull. Que.
J35881 F/O Lafreniere, J. R. H., 745 St. Maurice, Trois Rivieres, Que.
J16271 F/L Lagaee, H. P.. 2148 Bleury Street, Montreal. Que.
J1S7S6 F/L Laine. S. R. W.. 341 Clavet St.. Port Arthur, Ont.
J22778 A/F/L Laing. G. H., 351 Assiniboine Ave., Winnipeg. Man.
J25984 F/O Lakeman, J. C.. 477 Cannon Street, Hamilton. Ont.
J20360 F/O Lambert, J. M. L., Moose Jaw, Sask.
J22906 F/O Lamont, R. A., 248 East 10th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
,116020 A/F/L Lambros, A.. Wiarton. Ont.
J86569 P/O Lamoureux, J. B. A., Fort Kent, Alta.
J86683 A/F/O Landry, J. G. M., 8497 Foucher < St., Montreal, Que.
J27240 A/F/L Langlois, R. J. M., Val Brillant, Matapedia, Que.
J5051 S/L Langmuir, J. W. C., 19 Oriole Road, Toronto, Ont.
J85825 F/O Lanin, M., 172 Aberdeen Ave., Winnipeg, Man.

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Address
R148486 W/O Lapierre, J. J. B. G., 3452 Verdun Ave., Verdun, Que.
J15507 A/S/L Lapp, E. G., Box 172, Medicine Hat, Alta.
J27164 F/O Larouche, C. J., 60 Putman Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
J7438 A/S/L Larson, J. M., 11232-94th St., Edmonton, Alta.
J26133 F/O Lesek, J., 98 Edward St., London, Ont.
J19900 A/F/L Laskoski, H. P., Gleichen, Alta.
J14013 F/O Laubman, D. C., 11649-90th St., Edmonton, Alta.
J87630 P/O Launey, G. L. W„ 6992 Champag-neur St., Montreal, Que.
J20602 F/O Laurence, R. H.. Edson, Alta.
J19886 F/O Lauzon, L. R., 394 Leslie St„ Toronto, Ont.
J86466 F/O La Valley, L, E., Princeton, B.C.
J5102 A/S/L Lawlor, R. J., Box 425, Pictou, N.S.
R92986 W/O Lawrence, J. W., e/o C.P.R. Irrigation Office, 207-7th St. S., Lethbridge, Alta.
J23494 F/O Lawrence, W. J., Newdale, Man.
J21377 F/O Lawrenson, R. E., Pathlow, Sask.
J24695 F/O Lawson, G. H. L., 3842 Triumph St., Vancouver. B.C.
J21424 F/O Leask, M. R., Clandeboye, Man.
J85624 P/O Lebel, G. Y„ Cacouna, Que.
Cl 181 A/W/C Lecomte, J. H. L., Acton Vale, Que.
J19641 P/O Ledger, W. H., 202 Belgravia Ave., Toronto 10, Ont.
J9311 F/L Lee, J. G., 100 Wellington St., St. Thomas, Ont.
J87498 P/O Lee, J. S.. Teulon, Man.
J86274 P/O Lafurgey, B. H., 2267 Cornwall St., Regina, Sask.
J87433 A/F/O Legault, P. H., 3591 University St., No. 5, Montreal, Que.
J21858 F/O Lehman, A. R., 68 S'outhwick St., St. Thomas, Ont.
J23735 F/O Lehti, II. W., 56 Irwin St., Nanaimo, B.C.
J9775 F/O Leiteh. A. K., 49 MacDonald Ave., Weston, Ont.
J85378 P/O Lennox, W. B., Kingston, Kings County, N.S.
J85534 P/O Leslie, A. B., Snipe Lake, Sask.
J3484^A/W/C Lewington, A. J., Kingston Road West. Oshawa, Ont.
R182122 W/O Lindo, W. A., 42 Myrtle Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J9081 F/L Lindsay, J. D., 205 Daniel St., Arnprior, Ont.
J38181 F/O Lindsay, S. B., Rossburn, Man.
J4816 S/L Lindsell, R. C., Dos Hermanos Los Pinos. F.C. Sud., Argentina.
J18839 F/O Lineker, G. W., 10949-84th St., Edmonton, Alta.
J22978 F/O Linldater, J. D., Dawson Creek, B.C.
J17417 A/F/L Linton, K. R., Plaster Rock, N.B.
J15205 A/F/L Linton, O. M., 98 York Mills Rd.. Toronto, Ont.
J10601 F/L Lipsit, R. R., Grimsby, Ont.
J4330 A/S/L Lisson, H. S., 19 Edgewood Crescent, Toronto, Ont.
J85597 P/O Liwiski, P. E., Gilbert Plains, Man.
J8948 F/L Lock, W., 939 Esquimalt Road, Victoria, B.C.
J28479 P/O Locke, L. E., Bovar, Ont.
J10978 F/L Lockhart, A. W., 296 Rosewell Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J22618 A/F/L Lockie, G. M., R.R. No. 3, Sutton West, Ont.
J86689 P/O Lofthouse, J., 306 Melrose Ave., East Kildonan, Winnipeg, Man.
J19067 P/O Logan, E. A., 308 Aberdeen St., Medicine Hat, Alta.	*
R153257 W/O Logan, F. W., Halifax County, Caribou Gold Mines, N.S.
J22427 F/O Logan, J. E., 483 Burbrook Place, London, Ont.
J25982 F/O Long, H. H., R.R. No. 1, Fredericton, N.B.
J18760 A/F/L Long, R. W., 824 Howard Ave., Windsor, Ont.
J4883 A/F/L Lord, F. G., 31 Newton St., Sherbrooke. Que.
J86570 P/O Loubert, J. C., Smooth Rock Falls, Ont.
J8946 F/L Loudoun, N. G., 2546 Dalhousie St., Victoria, B.C.
C1477 A/S/L Lowe, A. D. R„ 1207-15th Ave. W.,
Calgary, Alta.
J25344 F/O Lownds, E., 150 Queenston St., Winnipeg, Man.
J86770 P/O Lowry, A. E., 64 Close Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J90446 P/O Luckhart, R. C. F., Box 124, Hanover, Ont.
J22982 F/O Lumsden, J. P., 21 Mapleside Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
J85179 F/O Lumn. R. R.. Millbrook. Ont.
J24246 F/O Lybbert, D. H.. Glenwoodville. Alta.
J16573 P/O Lymburner, J. A. L., 7085 Boyer St., Montreal, Que.
J8143 F/L Lynch, F. E., 189 Hay Avenue, Mimico, Ont.
J16674 F/O Lyndon. A. B. S., Bracebridge, Ont.
J92830 P/O Lyon. A.. % Gale Bros. Ltd., 30 St. Anselme St., Quebec, Que.
J12689 A/F/L MacBain, K., 438-13th St., Brandon, Man.
J92G7 F/L MacBride, R. E., 248 Grover St., Woodstock, N.B.
J19189 A/F/L MacDonald. A. C., Marble Mountain. Inverness County, N.S.
J10111 F/L MacDonald, A. I., 5613 Boundary Rd.. Vancouver. B.C.
C1634 A/W/C MacDonald. D. C.. Ant. 522, Carlyn Hotel, 2500 Q. St., Washington, D.C.. U.S.A.
J15099 F/L MacDonald, G. W.. Wanham, Alta.
J21612 F/O MacDonald. H. M., 3290 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. B.C.
J22550 A/F/L MacDonald, J. A., 59 Findlay Ave.. Ottawa. Ont.
C890 W/C MacDonald, J. K. F„ Church St., Antigonish. N.S.
J16282 F/O MacDonald, J. R., 1690-6A St., N.W.. Calgary. Alta.
J85326 F/O MacDonald, K. A., % E. W. Todd, Brampton, Ont.
J26198 F/O MacDonald, N. J.. 1443 East 11th Avenue. Vancouver. B.C.
J3103 F/L MacFadyen, D. A., 29 Chestnut Park Rd.. Toronto. Ont.
J88752 P/O MacFarlane. L. J.. Avlsham. Sask.
J29615 F/O MacFarlane, M. C., 160 Galley Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J21755 F/O Maclnnis, E. G., Armadale P.O., P.E.I.
J39031 F/O Maclvay, W., 894 Queen St., Toronto, Ont.
J19197 F/O MacKenzie, D. M., 1225 King St., London, Ont.
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Number-Rank-Name-Address
J86524 P/O MacKenzie, D. R., 3220 Victoria Ave.. Regina, Sask.
J14101 F/O MacKenzie, R. W., Stettler, Alta.
J19268 F/L MacKinnon, L. L., Box 65, Ponoka, Alta.
J19336 A/F/L MacLean, D. H., Sparling, Man.
J19396 F/O MacLennan, A. V., 22 Burnett St., Glen Ridge, N.J.
J13367 F/L MacLeod, D. R., 127 Nelson St., Kingston, Ont.
J16777 F/O MacLeod, G. G., 323 Glenholme Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J25178 F/O MacLeod, N. G., 611 Hall St., Nelson, B.C.
J21806 F/O MacNaughton, A. E., 235 Harrison Ave.. Winnipeg. Man.
J87594 P/O MacNeil, M., 685 Arthur St., Glace Bay, N.S.
J85606 A/F/O MacNeil, W. C., 4204 Pandora St., Vancouver, B.C.
R160184 W/O McAdam, W. D., 263 Westwood Ave., Toronto 6, Ont.
J13316 F/L McAllister, J. E., Queen Street, Milltown, N.B.
J18293 F/O McArter, D. M., 62 Ainslie St. North. Galt. Ont.
J18888 A/F/L McAuley, A. G., Marmora, Ont.
J23638 A/F/L McBain, A. H. A., Camrose, Alta.
J18046 F/O McBurney, R. W., 338 Dundas St., Woodstock. Ont.
J17636 A/F/L McCabe, D., % Bank of Montreal, St. Catharines, Ont.
J10049 F/L McCamus, W. H„ Millbrook. Ont.
J27578 F/O McCann, R. L., 32 Chestnut St., Merritton. Ont.
J14006 F/L McClarty, S. M„ 32 Athell Apts., Winnipeg, Man.
J22404 F/O MeConkey, E. J., 40 Hilldale Ave., West. Toronto, Ont.
J15887 F/L MeConnachie, N., 1412-llth Avenue, W., Calgary. Alta.
J28487 F/O McConnell, W. A. S.. 2704 Liberty Blvd., South Gate, California, U.S.A.
J6136 A/F/L McCormack, J. E., Estevan, Sask.
J19000 F/O McCracken, G., 2520 Elcor St., Toronto, Ont.
J87068 P/O McCrory, J. A., 01062 Richmond St., Montreal, Que.
J19784 P/O McCullough, R. B., Dorset Street East, Port Hope, Ont.
187696 P/O McCunn, R. M., 261 Kitson St., Norwood, Man.
J27538 A/F/L McDonald, B. K., Stranraer, Sask.
J14218 F/O McDonald, L. G., 151 McGillibray, St., Ottawa, Ont.
119372 F/O McDonell. J. L., Rossland, B.- C.
127278 F/O McDowell, J. S., 220 Mayfair Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
T87493 P/O McEaehern, T. W., 33 Wildwood Cres., Toronto, Ont.
J27417 P/O McElroy, G. W. E., 110 First Avenue East, Cornwall, Ont.
J7230 F/O McElroy, J. F., 196 St. Paul St., Kamloops, B.C.
J38574 F/O MeEwan, B. D., 707 Eglinton Ave. W., Apt. 206, Toronto, Ont.
J18808 P/O MeEwan, I. G., 2486-8th Ave. W„ Vancouver, B.C.
J17765 F/O McFall, S. E., 4586 Docarie Blvd., Apt. 2, N.D.G., Montreal.

J14401 F/O McGee, S. P., 2511 Carolina Ave., Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
C19702 P/O McGill, M. D., Homewood, Man.
J85472 P/O MeGillivray, J. J., Kaslo, B.C.
J20070 A/F/L McGowan, D. W., Box 125, Kelfield, Sask.
J15712 A/S/L McGuffin, W. C., Suite 1, Yale Apts., Calgary, Alta.
J18816 P/O Mclnnis, W. N„ Yahk, B,C.
J23956 F/O McIntosh, D. N.,'Stanstead, Que.
J19308 P/O McIntosh, J. A., Box 175, Revel-stoke, B.C.
J19933 F/O McIntyre, W. J., 140 Brock St.
E., Oshawa, Ont.
J85628 P/O Mclvor, R. W., Rockhaven, Sask.
J19619 F/O McKay, G. C., Vulcan, Alta.
J15175 A/W/C McKay, W. A., 3116 West Second Ave.. Vancouver, B.C.
J86029 P/O McKean, G. T., Box 362, Bingham, Maine, U.S.A.
01051 A/W/C McKenna, A. G., 80 Earl St., Kingston, Ont.
J26463 F/O McKenzie, C. A., Aurora. Ont.
J85711 P/O McKillop, S. B„ 31 Westholme Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J24990 F/O. Mcinley, H. E., Canyon Creek, Alta.
J24177 F/O McKinley, H. J. L., La Movette, West Bay St., Nassau, Bahamas.
J21892 F/O McKinnon, W. R., Delburne, Alta.
J8408 F/L McLachlan. H.. Aden, Alta.
J85328 F/O McLaughlin, J. R., King St., Col-borne, Ont.
J86725 P/O McLean, M. N., 41 Victoria St., Maltby, Yorks.
R102304 W/O McLean, O. D., 1325 Princess Ave.. Brandon, Man.
J4886 A/S/L McLeish, W. A. G., 128 Grosvenor Ave. S., Hamilton, Ont.
R121043 WOl McLeod, C., 1259-6th Ave. South, Lethbridge, Alta.
C1637 A/W/C McLernon, A. R.. c/o Col. T. S. Morrisey, 3275 Cedar Ave., Westmount, Que.
J5211 F/L McLung, J. E., 561 Lansdowne Ave., Westmount, Que.
J23726 A/F/L McNabney, H., 155 Symington Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J26351 F/L McNamee, G. A.. Suite 9. Willing-don Court. Moose Jaw, Sask.
J25956 F/O MeNaugliton, D. A., Box 1300, Kelowna, B.C.
J87880 P/O McNaughton, J. G., 44 Merriton St.. Merriton, Ont.
J85609 F/O McNeill, D. D., Murray St., New Lislceard, Ont.
J10419 F/L McNicol, W. J., Meyronne, Sask.
*T38594 F/O McNulty. G. P., 599 Bathurst St.. Toronto, Ont.
J89347 P/O McPhie, L. W„ 57 E. Woodstock Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J19570 P/O McQuade, A. R. R., 189 Bergemont Ave., Quebec, Que.
J20176 F/O McRae, J. M., Box 883, Yarmouth, N.S.
J12537 F/O McRoberts, R. C., 1827-17A Street W., Calgary. Alta.
J27274 F/O McRorie. E. R„ Avonlea. Sask.
J87335 A/F/O McTaggart, D. O., 2749 West 11th Ave.. Vancouver, B.C.
R70185 W02 McVeigh, H. G., 18 Nugent St., Port Arthur. Ont.
J87030 A/F/L McVicar, H. C., Otterburne, Man.
J86051 P/O MeWhirter, R. E., Foxdale, Sask.
J21738 F/O McFarlane, P. A., 637 Sydenham

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Number-Rank-Name

Address
Ave., Westmount, Que.
J14051 F/O Mclnnis, D. E., R.R. #1, Iroquois, Ont.
J35153 A/F/L McKeohnie, D. S., 14719 Summit Dr., Edmonton, Alta.
J24560 F/O Macklin, E. V., R.R. #1, Scarboro Junction, Ont.
J18192 A/F/L Mackett, R. E., 266 Hall Ave., Windsor, Ont.
C19690 F/O Madder. W. J., 2211 Gallagher Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J85614 P/O Maddoek, D. B., Shellbrook, Sask.
J22527 F/L Maddocks, D. W., 5 Wilberton Road, Toronto, Ont.
J24264 A/F/L Magee, C. C., 10 MeMaster Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J89838 P/O Magill, J., 1305 Eleven St. W., Saskatoon, Sask.
J86250 P/O Monahan, J. M., 38 Paddock St., Saint John, N.B.
J17857 A/F/L Moore, L. A., 1328 Hale St., Philadelphia 11, Pa., U.S.A.
J22010 A/S/L Monson, A. E., 7335 Cleon Ave., Roseoe, California, U.S.A.
J25972 F/O Montgomery, G. H., New Richmond, Bonaventure County, P.Q.
J15697 F/L Montgomery, W. D. C., Temis-kaming Station, Ont.
J85151 P/O Moore, A. A., R.R. No. 1, Maple P.O.. Ont.
J21034 F/O Moore, E. A., 709-5th St., New Westminster, B.C.
J86164 F/O Moore, J., 1525 Bernard Rd., Windsor, Ont.
J90155 P/O Morgan, L. P.. West Hill P.O.. Ont.
J87365 P/O Morin, G. P. A., 82 Prefontaine St., St. Agathe des Monts. P.Q.
J20709 F/L Morison, D. W., 403 Main Street W.. North Bay. Ont.
J16091 F/L Morrice, J. M., 62 Dundas St., London, Ont.
J86481 P/O Morris, G. H.. Waskada, Man.
J89342 P/O Morris, J. W., 532 Chilver Rd., Windsor, Ont.
J4898 A/S/L Morrison, H. A., Lauder, Man.
J15523 P/O Morrison, J. R„ 143 Canora St., Winnipeg. Man.
J13721 A/F/L Morrison, N. B„ 581 Logan Ave., Toronto. Ont.
J85734 P/O Morrison, S. R.. 1849 Eglinton Ave. W„ Toronto, Ont.
T27017 F/O Morse, H. F.. Heney. B.C.
J8773 A/S/L Moseley-Williams. W. R., North Bay, Ont.
J87782 A/F/O Moseman, L. M., Riverport, Lunenburg Co.. N.S.
J7920 A/SA, Motherwell. V. G„ 2539-W-33rd Ave.. Vancouver, B.C.
J22319 A/F/L Mott, G. E., 108 Durand St., Sarnia, Ont.
R74757 W/O Mower, A. J. C.. 185 Main St. Corn. Verdun Ave., Port Dalhousie, Ont.
C5645 A/F/L Muir, G. A., 181 Kilbride Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J25562 F/O Munn, J., 2856 Colquitz Ave., Victoria, B.C.
R1880U W/O Murie, L. M. T., 169 Hibernia St., Cobourg, Ont.
J20392 F/L Murphy, C. E. J., 15 Harriet St., Belleville. Ont.
J20191 F/O Murphy, L. E. J., Norfolk Cottage, Britannia Heights, Ont.
J28171 F/O Murray, D. H., 101 Drayton Rd., Pointe Claire, Que.
J85076 F/O Murray, D. G„ 2775-W-42nd St., Vancouver, B.C.
J7212 F/L Murray, B. A., 2341 Yonge St., Toronto, Ont., Apt. 21.
J21443 A/F/L Murray, F. N., Grosvenor Aquatic Court, Barbados, B.W.I.
J18113 F/L Murray, F. T., 36 Queen Square, St. John, N.B.
J87955 P/O Murray, G. E., 463 Dundas St., London, Ont.
J17952 F/O Musgrove, G. A., 708-4A St. N.E., Calgary, Alta.
J88125 F/O Musselman, H. J., 341 - Park St., Kitchener. Ont.
J27470 F/O Myers, C. V., 92 Willow St., Halifax. N.S.
J18688 F/O Myers, W. J., 3236 Linwood Place, Windsor. Ont.
J16477 F/O Myles. J. R., 13 Lewin Park, West, Saint John, N.B.
J87763 P/O Nash. W. N.. Reston, Manitoba.
H17272 F/O Naylor, W. K., Coleman, Alberta.
J16638 F/L Neil, J. W., 423 Westfield Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C.
J14744 F/L Neilans, J. F., 2140 Epworth St., Victoria, B.C.
J3202 F/L Neilly, L. G., Gilford. Ontario.
J24623 F/O Nelson, F. I,, 960 Dorchester Ave,, Winnipeg, Man.
J27166 F/O Nelson, R. L., Clifton, Colchester, Co., N.S.
J85008 F/O Ness, D. E., 17 Cobalt Street, Cop-percliff, Ontario.
C18984 A/F/L Nevins, C. W., Pennant, Saskatchewan.	....
J21644 F/O Newman, W. B. F., 2717 Asquith Street. Victoria. B.C.
J231-54 A/F/L Nicholl, G. F., 1438 Rae Street, Regina, Sask.
J27904 A/F/L Nicholl-Carne, T. D. I., 34 Drayton Road. Pointe Claire, P.Q.
J6187 F/L Nixon, H. J., 115 St. Clair Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario.
J26784 F/O Nixon, J. D. R., Box 261, Cumberland, B.C.
J21041 F/L Noble, S. R., 1160 Robson Street, Vancouver. B.C.
J85551 P/O Noble. J. G., 37th West 1st Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J23968 A/F/L Noble. P. N. J., 10 St. Albans Street, Toronto, Ontario.
J4863 F/L Noonan. D. E., 146 Willingdon Ave., Kingston. Ont.
J25932 F/O North. A. K., 47 Henry Street, St. Catharines, Ont.
J88004 F/O Norton, L. R., 1924 Ottawa Street, Regina, Sask.
J5114 S/L Norsworthy. H. H.. 10 Prospect Ave., Moores-Town, New Jersey. U.S.A.
J25973 F/O Novick, W„ 4100 Rivard Street, Montreal, P.Q.
J85573 P/O Nowazek, J., 612 No. 1 Road, Steveston, B.C.
J18461 P/O Noyes, W. R. S., Marshall. Saskatchewan.
J15872 A/F/L Obee, R. T„ 20 Menzies St., Victoria, B.C.
J21398 F/O Ockenden, C. F., 10923-81st, Edmonton, Alta.
J35128 F/O O'Driscoll, J. W„ 196 St. Clair Avenue, Point Edward. Ont.
J19731 F/O O'Gorman, N. W., 21 Baker Street, Sudbury, Ontario.
J26089 F/O O'Gorman, J. F., R.R. No. 1, Perth, Ontario.
J5125 S/L Olmsted, W. A., 15 Chedoke Ave., Hamilton, Ontario.
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J88426 P/O Olson. C. R., 121 Oakdale Dr., Varsity View Charleswood, Man.
J85701 F/O O'Mara, R. J., 250 Kingswood Road, Toronto, Ontario.
J25410 A/F/L O'Neill, E. Y„ 53 Drummond St., Granby. P.Q.
J18543 F/O O'Neill, J. H., 3686 Ste-Famille St.. Montreal, P.Q.
C87213 P/O O'Reilly, M. D., Jan Marie, Fern-down Rd., Lyne Regis Dorset, England.
J28324 A/F/L Orendorff, 0. J. F., First Ave., Coniston, Ontario.
J10391 F/L Orr, J. D., 4089 Osier Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J9930 A/F/L Orr, R. W., 206 Livingstone Ave., Toronto, Ontario.
J86150 P,/0 Oshell, L. N., 60 O'Hara Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
J29817 A/F/L Ottew;ell, L. W., Vulcan, Alberta.
J12882 A/S/L Ough, G. B., Newmarket, Ont.
J15676 F/O Ovens, G., Enniskillan, Ireland.
J6832 F/L Owens, J. R., Windsor, Ontario.
J88024 P/O Painchaud, J. A. E., 4038 Des Erables St., Montreal, P.Q.
J88997 P/O Palen, J. F., 57 Columbine Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
J26781 F/O Palidwar, W., 2800 Princess Ave., Brandon, Man.
J15818 P/O Palmer, C. W., Dundalk, Ontario.
J86263 A/F/L Palmer, E. B., 66 Northeote Avenue. Toronto, Ontario.
J85738 P/O Pappas, L., 1741 Dundas Street, Toronto, Ontario.
J17951 F/O Pare, I. M., 3635 Queen Street, Windsor, Ontario.
J28553 F/O Parker, C. H.. 295 Scotia Street, Winnipeg, Man.
J25850 A/F/L Partridge, J. A., c/o Smith Bros & Wilson, Prince Rupert, B.C.
J85007 P/O Paterson, W., Millinger, Sask.
J28881 F/O Paterson, W. P., Upham Rectory N. Southampton Hants, Eng.
J25045 F/O Pa:ton, A. T., 257 E. 60th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J85561 P/O Patrick W. B., 54 St. George St., London, Ont.
J20152 F/L Pattee, L. R.. Hawkesbury, Ontario.
J19721 A/F/L Patten, G. M., 2219 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J25838 F/O Patten, L. W., Benito, Man.
J10296 A/S/L Patterson, B. D. C., 204 Lau-rance Exchange Bldg., Calgary, Alta.
J15159 A/S/L Patterson, J. T., Maryland Hill, Fredericton, N.B.
J14552 A/F/L Patterson, R. K., Little Current, Ontario.
C4591 F/O Patterson, W. S., Box 251, Neepawa, Manitoba.
J25762 F/O Paul, H. G., 460 Matilda Street, Stratford, Ont.
J23029 A/F/L Battison, R. H., 38 Crescent Road, Toronto, Ontario.
J27840 F/O Paul, M. W., 975-W-10th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J13984 F/O Pawlyshyn, J., Bright's Court, Annex 2, 364 King's St., London, Ontario.
J85S41 F/O Pavne, G. D., 224-93rd St., Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.
J90597 P/O Perry, J., 1267-9th Avenue, North Lethbridge, Alta.
J23470 F/O Paynter, V. F., 1450 Douglas Street, Victoria, B C (Mr. Gibson.]
J24476 A/F/L Passmire, C. K. T., Hensell, Ontario.
J18630 F/L Patterson, A. L., 18 Matchedash St., N., Orillia, Ont.
J87217 F/O Peterson, J. A., 62 Noble Avenue, Winnipeg, Man.
J86654 P/O Peacock, W. T. F., 334 Cardline Street, Windsor, Ontario.
J20915 F/O Peake. J., % Mr. A. Forget, Room 107, British Air Commission Bldg., 1785 Massachussett Ave., Washington, D.C., U.S.A.	„ .
J89640 A/F/O Pearce, G. W. A., 827 Dufferm St., Woodstock, Ontario.
J86373 P/O Pearson, W. J., Ardill, Saskatchewan.
C18516 P/O Peck, G. R. H., 1 Belvedere Road, Westmount, P.Q.
J20216 F/L Peden, D. M., 140 Arnold Avenue, Winnipeg, Man.
J20909 A/F/L Peden, J., 217 West Avenue, Wayne, Pa., U.S.A.
J24988 F/O Pederson, L. M., Port St. John, British Columbia.
J7892 F/L Peglar, W. B., 144 Glengarry Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.	.
J36415 F/O Pelletier, J. I., Island Falls, Sask., via Flin Flon, Man.
J16920 F/O Peloquin, A. M. J., 10593 St. Charles Ahuntsie, Montreal, P.Q.
J24486 F/O Penrose, R. C., 1379 West 15th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J32-04 A/S/L Pentland, W. H., Canada Hotel, St. Anne de Bellevue, P.Q.
J89008 P/O Pepin. J. R.. R.R. No. 2, Mont St. Gregoire, Iberville, P.Q.
R139455 W/O Perrin, J. H., R.R. No. 1, Ayr, Ontario.
J19050 F/O Perry, John Kenneth, Hawarden, S askatchewan.
J9192 F/L Perry, J. W., Woodbridge, Ontario.
J24058 F/O Peters, L., 4689 Jeanne Mance, Montreal, P.Q.
J18238 F/O Peterson, I. N., Grassy Lake, Alberta.
J85243 A/F/O Pethick, L. W., 132 Strathearn Avenue. Montreal, P.Q.
J27718 F/O Phelan, W. G., 9 Glenayr Road,
Toronto, Ontario.
J13999 A/S/L Philbin, G. B., 497 Havre Blvd., Valleyfield, P.Q.
J25744 F/O Phillips, A. H.,	2127-W-40th
Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J170I3 A/F/L Phillips. A. J., 906 University Drive, Saskatoon, Sask.
J19065 P/O Phillips, G. I., Box 96, West Selkirk, Man.
J11274 F/L Phillips. J. H., 219 Wanless Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
J19005 P/O Phillips, W. G., 471 Victoria Avenue. St. Lambert. P.Q.
J29592 A/S/L Pierce, W. C., Box 102, Reston, Man.
J19053 P/O Pigeon, P. E., Williams Lake, British Columbia.
J88577 P/O Pitzek, A. C., 27A Inkster Blvd., Winnipeg, Man.
J8921 F/L Plamondon, J. M. G., 270 St. Cyrille, Quebec, P.Q.
J23469 F/O Plommer, R. D. L., 1091 Broughton, Vancouver, B.C.
J10802 F/L Plumer. B. E.. Bassano, Alberta.
J14032 F/O Plummer, A. G., 214 Pitt St., Saint John, N.B.
J19905 P/O Plummer, W. A., 102 Cambridge St., Ottawa, Ontario.
R136519 W/O Plunkett, E., R.R. No. 1, Compton. P.Q.

Awards for Gallantry-*Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
N umber-Rank-N ame-Address
J26145 F/0 Flyley, G. E., 1604 Dunn St.,
Niagara Falls, Ontario.
J8S835 P/O Poirier, P. N., Miseouche, P.E.I. J17792 F/O Popplestone, D. H., Pilot Mound,
Man.
J15613 F/L Portz, J. M., Weyburn, Sask.
J86477 P/O Posner, S. W., 455 Alfred Avenue, Winnipeg, Man.
J35236 F/'0 Poste, J. R., 41 Bexley Street, Woodstock, Ontario.
R104431 W/O Pothier, B. F., Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth, N.S.
J26299 F/O Potts, R. M., 16 O'Hara Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
J23728 F/O Poushinsky, V. W., 423-7A St., N.E., Oalgary. Alberta.
J17055 F/O Powell, H. J., R.R. No. 4, Frank-ford, Ontario.
J11222 F/L Powell, P. A., Copper Mountain,
[Stage Direction]
J19064 P/O Powers, T. E., Toronto, Ontario. J12254 F/L Power. J. L., 2868 W. 4th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J25783 F/O Prange, B. W., 93 Bingeman Street, Kitchener, Ontario.
J16236 F/O Pratt. J. H.. Windsor, Ontario. J19004 F/O Pratt, R. A., 35 Wencva Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
J19480 P/O Prebble, F. N., Toronto, Ont.
J86208 P/O Prentice, F. W., Box 18, Abbey,
Sask.
J27360 F/L Prentice, V. D., Abbey, Sask. J19829 P/O Price, R. W. D„ Booth Street, Campbellford, Ont.
J29327 F/O Price, S. R., 65 Spruce Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
J25203 F/O Pringle, T. H., 2326 St. John St„ Regina, Sask.
J9348 F/L Pritchard, J. M., Middleton, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
J23364 A/F/L Prosser, C. A., 1642 Pillette Rd., Windsor, Ont.
J14679 F/O Protheroe, D. H., Box 91, Elmora, Alta.
J20720 F/O Prysziak, M., 28 Barrie Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
J87957 P/O Pue, P. R., Melita, Man.
J18049 A/F/L Pullar, W. S., 620-15 Avenue, West, Calgary, Alta.
J4342 F/L Purves, J. K. B., 271 Tower Road, Halifax, N.S.
JS6936 P/O Puskas, S., 92 Peter St., Hamilton, Ont.
J21296 A/F/L Puterbough, C. C., Norland, Ont.
J24216 A/F/L Queale, L. W., 626 Dunedin St., Victoria, B.C.
J24971 F/O Quinlan, A. S., 71 Hampton Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J88459 A/F/O Quinlan, G. J., 1250 Woodland Ave., Verdun, P.Q.
J86259 P/O Rabchak. J. J.. Kamsack. Sask. R108311 W/O Racette, J. F., 3442 St. Hubert St.. Montreal. P.Q.
J5800 F/L Racine, G. G., 1455 Drummond, Apt. 118, Montreal, P.Q.
J14658 F/O Rackham, P. R., c/o Chas. R.
Rogers, Central St., Summerside, P.E.I. J877S3 P/O Ramey, H. D., Talbotville, Ont. J25003 A/F/L Ranee, T. F., 309 Rosewell Ave., Toronto. Ont.
J22572 F/O Rand, D. R., 1845 West 11th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
C834 W/C Randall, L. H„ Bristol, N.B. J24721 F/O Raney, L. S. J., Cannington, Ont.
J10421 A/F/L Ratcliffe, R. E. D„ 375 Alfred St., Kingston, Ont.
J22902 F/O Ray, D.. G., Second Street, Port Credit, Ont.
J17589 F/O Ray, F. L., 80 Maple Street, London, Ont.
J14742 F/O Raynsford, L. T., 2 Borden Ave., Timmins, Ont.
J22187 F/O Rees, H. L., 1123 Front St., Nelson, B C
J87157 P/O Redmond, H. C., 9818-108 St., Edmonton, Alta.
J17767 F/O Reekie, J., Versity View P.O., Man.
J86987 A/F/O Reesor, E. M., Dauphin, Man.
J14794 A/F/L Regimbald, J. G. M. E., 6282 St. Vallier, Montreal, P.Q.
J87673 P/O Regimbal, P. E., P.O. Box 18, Chapeau, P.Q.
J86586 P/O Reid, C. A., 476 McKay Avenue, Windsor, Ont.
J18696 F/O Reid, D. M., Shubenacadie, N.S.
J8751 F/O Reid, E. F., 38 Selby Street, West-mount, P.Q.
J23359 F/O Reid, K. P. J., 328 Montreal Street, Kingston, Ont.
J9936 A/S/L Reid, R. F., 106 Raglan Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
J23371 F/O Reid, R. T., 129 Eastwood Road, Toronto, Ont.
J8391 F/L Reid, T. C., Deloro, Ont.
J16290 F/O Reid, W. H., 141 Old ForeBt Hill Road, Toronto, Ont.
J15197 F/L Reinhart, W. L., 148 Rebecca St., Stratford, Ont.
J22940 F/O Rennie, J. P., 1033 Villa Avenue, Edmonton, Alta.
J22484 A/F/L Renton, W. D., 1418 Vining Street, Victoria, B.C.
J85976 A/F/O Rhodes. T. A. T., 550 Harbinger Avenue. Victoria. B.C.
J19195 F/O Rhude, H. B., P.O. Box 291. Halifax, N.S.
J85844 P/O Rick, G. A., 94-8th Street, New Toronto, Ont.
J9169 F/L Rice. J. D., Springford, Ont.
J85552 F/O Richards, J. K., 275 Pine Street, Collingwood, Ont.
J23518 A/F/L Richard, J. O., Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, N.S.
J86243 F/O Richardson, A. L., Box 161, Union Bay, B.C.
J29330 F/O Richardson, A. T.. Kimberley, B.C.
J85309 F/O Richardson, J. A., Box 1014, St. Marys, Ont.
J89161 P/O Richmond, D. E„ 5 Louise Street, Parry Sound, Ont.
J21262 F/O Rideout, C. F., 371 Higginson Road, Sardis. B.C.
J14577 F/O Ridgers, C. F., 156 Flatt Avenue, Hamilton. Ont.
J85399 P/O Ridley, M. P., 28 Thomas St„ Oakville. Ont.
J26655 F/O Riome, W. E., 45 Queen St. N. Thorold, Ont.
J868S8 P/O Ritch, J. G., 12 Lynwood Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
C7940 F/O Ritchie. J., 5234 Hutchison Street, Outremont, P.Q.
J10229 F/L Robb, J. M., 83 Alberta Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
R117140 W/O Robertson, D. F., 339 Cathcart St., Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
J13712 F/L Robertson. D. R„ 2285-llth Ave. East. Vancouver, B.C.
J15113 A/S/L Robertson, G. D., 3 Lamport Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
J9756 F/L Robertson, M. R., 19 Buffalo St., Brantford, Ontario.
[Stage Direction]
Awards jor Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
Number

Rank-Name-Address
J20812 F/L Robertson, W. D., Drawer B., Indian Head, Sask.
J20412 F/O Robinson, G. D., 93 Kanata St., Transeona, Man.
J14214 F/O Robson, W. W., 224 Minnesota Avenue, Croekton, Minnesota, U.S.A.
J17973 F/O Rocheleau, J. R. U., Stoney Point, Ontario.
J9070 F/L Rodd, D. B.. c/o H. A. Laughlin, Concord, Mass., U.S.A.
J16289 F/O Roddick, F. J., Viking, Alberta.
J36324 F/O Roden, T. R., 474 Avenue Rd., Apt. 20, Toronto, Ontario.
J10160 A/F/L Rodger, D., 115 Biggings Ave., Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
J14220 F/O Rogers, G. M„ Rolph Street, Till-sonburg, Ontario.
J67027 P/O Rollo, K. P., 108-16th Avenue, N.E. Calgary, Alta.
J21025 F/O Romano, A., 912 Glover Rd., Trail, B.C.
J86660 F/O Rosko, M., Melrose, Man.
J19864 P/O Ross, A. J., Pitman, Sask.
C8323	F/L	Ross,	A.	S.,	1514 Beacon	St.,
Brookline. Mass., U.S.A.
J24120 F/O Rohmer, R. H., P.O. Box 33, Ft. Erie, N. Ontario.
J19988 P/O Routledge, J. D., 511 Horne Ave., Mission. B.C.
C16030 A/F/L Row, Daniel N., 365 Roe-hampton Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
J8954 A/W/L Rowand, J. G.. Bethume. Sask.
J16034	P/O	Rowe.	F.	L.,	2590 Trimble	St.,
Vancouver, B.C.
J37072	A/F/L Rowe.	J.	E., 4445 Mayfair
Avenue, N.D.G. Montreal, P.Q.
J29626 P/O Roy, A. M., Maitland, Hants Co., N.S.
J29845 F/O Roy. P. D., 922-3rd Avenue, S. Lethbridge. Alta.
J17397	F/O	Roy,	P.	J.,	339 Cameron	St.,
Moncton, N.B.
J87734 P/O Rudman, S. D., 115-13th Avenue, E.. Calgary, Alta.
J17512 F/O Rugienius, A. V., 6634 Jogues St., Montreal. P.Q.
123331 A/F/L Rush. F. J., Spiritwood. Sask.
R140888 W/O Russell. C. A.. Russell, Man.
J-8136 F/L Russell. N. G . 2339 Dow Avenue, New Westminster. B.C.
.T12247 F/O Russell. W. A.. Le Roy, Sask.
J8401 A/S/L Russell. W. A., 25 Buttonwood Avenue, Mt. Dennis. Ont.
J87866 P/O Ryan. J. A.. 22 Neville Pk. Blvd., Toronto, Ontario.
J86032 P/O Rutherglen, R. A., c/o Stirling Hotel. Nelson, B.C.
J8638 A/S/L Sager, A. H.. 158 Oxley, St. S., West, Vancouver, B.C.
,124039 F/O Sait. F. F„ New Hazelton. B.C.
,719899 F/O Samson, R. G., 180 Leighton Ave., Winnipeg. Man.
J6275 F/L Sanderson, J. H., R.R. 2. Dresden, Ont.
*T21356 F/O Sanderson, J. H., 304 Lee Ave., Toronto. Ont.
J89028 P/O Sanderson. J. S.. Elstow. Sask.
,167066 P/O Sangster, G. A.. Hensell. Ont.
J18874 F/O Sauve, A. M., 63 Dollard St. Hull, P.Q.
J14539 F/L Sarvers. W„ 1924 St. Catherine St. W„ Montreal, Que.
J19932 F/O Sayeau, H. E., Cardinal, Ont.

J26421 F/O Schmit, K. L., Humboldt, Sask.
J26714 F/O Scliultz, C. W., 462 Kennedy St., Winnipeg, Man.
J17140 F/O Scott, G. R., 303 St. John St., Fredericton, N.B.
J20948 A/F/L Scott, H. N., 998 Dorchester Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J18809 P/O Scott, I. J., 135 Russell St., Brandon, Man.
J23848 F/L Seaman, S. M., 151 Dunn Ave., Toronto, Ont.
R149294 W/O Seaton, J. A. McN., Castlegar, B C
J22036 170 Seid, S. P., 5816 Geary Bldg., San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A.
J26276 F/O Selby, D. G., Fonthill, Ontario.
J21292 A/F/L Shannon, C. P„ 1758 W. 14th St., Vancouver, B.C.
J22103 F/O Sharer, N. M., 298 Sorauren Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J85651 F/O Sharp, H. G., 9725-llOth St., Edmonton, Alta.
J19986 P/O Sharpies, J. D., 52 Wineva Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J17172 A/F/L Shearer, H. McL., 189 William St., London, Ont.
J3471 F/L Shedd, F. R., 124 Glenlake Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J22076 F/O Shedden, J. K., 325-llth St. N. W., Calgary, Alta.
J18030 P/O S'hellington, W. R., 82 Erie Ave., Brantford, Ont.
J6289 A/S/L Sheppard. J. E., 3615 W. 36th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
C1806 F/L Sheppard, W. J., 2915 University St. Apt. 12, Montreal, P.Q.
J19633 F/O Sheppard, W. J., 869 Jubilee Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J25828 F/L Sheridan, J. T., 326 Bleeclcer Ave., Belleville, Ont.
J15488 F/O Sherlock, A. A., 17 Ridley Gardens, Toronto, Ont.
J15489 F/O Sherlock, E. T., 17 Ridley Gardens, Toronto, Ont.
J5343 F/L Sherlock, F. J., 530-21st Ave. West. Calgary, Alta.
J10591 F/O Sherman. L., Yarmouth, N.S.
J28960 F/O Sherwood, C. H., 1519 Third Ave., Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
J23409 F/O Sherwood, M. C., 711-3rd Ave., West. Calgarv. Alta.
J14126 F/L Shiaeli. J. S., Ste. 12, 377 Home St., Winnipeg. Man.
J21634 F/O Shields, W. C., 76 Maple St., S., Timmins. Ont.
J85611 F/O Shore, T. A., Signals Section RCAF Station Croft.
J16511 A/F/L Shortt, H. S., 119 Kent Street. Whitby, Ont.
J12483 F/L Shulemson. S. S., 5150 Decarie Boulevard. Montreal, P.Q.
J17102 A/F/L Shuttleworth, J. C., R.R 2. Ingersoll. Ontario.
J87150 A/F/L Sicotte. J. W. R. G., 2570-14th Ave., St. Hyacintbe, Que.
J13832 F/O Siddall, C. E., 206 Nicola St., Kamloops. B.C.
J19812 P/O Sim. F. C„ Tisdale, Sask. J86680, A/F/O Simmons, S. A., 12 Cliff St., Copper Cliff. Ont.
J16625 A/F/L Simpson, J. A. T., 52 Govt. Rd. W., Apt. 8 Bolton Bid., Kirkland Lake, Ont.
J28667 F/O Simpson, R. H., 1186 York St., North Battleford, Sask.
J86657 A/F/O Simpson, W. J., Gainsborough, Sask.

Awards for Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
Number-Rank-Name-Address
J17G5G A/F/L Sinclair, A. L., 29 St. Andrew St., Paris, Ont.
J12784 A/F/L Sinclair, D., 17 Laurier Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J19013 F/O Sinclair, Jr. J. H., 222 Somerset St. E., Ottawa. Ont.
J2016G F/O Singleton, C. M., 514 Walmer Rd.,
Saskatoon, Sask.
J37838 F/O Sitlington, L. W., R.R 4, Watford, Ont.
C18S18 S/L Skene, D. C., 157 King St. E„ Kingston, Ont.
J35109 F/O Skerik, W. G„ Camp Lister, C'reston. British Columbia.
J87369 F/O Skinner. W. A., c/o County Hospital, Otley, Yorkshire, England.
J20919 F/O Skolnik, J., 5416 Esplanade Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
J88820 P/O Skosov, M. N., 187 Davis, St., Sarnia, Ont.
J86976 P/O Sled, J. E., Prescott, Ontario.
J20265 F/O Slayden. P.. 3520 Carnegie St., Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
J24056 F/O Slessor, E. C., 644 Castle Ave., Winnipeg. Man.
J9360 F/L Slocombe, G., 1894 W. 13th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J85259 F/O Slywchuk, A., 14 Mount Joy St. S., Timmins, Ont.
J27491 F/O Small, L. V. J., Antelope, Sask.
J86213 P/O Smeaton, G. B., R.R. No. 2, Brantford, Ont.
J88967 P/O Smiley, N. G., 183 Louis St., Sudbury, Ont.
J10025 F/L Smith, A. P., Sceptre, Sask.
J16237 A/F/L Smith, A. R„ 1119-22nd Ave. West., Calgary, Alta.
R78011 W/O Smith, A. T.. 4 Greenway Kenton-Harrow, Middlesex, England.
J28699 F/O Smith, C. R., Morris, Man.
J8371 S/L Smith, C. W., 3050 Alexander Blvd., Windsor, Ont.
J14195 F/O Smith, D. E., 49 Edith Drive, Toronto, Ont.
J14627 F/O Smith, H. F. E., 1 Burnfield Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J87249 F/O Smith, H. M., Ridgeway, Ont.
J9532 A/S/L Smith, H. M., 1771 Kingsway, New Westminster, B.C.
J13399 F/L Smith, G. M„ 612-3rd Street, Nelson, B.C.
J18445 A/F/L Smith, H., 1251 Closse St., Montreal, P.Q.
J22257 A/F/L Smith, H. H., Clandeboye, Man.
J87910 P/O Smith, H. S., 1116 Duke St., Preston, Ont.
J17929 A/F/L Smith, H. F., 606 Eastwood Crescent, Niagara Falls, Ont.
J4420 F/L Smith, J., 174 Patrick St., St. Johns, Nfld.
J86215 P/O Smith, J. S. M., 169 Beaver St., Thorold South, Ont.
J16632 F/L Smith, M. C., 83 Roseneath Gardens, Toronto, Ont.
J18593 F/L Smith, N. J., 3436 W-7th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J8656 F/L Smith, R. S., 127 Inkerman St., St. Thomas, Ont.
J27259 F/O Smith, V. E., 8 Lydon Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J85030 P/O Snell. P. F., 418 Claremont Ave., Apt. 41, Westmount, Que.
J25869 F/O Snelgrove, H. B., 41 South St., Port Hope, Ont.
J18668 A/F/L Snelgrove, J. McL., 44 Church Road, Barnes, London SW 13.
J18140 A/F/L Snell, C. R., East St., Sarnia, Ontario.
J19789 F/O Snider, D. L., 1 Spring St., Brantford. Ontario.
J25566 F/O Sobotin, A. J., 2583 Grant St., Vancouver, B.C.
J86368 F/O Solonos, H., 7808 Casgrain St., Montreal, P.Q.
C1999 S/L Somerville, J. D., 33 Victoria Crescent, Box 814, Parry Sound, Ont.
J18403 F/O Sorge. F. S., Pincher Creek, Alta..
J86177 P/O Soumis, J. A. M., 4461 St. Denis St., Montreal, P.Q.
J21823 F/O Soutar, J. R., 102 Queen St., Truro. N.S.
J85956 P/O Southcott, G. C., 34 Henry St., St. Catherines, Ont.
J23988 F/O Spademan, G. L., Box 201, Raymond, Alta.
J14328 F/L Spafford, W. H., 235 Ask St., Winnipeg, Man.
R163686 W02 Spannier. E. G., Claybank, Sask.
J35117 F/O Speak, W. P., Brussels, Ont.
J15805 F/L Spector, H., 46 Halton St., Toronto, Ont.
J86681 F/O Speight, H. C., Sioux Lookout, Ont.
J24153 F/O Spruston, L., 805-7th Ave. N., Saskatoon, Sask.
J13402 F/L Stalberger, J. J., 17 3rd Ave. S., Cloud, Minn., U.S.A.
J85011 A/F/L Stark, A. G., Meadow Lake, Sask.
J85641 A/F/L Stark. G. D., 1426 East 20th Ave.. Vancouver, B.C.
C1647 F/L Stayner, R. M., 319-10th St., Saskatoon. Sask.
J2024G F/O Steele, T. L., 976 Edmonds St., New Westminster, B.C.
J28673 F/O Steele, J. W., R.R. No. 1, Wilton Grove, Ont.
J27097 F/L Steele, F. S„ Wallace, Cumberland. N.S.
J21985 A/F/L Steele, M., Chester Basin, N.S. c/o Mrs. O. Jaudrey.
J90124 P/O Steele, W. B., Barnet Sub Div., Renfrew, Ont.
J86217 F/O Stemkoski, P. C„ 608-3rd St. North, Kenora, Ont.
J21661 F/O Stephens, Windsor, Hants Co., N.S.
J19030 P/O Stephen, G. C., 22 Melita Ave., Toronto 4. Ont.
J88517 P/O Sterling, I. R, 1170 Queen St. East, Toronto, Ont.
J86310 P/O Steuart, J. W., Prince Albert, Sask.
J9502 F/L Stevens, C. D., 120 Creighton St., Ottawa, Ont.
J87794 P/O Stevens, R. M., Hoosier, Sask.
J87158, P,/0 Stevenson, H. O., 46 Spruce St., Toronto, Ont.
J35037 F/O Stevenson, R. L., 21 Purcell Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J35027 F/O Stewart, C. M., 857 Boyd Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J10959 S/L Stewart, J. G., 3438 Stanley St., Montreal, Que.	[DOT]
J86306 P/O Stewart, J. C., 4125 Ledger St., Burnaby, via New Westminster.
J20414 A/F/L Stewart, L. W., 205 Barrie Rd., Orillia, Ont.
J14796 F/O Stewart, W. A. R., 385 Broadview Ave., Toronto, Ont.
[Stage Direction]
Awards for Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
N umber-Rank-N ame-Address
J87334 P/O Stewart, W. R., Marshall Ave., West Ferris P.O. 352, North Bay, Ont.
J89972 P/O St. Germain, J. R. M., 46 Appleton Crescent, County Willington, Durham,
England.
J25368 A/S/L St. Jean, J. E. C., 142 Arlington Ave., Ottawa, Ontario.
J86256 P/O Stinson, J. C., 168 Winnipeg Ave., Port Arthur, Ont.
J10407 A/F/L Stockdale, A. M., 5477 Cool-brooke Are., Montreal, P.Q.
J8922 A/S/L Stover, C. H., 14 Grove Rd., Thorton Heath, Surrey.
J21761 F/L Strange, J. F„ Ste. 5A Westmoreland Apts., Cor. Chestnut and Preston, Winnipeg, Man.
J24504 S/L Strange, M. S., 7 Rosehill Avenue, Apt. 7, Toronto, Ont.
J19618 F/O Strath, J. W., 222 Glenholme Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J27638 F/L Streight, N. E., Vanguard, Sask.
J9653 A/F/L Stringer, R. H., Davyroyd Willows, Sask.
J26456 F/O Stunden, C. R., Carleton Place, Ontario.
J86114 P/O Sutherland, C. B., R.R. 2, Truro, N.S.
J16044 A/F/L Sutherland, G. G., 802 Governor Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J19842 A/F/L Sutherland, N., 11 Queens Road, Bournemouth, Hants.
J85858 P/O Styles, A. E., Kinburn, Ontario.
J90327 P/O Sullivan, J. C. 42 Parkdale Rd., Toronto, Ont.
J28038 F/O Sunstrum, V. C., 41 Gordon St., Abbey Hey, Gorton, Manchester, England.
J89942 P/O Sutherland, J. R., Box 756, West-ville, N.S.
J23907 F/O Swann, C. W., 46 E. 31st St., Hamilton, Ontario.
J26343 A/F/L Swartz, R. A., West Lorne, Ontario.
J85720 P/O Swayze, C. R., 31 Cartwright St., London, Ont.
J22543 F/O Swenerton, L. D., 500 East 8;th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J88458 P/O Swent, W. H., Selkirk, Ont.
J88733 P/O Swicker, D. E. C., Fairview P.O., Halifax, N.S.
J20389 F/O Symons, J. N., 658 St. Joseph St., Lachine, P.Q.
J87614 P/O Taggart, L. Mel., Box 1408, Kelowna, B.C.
R115740 W/O Taggart, R L., 858-4th Street East, Prince Albert, Sask.
J22425 F/O Talmage, M. E., 2655 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ont.
J16189 F/L Tapp, L. A. F., 45 Geneva St., Ottawa, Ont.
R70700 W/O Tatham, W. N., Kelldher, Sask.
J27484 F/O Taylor, B., % Mr. E. H. McKinney, Phippen, Sask.
J20993 F/O Taylor, E A. T., 3441 Salsbury Way, Victoria, B.C.
C19526 F/O Taylor, E. F., Box 212, Areola,
Sask.
J22498 F/L Taylor, D. R., 1180 Cameron St., Regina, Sask.
J15177 S/L Taylor, F. V., Gull Lake, Sask.
J27472 F/O Taylor, J. E., Fillmore, Sask.
J14909 F/O Taylor, P. H.. 14-W-10th St., Kansas City, Missouri. U.S.A.
J85567 F/O Taylor, W. J., 1041 Waterloo St., London, Ontario.

J89303 P/O Tease, J. A., 364 Ottawa Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J85134 F/O Tees, J. F., Bruce Mines, Ontario.
J25350 F/O Telford, W. S., R.R. No. 2, Breslan, Ont.
J90711 P/O Temple, J. J., 215 E. Amelia St., Ft. William, Ont.
J85107 F/L Terroux, L. J. J. H., 12364 Ste-Croix St., Cartierville. P.Q.
J89195 P/O Thistle, L. B., Amherstburg, Ontario.
J5473 F/L Thomas, L. D., 13973 Rosemont Rd., Detroit, Michigan.
J85113 P/O Thompson, E. C., 649 Woodbine Ave,, Toronto, Ont.
J22515 F/O Thompson, J. H., Felert, Ont.
J87831 P/O Thompson, H. L., Box 150, Zeal-andia, Saskatchewan.
C20880 A/F/L Thompson, J. C., 3 Peel Ave., Brampton, Ont.
J86711 A/F/O Thompson, J. E., 6 Group Hdqr., Allerton Hall, Knaresboro, Yorks.
J86830 F/O Thompson, N. L., 11 Woodlawn Ave E., Toronto, Ont.
J19187 P/O Thompson, W. A., Lipton, Sask.
J85670 P/O Thomson, T. A., R.R. No. 1, Marshall, Saskatchewan.
R57750' W/O Thorburn, W. F., 3548 Feorgia St. E., Vancouver, B.C.
J19374 F/O Thorn. D. F., 4673 West 7th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J88052 P/O Thrasher, C. R., 113 Dalhousie St., Amherstburg, Ont.
01697 F/L Trainor, H. C., Bedford, Prince Edward Island.
J27660 F/O Thybesen, V. A. C., Oyen, Alta.
J25833 F/O Tidy, M. R., 79 King St. W„ Toronto, Ont.
J86583 P/O Tindale, G. F., South Slocan, B.C.
J28523 F/O Tite, 214 Ottaway Ave., London, Ont.
J86020 T/F/O Thompson J., 234 Brooklyn St., St. James, Man.
J85325 F/O Tdnmouth, A. W., Herring Cove, Halifax, N.S.
J18651 A/F/L Tobias, W. V., Morden, Manitoba.
J24267 F/O Todd, I. B., Herschel, Saskatchewan.
R109164 W/O Todd, L. H., Box 413, Stettler, Alberta.
J25199 F/O Tomes, J., 602 Maryland St., Winnipeg, Man.
J86053 P/O Tomkinson, A. E., 843 Fort St., Victoria, B.C.
J22012 F/O Tompkins, H. E., 211 W. 27th St., South' Sioux City, Neb., U.SA.
J16079 A/F/L Toms, L. J., 444 Bridge St., Niagara Falls, Ont.
J85108 P/O Tbrgrimson, R. A., Cheadle, Alta.
J18995 P/O Torppa, E., Geraldton, Ont.
J7913 F/L Thring, G. H., R.R. No. 5, Rockwood, Qntario.
J19286 P/O Tremblay, J. A. G., 109-8th Avenue, Quebec City, Quebec.
J10722 F/L Trick, J. D., Stonewall, Man.
J19643 A/F/L Trotter, E. J., Tuberose, Sask.
J28797 F/O Trottier. J. A. C. A., 2006 Notre Dame St., Three Rivers, P.Q.
J14210 S/L Trow, W. A., 743 Millwood Rd., Leaside, Ont.
J17744 F/O Tucker, McD. C., Westmount Ave., Lake View, Ont.
J17956 F/O Tucker, W. W., Greencastle, Indiana, U.S.A.
J20072 F/L Tully, M. J., General Delivery, Fernie, B.C.
J15054 W/C Turnbull, R. S., Govan, Sask.
J21370 A/F/L Turnbull, J. C.. Govan, Sask.
J16177 F/O Turnbull, W. W. W., 433 West Woodlawn Ave., San Antonio, Texas, U.SA

____________Awards for Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
Number-Rank-N ame-Address
C1577 W/C Turner, S. D., 131 Olive St., Victoria, Jti.C.
J7424 i' / L Turvey, D. L. G., 101 Walmsley Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
J20202 A/F/L Tynan, G. G., 6138 Churchill St., V ancouver, B.C.
J27698 F/O Ungerman, D., 216 Royce Ave., Toronto, Ontario.
J14220 F/O Utas, M. G., Lacombe, Alta.
J28073 F/O Vaessen, C. L., Leipzig, Sask.
R125376 W/O Valentine, F. R., 416 Laurier Ave. West, Apt. 5, Ottawa, Ont.
J23617 F/O Vance, A. R., Spanish, Ont.
J87611 P/O Vanier, J. B. F. X., 27 Ontario St., Sherbrooke, P.Q.
J9367 F/L Van Kleeck, L. R., 2819 West 35th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J10507 F/L Van Xes, J. C., 623-9th St., Saskatoon, Sask.
J10246 F/L Van Slyek, E. R„ Laura, Sask.
J86685 P/O Vaughan, E. G., Box 181, Cumberland, B.C.
J28256 F/O Vawter, E. LeR., Allen. Sask.
J10677 F/O Veira, B. V. L„ 1431 MacKay St., Apt. 12, Montreal, P.Q.
J24327 F/O Vernon, H. A., Vanceboro, Maine, U.S.A.
J25147 A/F/L Verroneau, J. F. X., Bruderheim, Alberta.
J86173 F/L Verry, P. E., 185 Monck Avenue, Norwood, Man.
J86473 P/O Vincent, G. R„ 425 Karl Place, Windsor, Ont.
J28068 F/O Vincent, H., 564 Toronto St., Winnipeg, Man.
C88225 P/O Vine, W. E., R.R. No. 1, St. George, Ontario.
J27576 F/O Vogan, R. R., Mildmay, Ontario.
J89158 P/O Waddell, J. A., Box 126A, R.R. No. 1, Winnipeg, Man.
J27533 F/O Wade, J. M. C., 247 West 8th St., North Vancouver, B.C.
R97194 W/O Wagar, D. A., 90 Vine St., Darlington Co.. Durham, Eng.
J35150 F/O Wagman, J., 2030 Broad St., Regina, Sask.
J21225 F/L Wainman, H. L., 220 John St., Orillia, Ont.
J87893 P/O Waite, Jr. C. F., 6 Holmesdale Crescent, Toronto, 10, Ont.
J87424 A/F/O Walker, C. S., 1543 York St., Windsor, Ont.
J85876 F/O Walker, J. D., R.R. No. 4, Sussex,
[Stage Direction]
J87.57 F/L Walker, W. E.. Blubber Bay, B.C.
J10793 F/L Walker, W. L. E., 2321 Quebec St., Regina, Sask.
J14570 F/O Walls. G. M., Aneroid, Sask.
J88998 A/F/O Walsh, P. T., 245 Rose Park
Drive. Toronto, Ont.
R110127 WOl Watt, C. A., 38 Alton Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J18309 F/O Watt, R. H., 327 Cambridge St., Winnipeg. Man.
J26095 F/L Whittall, H. R., No. 27-1311 Beach Ave.. Vancouver. B.C.
J18784 P/O Weaver 111, C., 1201 North West 38tha Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
J19026 P/O Weeks, H. A., 426 Mary St., Chilliwack. B.C.
J22042 F/O Weldon, C. A., R.R. No. 1. Dartmouth. N.S.
R115716 W/O Westad, E. A., 3870 Lonsdale Ave.
N., Vancouver. B.C.
J16963 A/F/L Westell, R. A., 19 Huxley Ave. South. Hamilton, Ont.
J9072 A/S/L Westland, J. A., 1386 Ouellette Ave., Windsor, Ont.
J23795 F/O White, A. S., 19 Union St., Sydney, N.S.
J85716 P/O Wilding, J. A., 199 Wellant Par.
J11131 F/O Wiley, D. R., 769 Dufferin Ave., London, Ont.
J85043 P/O Wilkie, G. A., 147 The Glen, Saint Vital, Man.
J17906 F/O Williams, J. E., Collingwood Rd.,
R.	No. 5 N.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
J27379 F/O Winch, A. W., 217 Paisley St., Guelph, Ont.
J24657 F/O Wiekens, E. D., 1142-3rd Avenue, N.W., Moose Jaw, Sask.
J86726 P/O Williams, A. W., 2046 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J26105 A/F/L Ward, C. O., Box 619, Cran-brook, B.C.
R165311 W02 Watts, G. B., 269 Bedford Park Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
J85374 A/F/L Walker, J. R., 25 Ewart Drive, RFD No. 3, Akron, Ohio, U.S.A.
J2347p F/O Walker, R., 63 McRae Drive, Lea-side, Ont.
J22474 F/O Walker, T. C., 55 Rainsford Road, Toronto, Ont.
J14790 F/O Wallace, J. S., Niverville, Man.
J23316 F/O Wallace, R. A., R.R. No. 1, Port Arthur, Ont.
J88866 P/O Ward, F. J., Box 144, North Portal, Sask.
J86721 P/O Ward, J. G., 781 Winnipeg Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J87065 P/O Wardell, W. H., 706-14th St. E., Calgary, Alta.
J9286 F/L Warren, B., Ponoka, Alta.
J9735 F/L Warren, D., R.R. No. 4, Ponoka, Alta.	.
J29457 P/O Waterbury, D. J. C., Wolfeville, N.S.
J26919 F/O Watkins, A. A., Box 25, Aylesbury, Sask.
J7690 A/W/C Watkins, F. H., 572 Arlington St., Winnipeg, Man.
J26311 F/O Watson, A. V., Plumas, Man.
J19884 F/O Watson, W. T. G., 93 Willingdon Blvd., Toronto 9, Ont.
J22143 F/O Watt, R. S., Raymore, Sask.
J16410 F/O Wattie, C. F., 17 Worsley St., Barrie, Ont.
J88141 P/O Weaver, A. L., 16 St. John's Place, Toronto, Ont.
J19654 F/O Webb, G. W., 577 Wellington St.
S.	, Hamilton, Ont.
J19532 F/O Webb, L. W., Geraldton, Ont.
J17941 A/F/L Webster, W. V. H., 260 Silver-thorne Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J23840 F/O Weeks, W. R., Loggieville, N.B.
J15301 F/L Weicker, W. J. L., 281 Wellington St., Kitchener, Qnt.
J24474 F/O Weir, J. A., 1328 Elsmere Avenue, Windsor, Ont.
J87220 P/O Weir, K. S., 760 Shakespeare St., Trail, B.C.
J86459 F/O Wells. E. A., 964 E. 16th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J13780 A/F/L Wells, J. C., 2335 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J26054 F/O Welsh, J. F., 796 E. 12th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J28342 F/O West, L. E., Bradford, Ont.
C5450 F/O Wheeler, J. C., 8705-104th Street, Edmonton, Alta.
[Stage Direction]
Awards jor Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
Number-Rank-Name-Address
J18199 F/O Wheler, T. R., 10 Beaufort Rd., Toronto, Ont.
J85721 P/O White, D. E., Instow, Sask.
J18468 F/O White, W. L., 186 MeEwan Ave., Windsor Ont.
J20041 F/O Whitelaw, D. S., 383 Talbot St., St. Thomas, Ont. ,
J27459 F/O Whitney, E. C., 668-16th St., West Vancouver, B.C.
J23742 F/O Widdis, J. L., Lakeside, Ont.
J85391 P/O Wileock, A. J., 23 Sherwood Place, Saint Vital, Man.
J87370 P/O Wilde, K. G., 238 Russell St., Brandon, Man.
J27908 F/O Wilding, J. A., 2298 Washington Ave.. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
J88314 P/O Wilkins, G. F„ 4 Times Road, Toronto, Ont.
J27122 F/O Wilkinson, D. S., 1925 Prud'homme Ave.. N.D.G., Montreal, P.Q.
R167021 W/O Williams, F. A., 7 Tullis Drive, Toronto, Ont.
J26698 A/F/L Williams, G. A. T., 357 Clarke Avenue, Westmount, P.Q.
J17270 F/O Williams, J. F. H., 22 Norwood Road, Toronto, Ont.
J23124 F/O Williams, L. D., 601 South Norah Street, Fort William, Ont.
C836 W/C Willis, C. A., 115 West 32nd Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J90457 P/O Williams, R. G., 536-10th St. E., Prince Albert, Sask.
J22228 F/O Willner, 0. E„ Davidson. Sask.
J23777 F/O Wilmot, B. E., 834 McMillan Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J88560 P/O Wilshire, T. V., 125 Barasdale North, Hamilton, Ont.
J85676 P/O Wilson, F. A. W. J., 91 Crown St., Port Arthur, Ont.
J19402 A/F/L Wilson, G. E., 221 Army Ave., Louisville, Ky., U.S.A.
J19982 P/O Wilson, P. J., Ste. "M" Commodore Apts., Edmonton, Alta.
J86699 P/O Wilson, R., Leo, Alberta
J87132 P/O Wilson, T. P., 81 Bruce Ave., South Porcupine, Ont.
J19668 P/O Winn. F. A. R., Eustic Hall, 3831 Porter St. N.W., Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
J9167 F/L Winslow, T. R., St. Agathe Des Monts, Que.
J8804 F/L Wiskin, E. W. Island Falls, via Cochrane, Ont.
J18773 A/F/L Wolton, G. W., 1134 Westmount Blvd., Calgary, Alta.
J21768 F/O Wondolowski, C. A., 198 William St., Bridgeport, Conn., U.S.A.
J9868 A/S/L Wonnacott, C., R.R. 37, Edmonton, Alta.
J19016 P/O Wood, E. H„ Kelwood, Man.
C1158 A/S/L Wood, E. P., 75 Elwood Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
J19815 F/O Wood, J. Q., 5958 E. Hastings, Vancouver, B.C.
J16617 F/O Wood, J. R., 11 Church St., Moncton, N.B.
J25200 F/O Wood. P. A., 3899 Marguerite Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J23602 F/O Wood. R. W7.. Melfort, Sask.
C18886 A/F/L Wood. W. M. B., c/o George Till. R.R. *3, Uxbridge, Ont.
J85075 PO Wood, W. J., 125 Birch Ave., Victoria Beach, Man.

J14173 F/O Woodland, F. E., Revelstoke, B.C.
J22077 F/O Woodley, D. H., 211-18th Ave. N.W., Calgary, Alta.
J9535 F/L Woodruff, H. P., General Delivery, Vancouver, B.C.
J16183 F/O Woods, R. E„ 1727 Brookfield Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont.
J16361 F/O Woods, V. T., St. Felix de Valois, Que.
J19180 F/O Woodward, A. G., Vulcan, Alberta.
J90903 P/O Woolf, T. C. K., 1581-5th Ave., Trail, B.C.
J20965 F/O Wordsworth, T. E., 695 Gladstone Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J89989 P/O Wray, T. D., Eatonia, Sask.
J37353 F/O Wright, H. R., Kenilworth, Ont.
J24659 F/O Wright, J. D., Rosthern, Sask.
J19820 A/F/L Wright, R. W., 903 Sixth Ave.
N., Saskatoon, Sask.
J22840 F/O Wright, T. S., 123 Kaslo St., Vancouver, B.C.
J26746 F/O Wright, W. G., R.R. #4, New Westminster. B.C.
J86486 P/O Wright, W. H„ 942 Carlaw Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J27473 F/O Wuori, C. O., Box 457, Kapaus-kasing, Ont.
J18944 F/O Yareum, P., P.O. Box 8, Dufrost, Manitoba.
J1610-0 A/F/L Yates, G. P. A., Delta, Ontario.
J89722 P/O Young, C. A., 108 Osborne St., Winnipeg, Man.
J39819 F/L Young, F. R., 1395 W. 12th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
J29849 F/O Young, J. Y. H., 133-7th Ave. E., Vancouver, B.C.
R153261 W/O Young, W. G., 26 E. Valley Rd., Corner Brook, Nfld.
J9261 F/L Zary, H. P. M., 2357 Davidson Ave., New York, N.Y. [DOT]
Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross
J20136 F/L Audet, R. J., 902-8th Avenue, Lethbridge, Alta.
J12311 F/L Banks, W. J., 88 Hanna Road, Leaside, Ont.
C1086 A/W/C Bannock, R., 12320-67th Street, Edmonton, Alta.
J19400 F/L Baroni, R. B„ 48 Thomas St., Arnprior, Ont.
J15187 F/L Beach, A. M., 4474-4th Avenue,
Vancouver, B.C.
J85941 A/F/L Bourassa, J. M., Peace River, Alta.
J15246 A/S/L Buckham, R. A., Box 1036, Vancouver, B.C.
J22142 F/L Byford, A. J. P., 550 Bay Street, Ottawa, Ont.
J86251 A/F/L Cadegan, P. C., 3 Reserve St., Glace Bay, N.S.
J10883 F/L Clark. R. J., 11038-81st Avenue, Edmonton, Alta.
J86050 A/F/L Coffey, J. R., Provost, Alta.
J5023 A/S/L Conrad, W. A. G., Richmond, Ont.
J85354 A/F/L Cote, J. Y. A., 147 Scott St., Quebec, P.Q.
J16342 A/S/L Dover, D. H., 24 Cordelia Ave., Mt. Dennis, Toronto.
J16027 S/L Dowding, H. J., 162 John St., Sarnia, Ont.
J5691 A/S/L Dow, J. R., 1111 Wolseley Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J16077 S/L Edwards, J. F., Battleford, Sask.
J13956 F/O Finlayson, C. G., 1040 Craigdarroch Rd.. Victoria, B.C.
J6364 F/L Fox, C. W., 337A Woolwich Street, Guelph, Ont.

Awards for Gallantry-Air Services
Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross-Con.
N umber-Rank-N ame-Address
J1G299 A/F/L Garrett, E. W., 363 Wolverleigh Bird., Toronto 6, Ont.
J16942 F/O Goodwin, D. W., Maynooth, Ont.
J16469 F/L Henry, E. R., Kincardine, Ont.
J85050 A/F/L Herbert, R. G„ Box 540, Kelowna, B.C.
J17343 A/F/L Hoover, H. C., Yeoman, Sask.
J19196 P/O Jamieson, D. R. C„ 140 Symington Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J9262 F/L Johnson, G. W., 102 Beechwood Avenue, Hamilton, Ont.
J15273 F/L Kennedy, I. F., Cumberland, Ont.
C4801 S/L Kenney, D. H., 93 Colborne St„ Lindsay, Ont.
J12199 F/L Klersy, W. T., 14 Harcroft Rd., Toronto, Ont.
J22778 A/F/L Laing, G. H., 351 Assiniboine Avenue, Winnipeg, Man.
J5795 A/G/C Lane, R. J., 1468 Begbie Street, Victoria, B.C.
J14013 F/L Laubman, D. C., 11649-90th St., Edmonton, Alta.
J3484 A/W/C Lewington, A. J., Kingston Road West, Oshawa, Ont.
J11224 A/F/L Lewis, J. F., 77 Wilson Avenue, London, Ont.
J16573 F/O Lymburner, J. A. L., 7085 Boyer St., Montreal, P.Q.
J16765 A/F/L McClelland, R. C„ Herbert, Sask.
J16989 A/F/L McDonald, C. P., Apt. 6, 1384 King Street W., Toronto, Ont.
J6389 A/S/L McQuoid, J. A., Surmmerberry, Sask.
J10255 A/W/C Milward, J. B., 155 Victoria St., Sherbrooke, P.Q.
J4101 A/S/L Mitchell, J. F„ 460 Beresford Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
J7459 A/S/L Morris. J. A.. 138 Cairnfield Avenue, London N.W. 2, Eng.
J16247 F/L Moyer, R. C., R.R. No. 1, Beams-ville, Ont.
C983 A/W/C Newson. W. F. M., 1092 Transit Rd., Victoria, B.C.
J5125 S/L Olmted, W. A., 15 Chedoke Avenue, Hamilton. Ont.
J17080 A/F/L Patterson, J. W., 893 College Street. Toronto, Ont.
J23029 F/L Pattison, R. H., 38 Crescent Road, Toronto, Ont.
J16080 A/S/L Pettit, M. W., 291 Glenholme Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
J8608 F/L Pierce, T. W., Box 233, Bracebridge, Ont.
J8921 F/L Plamondon, J. M. G., 392 Rue St.
Cyrille. Quebec, P.Q.
C17739 F/O Pridday, R. G.. Port Carling, Ont.
J24216 A/F/L Queale, L. W., 626 Dunedin St., Victoria, B.C.
J16157 A/S/L Quinn, R. N., Bromptonville,
[Stage Direction]
J8421 A/S/L Reynolds, J. A., 165 Montrose Street. Winnipeg, Man.
J15488 F/L Sherlock, A. A., 17 Ridley Gardens, Toronto, Ont.
J15489 F/L Sherlock, E. T., 17 Ridley Gardens, Toronto, Ont.
J16625 A/F/L Simpson, J. A. T„ 52 Govt. Rd. W. Apt. 8, Bolton Bldg., Kirkland Lake, Ont.
J4561 A/S/L Smith, R. I. A., 3052-18th Avenue, Regina, Sask.
J86114 P/O Sutherland, C. B., R.R. No. 2,
Truro, N.S.
J26343 A/F/L Smartz, R. A., West Lome, Ont. 32283-31
J16517 A/F/L Tait, G. B„ 2598 W. 33rd Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
C1697 A/S/L Trainor, H. C„ Bedford, P.E.I.
J15054 A/G/C Turnbull, R. S., Sioux Lookout, Ont.
J16709 A/F/L Van Rassel, A. J. G., Box 168, 38 Floral Avenue, Timmins, Ont.
J4688 A/S/L Watts, J. V., 404 Hunter St., W. Hamilton, Ontario.
J23777 A/S/L Wilmot, B. E., 834 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg, Man.
J19982 A/F/L Wilson, P. J., 10922-66 Avenue, Edmonton, Alta.
J21768 F/L Wondolowski, C. A., 198 William St. Bridgeport, Conn. U.S.A.
J9868 A/S/L Wonnacott, G., R.R 7, South Edmonton, Alta.
Air Force Cross
J11610 F/L Attle, J., 310 Riverside Drive, Sudbury, Ontario.
J7645 S/L Cohen, S. J. J., 1004 Van Horne Avenue Outremont, Montreal, P.Q.
C24742 F/O Coombes, J. E., 326-9th St. E., Prince Albert, Sask.
C45233 P/O Crioh, H. C., Griffin, Sask.
J10714 F/O Holloway, P. W., General Delivery, Yarmouth, N.S.
C1175 S/L Lay, H. M., 1307 Devonshire Crescent, Vancouver. B.C.
C1176 S/L Lowry. R. H., 33 Wanless Crescent, Toronto, Ontario.
J5698 F/L Lyon, Henry Gordon, 16 Apsley Rd., Toronto. Ontario.
J3473 S/L Neale, A. C., 1227 Sherbrooke St., W. Montreal. P.Q.
J9117 S/L Renwick, R. D., Teeswater, Ontario.
J15370 F/O Rigby, J. J., 10978-126th Avenue, Edmonton, Alta.
J12275 F/O Routledge, R. H., Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.
J2970 S/L Thompson, J. A., Listowel, Ontario.
C10734 F/O Westaway, H. W., 6 Gordon Avenue, Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
C8544 F/L Wood, W. G., Queens Hotel, Moncton, N.B.
George Medal
J7526 F/O Abel," G. C., 3B Bevin Court, York-ton, Sask.
J87554 P/O Hooker, R. J., Erinferry, Sask.
R103014 W.O. Mograth, W. K., R.R 1, Bartonville, Ontario.
R87217 Cpl Marquet, M., Meadow Lake, Sask.
J89972 P/O St. Germain, J. R. M„ 1876 Poupart St., Montreal, P.Q.
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
R173576 F/S Cooke, J. C., 9 Division Street, Oakville, Ontario.
R140754 Sgt Engbrecht, P.. 290 Water St., Box 415. Summerside, P.E.I.
J89G28 P/O Maxwell, R. B„ 66 Glen Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
R138466 W.O. Meek, R. J., 3195 W„ 23rd Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
Distinguished Flying Medal
J8700d P/O Allen, D. W., Armdale, P.O., Halifax, N.S.
J85441 P/O Allin, H. R., 186 Gibbon St, Oshawa, Ontario.
J89416 P/O Annable, H. C., 17 St. Paul St, Lindsay, Ontariq.
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Awards for Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Medal-Con.
Number-Rank-Name-Address
J88782 P/O Armstrong, A. W., Box 356, Petrolia, Ont.
J92439 P/O Ashcroft, J. A. H., Lanark, Ont. P.O. Box 97.
R191683 F/Sgt Barber, C. A., R.R 8, Woodstock, Ontario.
J92622 P/O Bergeron, J. C. Y., 10729 Yeanny Ave., Montreal.
J88434 P/O Bessent, W. F., Grande Prairie, Alta.
J15819 P/O Bishop, A. A., New Mines, Kings Co. N.S.
R180986 F/Sgt Bodnoff, I. J., 69 Nelson St., Ottawa, Ontario.
J90974 P/O Bogle, F. V., Townsite, Britannia Beach, B.C.
R191829 F/Sgt Boland, E. R., 736 Lome Ave., London, Ontario.
R110387 Sgt Boynton, B. D., 1505-15th St. East, Calgary, Alta.
J57697 F/S Brooks, R., Goodwater, Sask.
R218062 F/S Browne, E. J., 1230 Ave., D North, Saskatoon, Sask.
R82918 Sgt Brown, 0. M., 68 Cartier St., Ottawa, Ontario.
R136423 Sgt Bruce, N., 64 Beresford Ave., Toronto, Ont.
R200588 Sgt Budd, R. E., 122J Kenmore Blvd., Hamilton, Ont.
R257182 Sgt Burgess, S. M. C., Bowmanville, Ontario.
R195900 Sgt Burnett, M. R., Chelsea, Que.
R208596 F/Sgt Burton, P.,	634-8th Street,
Beloit, Wis., U.S.A.
J901O4 P/O Bujoid, C. M., Debden, Sask.
R171696 F/S Cable, A. B., Big Valley, Alta.
R198720 F/S Callas, C. E., Wainwright, Alta.
R72673 Sgt Campbell, T. E., 99 Pownal St., Charlottetown, P.E.I.
R159333 F/S Cantera, D. R., 9266-110A Ave., Edmonton, Alta.
R186671 F/S Cassels, S.C., 108 Fernleigh Rd., Glasgow, Scotland.
R197676 Sgt Champion, L. J., 3786 Main St., Vancouver, B.C.
R193070 F/Sgt Champion, W. H. R., R.R. No. 4, London, Ontario.
R58024 Sgt Chappell, E. M., Caulfeild Service Stn., West Vancouver.
R262844 Sgt Christie, T. W., Billings Bridge, Ontario.
R207967 F/S Churchill, J. R„ R.R. No. 4, Perth, Ont.
R187051 F/S Clay, F. J., Red Deer, Alta.
R179577 F/S Cole, S. R., 256 Lake Promenade, Long Branch, Ont.
J92802 P/O Cowan, J. A., 1021-14th Ave. W., Calgary, Alta.
22030A Sgt Cromarty, R. F., 1080 George St., Sydney, N.S.
J88456 P/O Cumbers, J. W., 463 Hetherington Ave.
R187075 Sgt Croteau, J. M. A., Bonnyville,
Alta.
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R107427 Sgt Edie, R. A., Langham, Sask.
R94919 F/S Emerson, T. H. N., 1124-lst Ave., N. W., Moose Jaw, Sask.
J92583 P/O Engemoen, Lyle K., Wadena, Sask.
R215210 F/S^ Fitzgerald, J. E„ 2317 Maple Avenue, New Westminster, B.C.
R195070 Sgt Florence, J. P. A. A., 1418 Viau St., Montreal, P.Q.
J88069 P/O Foster, B. W., 279 Norfolk St., Simeoe, Ont.
R188973 Sgt Fraser, N.C., 76 McDonald St., Ottawa, Ont.
R155391 F/S Galarneau, H. P., 590 Match St., Woodstock, Ont.
R164571 F/Sgt Gaston, J. M., Noranda, P.Q.
R56103 Sgt George, E. O., 1262-3rd Ave. E., Owen Sound, Ont.
R189496 I7S Gillanders, G. C., 3435 West 18th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
R156584 Sgt Glass, H., 287 Queen St., E., Toronto, Ont.
R157861 W/O Halvorsen, S. J., 856-13th Ave. E., Vancouver, B.C.
R156289 F/S Hamblin, K. de H., 751 Carlaw Ave., Apt. 6, Toronto, Ont.
J89337 P/O Hamilton, J. D., 21 Browning Ave., Toronto, Ont.
R206488 Sgt Harkness, D. G., 400 Woodfield Road, Toronto, Ont.
J92710 P/O Hart, K. A., 68 Byron Ave., London, Ont.
J90489 P/O Hawreleehko, N. J., Tofield, Alta.
R129608 P/S Hexter, G. E„ 83 Smith St., London, Ont.
J87899 P/O Higgins, R. E., 117 Highland Ave., St. Catharines, Ont.
J91066 P/O Hunter, R. O., 1430 Harwood St., Vancouver, B.C.
J88139 P/O Hutchings, F. J., Leader, Sask.
J88412 P/O Jerry, T., R.R. No. 1, Beeton, Ont.
R164464 F/Sgt Kaufman, H. K., Box 124, Gottam, Ontario.
R124369 W/O Kerbrat, F. M., Camper, Manitoba.
R91887 F/Sgt King, D. B., 259 Kitson St., Norwood, Manitoba.
R139543 F/Sgt Kondra, W., Box 75, Prud'-homme, Sask.
R81621 F/S Lacaille, V. J. P., 2 MacDonald
St., Magog, P.Q.
J16962 P/O Leet, R. J., 420 Grosvenor Ave., Westmount, P.Q.
R187643 F/S Lefave, E. J., 1078 Leona St., Windsor, Ontario.
J89990 P/O Lewis, J. W., 825 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C.
R155760 W/O Lightfoot, D. G., Burnham, Sask.
R159115 F/S Long, Iv. L., Devonshire Apt., 112th St., Edmonton, Alta.
R264224 Sgt Main, J. R., 322 Kenilworth Ave., Toronto, Ont.
R195860 Sgt Mangione, J., 53 Louise St., Ottawa.
R197168 F/S Mann, W. F., 126J Alfred St., Brantford, Ontario.
C4227 P/O Martin, L. F., 476 Spence St., Winnipeg, Man.
R165361 Sgt McEvoy, D. R., 29 Glenelg St. West, Lindsay, Ont.

Awards I or Gallantry-Air Services
Distinguished Flying Medal-Con.
N umber-Rank-N ame-Address
J90502 P/0 McLean, L. E., Langley, Prairie, B.C.
R191057 Sgt McRae, C., Vivian Stn., Manitoba.
R163206 Sgt Metcalfe, W. P., 9 Blong Ave., Toronto.
J18410 F/0 Mitchell, F. E., 221 Darling Str., Brantford. Ont.
R124098 F/S Mitchell, P. D., Kamloops, B.C.
R162554 F/S Modeland, N. R., 3339-27th Ave. W., Vancouver, B.C.
J90581 P/O Morrison, A. H., 1467 West 7th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
R79681 Sgt Moritz, F. J., Gull Lake, Sask.
R160850 F/S Murray, D. M., Lousana, Alberta.
J90187 P/O Nicklen, D. J., 102 Fuller St., Vernon, B.C.
J92628 P/O Niles, E. G., 57 Leuty St., Toronto.
R85461 Sgt Osier, E. E., 2238 Montague St., Regina, Sask.
J18125 P/O Pennington, S., 67 Sydenham St., Dundas, Ont.
R163541 F/S Penny, D. R., Abernethy, Sask.
R216097 Sgt Petsche, J., 56-6th Ave., Ville la Salle, P.Q.
J8760C F/O Phillis, J. A., R.R. #4 Florence-ville, N.B.
R111339 F/S Pilon, J. N. J., Luskville, P.Q.
R179322 F/S Price, M. G., 1621 Queen St. W., Apt. 27, Toronto, Ont.
J86810 P/O Prime, H. C., Box 470, Carleton Place, Ontario.
R160329 Sgt Ranson, N. E., 29 Logie Street, Lindsay, Ont.
R211243 Sgt Ritchie. G. J. M., 4348 Melrose Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
J92912 P/O Robertson, T. M., 351 North Archibald St., Ft. William, Ont.
J89242 P/O Robinson, H. W., Fenelon Falls, Ont.
J90151 P/O Ross, J. M., Bainsville, Ontario.
J85488 P/O Salkeld, H. A. B., 133 Sherbrooke St., North Bay, Ont.
J86812 P/O Salmon, D. D„ 22-47-42 St., Astoria, Long Island, N.Y., U.S.A.
J90745 P/O Seaman, H. L., Garrick, Saskatchewan.
R110459 F/S Selfe, C. A., 3505 East 23 Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
J90214 P/O Shepherd, A., Barnhart Vale, B.C.
J90339 P/O Shopland, 10229-1 14th St., Edmonton, Alta.
J88218 P/O Sloan, H. C., Cardston, Alberta.
R217366 F/S Smith, R. A., 29 Silverthorne Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J88585 P/O Snider, E. A., Haliburton, Ontario.
J90615 P/O Soldan, P., Two Hills, Alta.
R193787 F/S Stewart, C. H., 670 Annette St., Toronto, Ontario.
R184363 Sgt Sullivan, J. B., 28 Baker St., Cobalt, Ontario.
R165313 W/O Steelsman, C. P. E., 131 Church St., Parry Sound, Ont.
J85311 P/O Sumak, L. S.-, R.R. #1, Hannon, Ontario.
32283-31i
R210846 Sgt Swanson, B. C., 18 Leila St., St. Thomas, Ontario.
R135221 F/S Tinmouth, A. W„ Herring Cove, Halifax, N.S.
R222756 F/S Toane, R. A., R.R. *3 South Edmonton, Alta.
R271093 F/S Trotter, W. C., 290 Westmoreland Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J87584 P/O Venn, H. J., 9 Hawthorne Ave., Hamilton, Ontario.
R123425 Sgt Walton, W. J., 41 Beachdale Ave., Toronto, Ont.
R83374 Sgt Weaver. C., 12-1 N.W.-38th St., Oklahoma City, U.S.A.
R205706 F/S Vince, E. L„ R.R. #2, Waterford, Ontario.
R201625 F/S Waugh, J. H., Wilmot Valley, P.E.I.
R110337 Sgt Webb, D. J., 53 Martin Ave., Kelowna, B.C.
J88576 P/O Widdis, G. H., 23 Stewart St., Brockville, Ontario.
R191347 Sgt Williams, W. R., 103 Sherburn St., Winnipeg, Man.
R197583 F/S Woolsey, A. R., 4320 Atlin St., Vancouver, B.C.
R207740 Sgt Wright, D. H., 817 Bank St., Ottawa, Ontario.
R207226 Sgt Ziomko, W. J., 2857 Ontario Street, Montreal, Quebec.
R190589 Sgt Wing, A. V., 7 River St., Capreol, Ont.
British Empire Medal
R205457 Cpl Riglin, W. W., Saltcoats, Sask.
R48350 Sgt Bion, P. C., Ganges, B.C.
R64436 F/S Brooks, C. H., 28 Edward St., Hamilton, Ont.
R187991 Sgt Bunt, R. T„ R.R. No. 1, Roseland, Ont.
R71925 Sgt Campbell, J. A., Westlock, Alta.
R107072 LAC Carter, H. R„ Kelfield, Sask.
R57739 LAC Conlin, P. C. C. P., 1601 Comox
St., Vancouver, B.C.
2122 Cpl Dabree, R. O., R.R. No. 1, Parksville, B.C.
9953 F/S Dupuis, R. N. J., Gaspe, P.Q.
R101827 Sgt Dzinkowski, K. E., 287 Boyd Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
2338 F/S Engelbert, R. A., 716 E., 15th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
R284266 Sgt Gelineau, J. E., 60 Dobie, Mont Royal, P.Q.
R112133 LAC Gillis, J. M., R.R. No. 1, Southport, P.E.I.
R85802 Cpl Georgianni, C. E., Barrie, Ont.
R50881 Sgt Gowda, E., 9302-109th Ave., Edmonton, Alta.
C43643 P/O Harrison, H. W., Cluny, Alta.
R51006 Cpl Hayton, A. S., 621-33rd St., W.,
Saskatoon, Sask.
R57684 Sgt Hoye, J. S., 5646 Fleming St., Vancouver, B.C.
9926 LAC James, C. R., Semans, Sask.
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British Empire Medal-Con.
Number-Rank-Name-Address
R76064 F/S Longard, R. E., 296 Eglington Ave., W., Toronto, Ont.
R152815 AC2 Machan, B. G., Bagot, Man.
R89934 Sgt Moote, P. W., 15 Fitzgerald St., St. Catharines, Ont.
J89260 P/O Neill, N. S., 2347 Campbell Ave., Windsor, Ont.
R74646 Sgt Nichols, A. W., 3280-20th Ave., W., Vancouver, B.C.
R123279 Sgt Picard, R. A., 272 Pacific Ave., Toronto, Ont.
R73037 Sgt Reardon, G. K„ St. George, N.B.
R112983 Sgt Saye, H. G. J., 48 Amroth Ave., Toronto, Ont.
R97816 Cpl Twiss, G. L., 1741 E. 4th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
R118153 LAC Wilkinson, P. P., Box 26, Ladysmith, B.C.
Member of the British Empire
C9700 F/L Beever-Potts, L., 65 Stewart Ave., Nanaimo, B.C.
J86530 P/O Brownlee, D. G., Woodbridge, Ont.
C5630 F/O Doehler, R. J. 0., 5514 Queen Mary Rd., Montreal, P.Q.
R58132 F/S Major, J. O., 756 Thomas Ave., New Westminster, B.C.
J14331 T/F/L Semple, E. Q., 1 Little River Rd., Quebec, P. Q.
C15749 P/O Young, R. E., 72 Black Block, Regina, Sask.
United States Army Air Medal and Oak Leaf Clusters
J17884 F/O Brown, J. A., 336 Confederation St., Sarnia, Ont.
J17877 F/O Carr, A. L., P.O. Box 78, Kyle, Sask.
J13478 F/O Cochand, L. E., Chalet Coehand, Ste, Marguerite, P.Q.
J11464 F/L Cox, R. S., 739 Wolseley Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
J17887 P/O Cruikshank, D. H., 69 Mecklenburg St., Saint John, N.B.
J18025 F/O Emery, C. E. M., 235 Clarke Ave., Westmount, P.Q.
J17125 P/O Fleck, C. S., Middle Stewiacke, N.S.
J11978 F/O Galbraith, R. F., Shelburne, Ont.
J17127 F/O Gall, R. D, Rose Valley, Sask.
J17882 F/O Hall, S. L., 16 Prospect Ave., St. Catharines, Ont.
J26909 P/O Hobbie, N. H., c/o Dr. G. M. Maxwell, R.R. No. 4, Roanoke, Va.
J17130 T/F/O Lamoureux, A. P., 11251-92nd St., Edmonton, Alta.
J18373 F/O Maclean, C., 302 Foord St., Stel-larton, N.S.
J12044 P/O MacLean, W. M., 6 Athol St., Campbellton, N.B.
J11967 F/O McDuff, D. M., R.R. No. 2, Mona Rd., Ont.
J17876 F/O Martin, A. A., Squamish, B.C.
J17880 P/O Martino, G. W., 5499 Bourette Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
J17883 F/O Mirch, A. J., Ill Lallington Ave., Toronto, Ont.
J17129 P/O Paradis, J. J. P., 522 St. Jean St., Quebec.
United States Army Air Medal and Oak Leaf Clusters
J6159 F/L Robertson, D. P., 410-2nd Ave. E., Owen Sound, Ontario.
J17881 P/O Robertson, F., 605-33rd St. W., Saskatoon, Sask.
J17128 P/O Robertson, R. D., Roblin, Manitoba.
R85924 Sgt Rodgers, A. L.,	23 Maughan
Crescent, Toronto, Ontario.
J4116 F/L Roseland, A. W„ % Mrs. A. E. Weiler, Neustadt, Ontario.
J17878 F/O Sibald, R. E., Cochrane, Alta. *
J3205 S/L Walker, B. R., 189 John Street, London, Ontario.
Air Force Medal
Bulmer, W. H., 773 Winnipeg St., Regina, Sask.
R60718 Sgt Chandler, A. J., Ribstone, Alta.
Chausse, L. J. R., 4566 Cartier St., Montreal, P.Q.
R74882 F/S Corbett, E. S., 3440 Bethune Ave., Victoria, B.C.
R145602 Cpl De Marco, A., Haig Boulevard, Lakeview, Ont.
R59225 Sgt Hunt. W. J., 769 W-26th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
Sutherland, V. A., 1070 Douglas St., Westminster, B.C.
R51871 Cpl Werry, E. W., 36 Roslyn Rd., Halifax. N.S.
Officer of the British Empire
C2645 S/L Curry, J. H., 3719 Miramar Ave., Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
Cm 5 G/C Hanchet-Taylor, A. J., Barrack House, Southport, Conn., U.S.A.
C807 W/C Hodson. Iv. L. B., 2050 Barclay St., Vancouver, B.C.
U,S. Distinguished Flying Cross
J17877 F/O Carr, A. L„ P.O. Box 78, Kyle, Sask.	.
J16176 F/O Churchill, J. M., 338-llth St. E., Prince Albert, Sask.
J9689 F/O Mackie, A. J., 611 Balfour Apts., Regina, Sask.
J17876 F/O Martin, A. A., Squamish, B.C.
J17126 P/O Rennie, H. T., Elora, Ontario.
U.S. Soldier Medal
R116959 Cpl Harrett, D. M., 7 Montgomery Crescent, Wallaeeburg, Ont.
Greek Distinguished Service Medal
J16144 F/O Hionides, H. T., 68-16th Ave., Paterson, N. Jersey, U.S.A.
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Appendix "B"
Honours and Decorations Awarded to R.C.A.F. Personnel Since Outbreak of War to January 31, 1945
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Award	Officers	Officers	Airmen	W.D.	TotalAir Force Cross	195	6	201Bar to Air Force Cross	1	1Air Force Medal	39	39Associate of Royal Red Cross	9	9Air Efficiency Aw'ard	36	9	45British Empire Medal	133	8	141Commendation 	114	17	131Conspicuous Gallantry	11	11Commander of the Order of the British Empire.	18	18Companion of the Order of the Bath	15	15Canadian Efficiency Medal	2	' 54	56Canadian Efficiency Medal-1st Clasp	1	5	6Canadian Efficiency Decoration	33	33Croix de Guerre Etoile D'Argent	1	1Distinguished Flying Cross	2,220	152	2,372Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross	106	1	107Distinguished Flying Medal	433	433Bar to Distinguished Flying Medal	1	1Distinguished Service Order	55	55Bar to Distinguished Service Order	4	4George Medal 	6	11	17George Cross 	1	2	3Long Service and Good Conduct Medal	99	54	153Mention in Despatches	602	4	502	3	1,111Member of the Order of the British Empire...	86	6	17	109Military Cross 	1	1Military Medal 	1	1Officer of the Order of the British Empire	37	37U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross	9	9U.S. Army Air Medal	19	1	20U.S. Army Air Medal and Oak Leaf Clusters...	16	1	17U.S. Soldier Medal	1	1Victoria Cross 	1	1Czechoslovak Medal 	1	1Croix de Guerre Beige-1940	1	1Czech Military Cross	2	2Belgian Military Cross-1st Class	1	1Russian Medal for Valour	1	1Greek Distinguished Service Medal	1	1Total	3,693	10	1,452	11	5,166
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George Hugh Castleden: I am sure that the
committee has listened with a great deal of interest to the splendid record of the air force. One thing which it occurred to me to ask the minister is, in view of the. large number of members of the air force who are prisoners of war in Germany, the increasing damage being done to the German reich, and the danger to these prisoners of war, what is the department doing with regard to trying to provide some neutral or protective territory within the reich to protect these men from the injury to which they are exposed by being in concentration camps and other prisoner of war camps in Germany? Several reports in the papers have caused a great deal of concern to those families who have members in prisoners of war camps. This is the case not only as regards the air force, but the army as well. Will the minister tell us what is being done?


Colin William George Gibson: I am not in a position to
state that, since bombing operations against the enemy come under the control of bomber command in Europe. I have no doubt whatever that they take every possible precaution to avoid the dropping of bombs on concentrations of our own prisoners and on places where our men are likely to be quartered inside Germany.


Gordon Graydon: What is the policy of the department with respect to the commissioning of men who are prisoners of war in the prison camps in Germany? I have in mind one particular case where normally, I believe, a commission would have been granted, but because he is in a prison camp his commission has not been completed. Some commissions, I believe, have been granted. If the minister would care privately to investigate the particular case I have in mind I would be very grateful to him. This man was brought down over German territory in 1941 and has been in a prison camp ever since. Others under similar circumstances to those in which he finds himself seem to have been getting commissions. I was wondering whether there is any set departmental policy covering cases of this kind.


Colin William George Gibson: The fact that a man has
been taken prisoner does not preclude him from receiving a commission when the recommendation for it has been made before the non-commissioned officer was shot down or taken prisoner; commissions are dealt with under those circumstances in the ordinary way. It does not follow that each one will automatically get a commission, because these .things go through the usual routine of being screened before the commission is granted. But if the recommendation has been made,

the fact that the man has been taken prisoner does not preclude him from securing the commission. If I get the name of the airman referred to I shall be very glad to investigate that particular case.


Mr. COLD WELL:: I am sure the committee appreciates the splendid story which has been told this evening. As I said the other afternoon, in. my opinion the air training plan and our air force will probably be looked upon in the future as Canada's greatest contribution to the winning of the war. Of the many great things this country has done during the war, perhaps this will be regarded as its greatest contribution; and I am sure that whatever we may have thought in days gone by about the necessity of maintaining any sort of armed force in the period before this war began, to-day the country and this house will be unanimous in believing that we should maintain our air training plan and adequate forces to meet any contingency which may arise. I think the lesson of this war leads everyone, regardless of opinions which may have been held in the past, to that inevitable conclusion.
I rose to speak because when we were overseas last autumn we heard some dissatisfaction among the ground crews. To-night the minister gave a citation of bravery shown by members of a ground crew; and again and again I have been told, by men who have done the flying and to whom we all are according the praise which is their just due-and I would not for one moment wish anything I say to be misunderstood as belittling the splendid job which members of aircrews have done [DOT]during this war-that perhaps there is a lack of recognition in our country of the part which has been played overseas by members of the ground crews; that in all kinds of weather, under all sorts of circumstances, they are the men who have conditioned the machines, who have loaded the bombs, who have taken tremendous risks in doing that kind of job, and we may have not been able to recognize that to the extent it should have been recognized before. But when we were across, some of the men suggested that they had been there for a very long time without recognition in the way of promotion, and that from time to time men who had been recently promoted in Canada were sent over to England with the ranks which they had acquired in Canada, ranks higher in many instances than those of men who had been serving for a long time with the ground crews in Great Britain. I thought this was an opportunity to raise the matter with the minister, not in any spirit of criticism of the minister or his predecessor, for whom I have the very highest regard, but

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rather that it may be looked into. If there is anything in the kind of' criticism which has been made and which I have passed on to the minister, it should, I think, be rectified; and it is only with that end in view that I now place it before him.


Colin William George Gibson: Of course that is always a very difficult problem. You do not want to prevent the man who has secured stripes from going overseas because he has stripes, or force him to revert when he is going over. The matter will be taken care of to some extent,
I think, by the system which has been adopted of bringing men back when they have had three years overseas service, but I should be glad to have that looked into and see if there have been cases in which an injustice has been done.


Mr. GERSHAW:: May I ask the minister to give us a little more detail as to the procedure regarding disposal of the material which is no longer required by the air force? For instance, some of these flying training service schools are abandoned; for months they have been lying idle, and the material which is in them is in great demand. City councils and large school districts are anxious to obtain some of these buildings for dormitories and some of these materials for various purposes. Could the minister tell us what the procedure will be, who will have priorities, and how will buildings or other materials be disposed of?


Colin William George Gibson: I mentioned that, briefly. It is not easy to go into details on a matter of that kind, but the air force decides what material, what buildings, what equipment it needs for its own use. Then the other services are given an opportunity to determine what they may need, and if there is equipment or if there are buildings that are not required by the services they are turned over to war assets allocation committee, and that commit-* tee finds out whether any of the government departments can use any of the equipment that has been turned over. If not, it is passed on to War Assets Corporation for disposal. The air force itself does not dispose of any of the properties that it ceases to require.


Frederick William Gershaw: Do provincial governments have priority?


Colin William George Gibson: That is a matter that has to be taken up with the War Assets Corporation. I know that in many cases every effort is made to cooperate with the local municipalities, sometimes the provincial governments, to assist them, particularly where there are buildings which may be necessary for housing purposes. But it is not easy to distribute
or get rid of all this equipment at one time. I know that at some of our schools we have surplus equipment holding units in which we are having to retain men to care for this equipment and look after it until War Asests Corporation have been able to take it over and dispose of it. That is a matter which War Assets Corporation will look after.


George Hugh Castleden: Could the minister give us a break-down of what he has in Canada at the present time? The intention is to maintain thirty-two schools in the form of training schools, navigation schools, or special courses schools. I believe originally there were about a hundred schools across Canada. It looks as if we are retaining about one-third of them. Could the minister give us a figure of the capital assets of the schools which are being dispensed with at the present time? He said that 8131,000,000 had been turned over to Crown Assets Corporation for disposal. Can the minister break that up into buildings and equipment that we have in Canada at the present time and it is intended to maintain?


Colin William George Gibson: No, I have not those figures here. I will endeavour to see if I can secure the list and I shall be glad to let my hon. friend have it. It might take some time to prepare such a list as that.


John Ritchie MacNicol: The minister said that there were 72,729 personnel in the R.C.A.F. Is he able to give us a break-down of that number by provinces as the Minister of National Defence for Naval Services gave in his report? *


Colin William George Gibson: I do not think I gave any figure such as the hon. member mentions.


John Ritchie MacNicol: The minister said that
131,000	were trained under the air training plan.


Colin William George Gibson: That is graduated from the commonwealth air training plan for the R.A.F.


John Ritchie MacNicol: And 72,729 were in the R.C.A.F?


Colin William George Gibson: Yes.


John Ritchie MacNicol: Has the minister a breakdown of that number by provinces?


Colin William George Gibson: No, I have not that here. I suppose it could be obtained. That is, the number of students who graduated from the commonwealth air training plan from all parts of Canada. I will find out if that can be obtained and let the hon. member know.


John Ritchie MacNicol: I should like to find out
something about the programme the department has for providing employment. This

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number represents some of the best men in the service. As a rule they are educated men. I enow a great many of them, as do other hon. members. They are men who have matriculated and some who have university training. That applies particularly to pilots. I believe all the navigators are required to have matriculation. They are all young men. Many of them enlisted at seventeen, eighteen and nineteen years of age. They enlisted before they had any experience in anything. They went directly from school. Therefore, when they come out their experience will be only what they have learnt in the service, which, of course, will be good. What is the programme to find suitable, congenial employment for these young men when they come out of the air service?


Colin William George Gibson: That, of course, is not one of the functions of the air force, to find them employment when they leave the air force, but it is one of the functions that we have assumed, to assist in their training and education while they are in the air force so that they may be qualified to take positions when they are discharged. For so doing we have the personnel counsellors whom I mentioned to determine what the men's capabilities are. We have the education officers who assist them in securing whatever training or courses of instruction the man requires in order that by the time he is discharged he will be fitted for or part way along in his educational training so that he will have lost as little time as possible in his training programme after the war. The steps to be taken to reestablish men in civil life do not come under the air force department.


John Ritchie MacNicol: I thought the minister mentioned counsellors and said that some machinery was being set up to furnish counsellors. I assumed that the young men could apply to these counsellors. I think that would be all right. They will hardly know what they want to do. Somebody should direct them along that line. Take as an example my part of the city of Toronto where there are hundreds of factories. I have often said that whoever is going to be in charge of providing employment for these young men when they come out of the fighting services -we are talking about air personnel to-night- should get in touch with the managers, engineers, technicians, and so forth of private companies. I am sure that these men would be glad to sit in with a council or group to discuss the matter. I am sure that these companies would be willing to subscribe funds to pay for someone to sit in on this council to whom these young men could come for 
advice to prepare them to decide on what they want to do after the war. Because of their age when they joined up they have not had any experience and they will want advice. Is there any sort of board or machinery to be set up, such as I have suggested, composed of those who are employing people-I do not see any use in putting men on the board who have never employed anybody and who know little about employment-to whom these young men could apply to be directed as to what they may be best fitted for when they leave the service?


Colin William George Gibson: I had a case brought to my attention just the other day. It was that of a member of the Women's Division who had the idea she would like to qualify later to become a doctor. I understand that after some discussion with the personnel counsellor it was suggested to her that she should qualify as a chemist. While she was stationed at one of the training schools arrangements were made whereby she could go out in the evening, spend a certain length of time in consultation with one of the local chemists and get a certain amount of experience of the type of work that had been proposed. In that way she was able to find out for herself whether she really had any liking for that particular work. That is what the personnel counsellor is trying to do, find out the qualifications of various members of the force and then put them in touch with opportunities of securing some experience along those lines.


John Ritchie MacNicol: The young men about whom I have been speaking so far have been pilots, navigators, air gunners and so on, all of whom must have had a substantial education. What about the ground crew? They are men of a different class. They have been perhaps garage men or mechanics of one kind or another, because during the war their job has been to repair planes, to keep them in order and have them fit to go up. They will be older men. I have been wondering if the department has a record of the companies from which these various men came and whether those companies have given an undertaking that they will reemploy these men in the jobs they formerly occupied.


Colin William George Gibson: Of course a member of the force is entitled by law to his position with his former employer. There will be cases where the men themselves, especially if they were youngsters when they joined and have since acquired a great deal of experience, will not want to return to some of the positions they held prior to the war. A man in that position undoubtedly is looking around to see what qualifications are required for a better position.

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Lewis Elston Cardiff: I followed the report of the minister very closely, and was especially interested when he stated that quite a number of these airports would be retained for some time. We have several airports and air schools in the county of Huron, and I was wondering if a decision, had yet been reached as. to which are to be retained. Would it be possible to get a report from the minister as to the location of the schools and airports that are to be kept in operation?


Colin William George Gibson: I do not wish to make public a list of the airports that are being retained. Any such list would not be final or complete at the present time, and some of the stations we are using to-day will eventually be closed. However, if my hon. friend will let me know the particular ports in which he is interested I shall try to find out the disposition that eventually will be made of them.


Lewis Elston Cardiff: I believe we have four airports and schools in the county of Huron, and I was wondering if some of them would be retained.


Colin William George Gibson: I will look that up.


Mr. HANSELL:: So that I may not be bobbing up every once in a while, perhaps the minister would take a note of one or two things I should like to ask during the course of my remarks. First of all may I thank the minister for the efficient and commendable way he has met me in connection with the cases I have brought to his attention since he has been the minister responsible for this department. While I am saying that may I also thank his predecessor, to whom I believe a great deal of credit is due for the way in which he handled this air training plan from the beginning. I should like to thank his predecessor not only for the way in which he carried through the whole air training scheme but for the way in which he attended to the few matters I brought to him personally. While I am saying that may I thank all the ministers of the present government for the way in which they have treated me. I have had no fault to find with them when I have come to them with individual cases. I must take this opportunity of thanking them because, while I shall be back after the next election, I am afraid some of the ministers will not be here.
The minister mentioned the matter of decorations, and I am sure our hearts were stirred as he told the story of a number of brave acts which had been performed by members of the air force. I am sure that story could be duplicated many, many times. I should like to mention one matter, however, which .has come to my mind and which I
have heard mentioned by others, although not in any spirit of criticism or complaint.
I am quite willing to leave the matter of decorations with those responsible for them; they know more about it than I do. However, it has occurred to me, and I should like to have the minister comment a little on it, that perhaps decorations are given to commissioned officers a little more readily than to non-commissioned officers and men. I recall hearing or reading the story of a bomber that had been almost ripped apart by flak and cannon fire. It was doubtful whether the pilot could bring the machine back to its base, and he told the crew that any who wanted to bail out had permission to do so. Part of the crew bailed out; one or two or three remained with their pilot. I have forgotten all the details of what happened, but the pilot brought the plane back to its base and said that he never would have been able to do so but for the heroic part played by the two or three men who had elected to remain with him. I think they had to throw out some ropes and tie the tail, or something of that kind. These men stuck with the ship at the risk of losing their own lives. The pilot received the decoration; the other men were mentioned. I am quite willing to leave the story there and to agree that those responsible did the right thing; but I must confess that in my mind was left the question, "Well, why didn't the others get decorations, too?" I realize that the pilot was responsible, but the others were just as brave. The others were not commissioned officers; I think they were flight sergeants.
Speaking of decorations, may I supplement what was said last night by the hon. member for Red Deer in regard to the Memorial Cross. According to the regulations the Memorial Cross is given to the mother or widow of the deceased soldier, airman or naval serviceman. I am going to urge, and I would ask the minister to assure me that he will press for it, that the Memorial Cross be given to the next of kin if the mother or the widow is not living. That is only fair. There are boys who have given their lives. They were not married and their mothers are not living. No one in the family gets the Memorial Cross. I hope the minister wall tell the committee that he will urge that the regulations be changed in this regard. The boy gave his life; he sacrificed his all, and the family, because the mother has gone before, is deprived of the Memorial Cross.
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the aircrew who go on operational flights. Ail aircrew on operational flights should be commissioned officers. It may be a little late now to make that suggestion. Nevertheless the war will continue in the Pacific and I make that suggestion from firm conviction.
I am not an expert in these things and I do not think a person needs to be an expert to have a certain amount of common sense which tells him a few things. We know there are commissioned, officers, perhaps quite qualified, who may have earned their commission, who have not yet taken an operational flight. I submit that when a man, no matter whether he is an air gunner, tail gunner, mid-upper turret gunner or whatever he may be, has reached the place where he is efficient enough to go over enemy territory in a bomber and face the flak of fighter planes he is worthy of a commission. I should like the minister to give some answer to that and even to say that he will urge that that be done.
As regards war assets, I am1 not going to take up much time in discussing the question. I will simply urge that where municipalities or provincial governments or even associations are asking for some of this equipment they should be given the preference especially in some cases that I might mention. I recall that a few months ago it came out in the papers- I am not raising it now to create what might be called a scandal, because it is water under the bridge-that in Calgary they were burning some obsolete planes. It appeared to be a scandal at the time, but of course the officials have all the answers. There is no question about that. Whether the answers will satisfy common sense is another matter. The answer was that the aeroplanes had been dismantled and everything worth anything taken out and that the material that was burned was of no particular use to anyone anyway. I am quite willing to accept such an answer, but I wonder if they found out whether the cowl of the plane or anything upon it was of any use to anyone.
Not long after that I had a representation from a certain club. They said to me, "Do you think, Mr. Hansell, that we could get one of those planes?" I replied, "I don't know; what do you want it for?" The gentleman who spoke to me said, "We don't care whether it runs or not; we don't want to fly it; we should like to put it in the children's playground and we will pay for bringing it down from the air school or wherever it may be. At any rate, put it in the playground so that the youngsters can play around and have a great old time." I thought that was a good idea; I would not mind going to the play-

ground and pretending for a while myself. I said I would look into the matter to see if it was possible to get one of these planes for the youngsters to play with. I have not had time to see any official. Perhaps this little remark of mine will serve as notice that I want an aeroplane for that playground.
Do I understand that the Minister of Munitions and Supply will take part in this debate? Shall we have the privilege of asking him questions in committee?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: If the opportunity presents itself either the minister or his parliamentary assistant will take part in the debate.


Ernest George Hansell: Thank you. Then I can leave the matter until then, because I have a few questions which I should like to ask, seeing that this war assets business is, as someone says, hot potatoes. Now is the time to get the information on it.
Before I sit down there is one other matter I would urge. It is not a new one. It has been discussed before. I refer to the matter of war gratuities being applied to the estate of those who have been killed in action. Primarily I think it is considered that the war gratuities are for the purpose of reestablishment. It seems to me that consideration should be given particularly in the case of widows who, even though they may get full pension, certainly are entitled to the war gratuities that would have accrued to their husbands had they lived. The mother or wife should be considered.


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: I am sorry I was engaged in conversation at the moment and did not hear what the hon. member said. Would he be good enough to repeat the question.


Ernest George Hansell: I understand that the war gratuities that are given to the men are primarily for the purpose of rehabilitation or as a reward for service. The question is this. I suggest that war gratuities should also be given to the widow of the deceased soldier or airman.


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: That is the case. The war service grants legislation is divided into three parts. First, there is the cash gratuity regardless of rank; second, there are limited allowances based to a certain degree on rank; and, third, there are reestablishment gratuities which are under the direct jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Provision was made in the act of last year to have these gratuities payable to those who are under certain conditions

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in receipt of dependents' allowances and under' other conditions, to dependents in receipt of assigned pay. There has been a suggestion made during the present session to make the gratuities payable in any event to the estate of the deceased soldier, airman or sailor.


Ernest George Hansell: Do I understand that that is being done now?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: It is covered by the act of last year.


Ernest George Hansell: I want to know if the
gratuity is to be paid to the next of kin or to the estate of the deceased soldier?


Humphrey Mitchell: That is not what you said before; you said to the wido\v.


Ernest George Hansell: All right; I am just extending it to the estate. It really does not make much difference. I do not wish to take up a lot of time in having the minister explain this, but I do want him to know there is a feeling that the gratuity should go to the estate.


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: I think I told the hon. member for Lake Centre the other day that some two or th'-ee months ago we appointed a committee representative of the three defence services and the Department of Veterans' Affairs to look into the question of gratuities to be paid either to the next of kin or to the estate of the deceased. I am happy to inform the committee this evening that action has now been taken to make gratuities pas'able to the estates of deceased service men.


George Hugh Castleden: Is that automatic?


Ernest George Hansell: I applaud the answer
given by the Minister of Veterans' Affairs.


Colin William George Gibson: Perhaps I might reply to
the questions asked by the hon. member for Macleod. He intimated that he thought officers were getting an unduly high proportion of decorations. I think it is recognized that in the air force there is a higher proportion of officers than in any other service. Commissions in the air force have not been restricted to anything in the nature of the old school tie. A man who has distinguished himself on active service or during training is eligible for a commission and consequently the brightest men and the men who are recognized as leaders are the ones who get the commissions. Possibly they are more likely to qualify for decorations.'
The hon. member suggested that every member of aircrew should have a commission. He may be right and that is a matter of opinion, but I do not think we should have a force composed entirely of officers. Commissions
are not given because of the risks taken, but are given because of the responsibility that must be assumed. While the air force has a large percentage of officers it has never been deemed advisable to have every member of the aircrew automatically made an officer.
Another point raised was in connection with the Memorial Cross, and the hon. member suggested that this decoration should be given to the next of kin instead of its being restricted to mothers. I cannot agree with him and I will not undertake to support his suggestion. The Memorial Cross is not awarded to the man himself; it is awarded to the mother. It is particularly a mother's or a wife's award. The next of kin may be entitled to the medals which have been won by the soldier, sailor or airman, but the Memorial Cross is not awarded to him. The Memorial Cross is awarded to the wife or mother in recognition of the particular sacrifice that was made when she lost a husband or son.
I can assure my hon. friend that his request for an aeroplane for a playground will be investigated to see if it can be secured. I am glad to assure the hon. member, as he has just heard from the Minister of Veterans' Affairs, that gratuities are now to be paid to the estates of deceased service men.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: Will these gratuities be paid automatically?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: I hope to be able to table the order in council to-morrow.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: In the case of the air force a man may be missing and not presumed to be dead until six months later; what would happen in that case?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: If my memory is correct, out of 188,000 who had been discharged up to about three or four weeks ago, 103,000 gratuities have been paid. My hon. friend will recall that when the legislation was passed last August the Minister of National Defence announced that the first payments could not be made until January 1. In several cases the first, second and third payments have been made by the paymasters of the various defence departments. Once the Department, of Veterans' Affairs is notified that an application for a cash gratuity has been authorized by those who have examined into the records we issue ledger credits to the particular district. Already we have issued something like 80,000 ledger credits covering the reestablishment credit portion of the war services grants legislation. The paymasters have worked very hard, but in some cases it has been necessary
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to get documents from overseas and there has been some delay. However, in the next month or two I think the payments will be right up to the applications.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: In the air force when a man is missing he is not presumed to be dead until six months later. How long after that period would it be before the gratuity is paid? The condition here is a little diiferent from that prevailing in the army or navy.


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: The gratuity would be payable immediately the certificate was passed.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: The death certificate?


Harry Rutherford Jackman: Does that cover all cases?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: Would my hon. friend be good enough to wait until the order in council is tabled to-morrow?


Gordon Knapman Fraser: Yes. I also wanted to inquire of the minister as to what is being done with regard to the boys in the meteorological service connected with the R.C.A.F. I have a letter before me from a man in this service. He states that the men in the auxiliary services, the men who are just running canteens and so on, get travel warrants, hospitalization and so on, which the men in the meteorological service do not get. Referring to one of these men he says:
This chap, injured and dying, couldn't legally be admitted to hospital although he had been on the station three years. He got first aid and the C).C. took him into the army hospital and then was the subject of a number of long distance calls to find out what to do with him.
Referring to a friend of his who had enlisted in the navy he said:
Maybe you never thought of it, but suppose Gord and I left our work to go back to teaching, say next June or so, he would be paid (maybe in instalments) about $700 cash on his discharge plus at least a month's leave. (Part of the cash would be a month's pay in advance, in other words) and I think they get transportation home. I would get nothing- not even a railway ticket to Toronto so far as I know, and some of these chaps have lost their jobs already and have nothing to go back to. This in spite of the fact my job requires special university training, while lots of officers in 'Gord's" work never saw a university and we took a course in meteorological work which I would bet a month's pay was harder than any 'Gord" took and our work is more responsible.
I shall not read the rest. These are all university boys. I know the minister or the former minister has had correspondence with them and I wonder if he would give the committee some idea of what is to be done with

these boys in the meteorological service. Why are they not taken into the R.C.A.F.? The work they are doing is all for the air force.


Colin William George Gibson: The members of the meteorological service are members of a civilian organization which comes under the Department of Transport. They are not part of the air force and so they are not treated as members of the fbrce.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: They are working at the air station.


Colin William George Gibson: Of course they are, but they work not only for the air force but for the T.C.A. As I said before, they are a civilian force. The air force is giving some consideration to taking some meteorologists into the air force, but up to the present time we have had no branch into which meteorologists were taken as a part of the air force.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: I should like to ask a few questions about the young men who are now on the reserve of the air force. A'great many of these young men were just boys at the beginning of the war, but as they grew up to be seventeen and a half or eighteen their whole ambition was to get into the air force. Now, after taking their training, they are on the reserve and are at a loose end. I should like to know whether it is possible for them to join the army, whether arrangements have been made with the army for taking them into that service, and, if so, what the rate of pay is while they are in the army and for how long that rate of pay will be granted. If they join the army will they be called back into the air force if they are needed? I ask these questions because I have heard a rumour that arrangements are being made to allow these young men to join the army and that they will be recalled to the air force if needed later. I know the minister's answer will be that these young men should get employment or go back to school. It is very easy to tell them to seek employment or go back to school, but it is much harder for them to do so because of the training they have had and their experience. There are a great many of them. The minister must know of a great many cases himself and no doubt has a great deal of correspondence about the question. It is a matter that should be cleared up at the present time.


Mr. MAYBANK:: Might I add a word along the same line and perhaps the minister could answer us both at the same time. I understand that the hon. member for Royal was referring to pilots.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: No; I was referring to aircrew.

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Ralph Maybank: My question relates more particularly to those who are pilots. Quite a number whom I know are very much disheartened over the fact that they are not being given their chance. There is nobody to blame for that, and I do not know that they are blaming anybody. Nevertheless there is a great deal of heart-burning among these young fellows who are on the reserve as pilots and who fear that they are not likely to be called up. Could the minister give us an intimation of the number who have been called up from the reserve, perhaps making a comparison between the number of pilots called up and the number of navigators, air gunners and so forth, in order that these young men might be able to deduce what their chances of being called up are? I can quite understand that neither they nor anybody else would suggest that some of those now in the air force should be discharged so that they might be taken in. A lot of these boys are greatly worried over their inactivity, and certainly it is a fact that they cannot get suitable employment at the present time. I have found that to be true in hundreds of cases. I do not mean to say that they cannot get any kind of employment, but they cannot get the type of employment they would go into if they were out of the air force altogether because the moment they go to an employer and he finds out that they are on the reserve, he knows he may have them in his service for only a little while and on that account he is not very willing to employ them. So that, altogether, there are several things conspiring to lower very greatly the spirits of these chaps, and if there is anything the minister can say to make them more hopeful I should like to have him do so.


Colin William George Gibson: When men are transferred1 to the air force reserve they can, if they so desire, apply for transfer to the army, and if they have a commission already in the air force or are suitable for a commission in the army I understand that they are granted a commission in the army. If on the other hand they are not suitable they have the option of going on the aircrew reserve. Those who have not got commissions are transferred on the ordinary basis carrying into the army the same rank that they had' in the air force, under the conditions I stated earlier this evening.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: How long will they retain that rank?


Colin William George Gibson: For a maximum of ten months. Certainly a man who is qualified1 as aircrew and finds himself not able to be accepted at once and goes on the reserve has my greatest sympathy. I know a very large
number of them are looking forward to the time when they will be called up to the air force. Some of them have already been called up. Notifications have gone out to quite a number of them. We endeavour to call them from the top of the list down; that is to say, the man who graduated some time ago is more likely to be called for overseas service than the man who graduated last week.


Ralph Maybank: How are these call-ups distributed?


Colin William George Gibson: According to the demand from overseas. At the present tim.e they do not need more pilots, so that we are not calling up pilots from the reserve, but as the demand for pilots develops we shall call them up.


Ralph Maybank: I appreciate that they are called up according to the demand, but I was wondering if the minister could give any intimation as to how the call-ups are distributed among pilots, air gunners and so forth.


Colin William George Gibson: No, I cannot because that depends entirely upon the demand. There might be a demand, for instance, for wireless air gunners.


Ralph Maybank: My reference was to the
past.


Colin William George Gibson: My hon. friend is suggesting that I should give an indication as to the rate at which they are being called up because that would let the young men on the reserve calculate, he says, how soon they might be called up themselves. It would also be information for the enemy as to how fast we are having to call our men up. I would not want to give the actual figures as to the rate at which they are being called up or as to the categories.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: Suppose some of these young men have obtained a position and are not anxious to leave it. Can they get a postponement?


Colin William George Gibson: I am glad the hon. member brought that up. The men were notified when they were first put in reserve that they would not likely be called up for six months, and in any event they would get three months' notice. Some of them have had notice within the three months stating that they might be called up before the expiration of the six months, and they are told that if they are in positions or have any other reasons why they do not want to report at that time, they should indicate the fact at an early date. A man who is, for example, attending university, in the middle of a course, or has a position which he has just entered, may not want to leave at once. We have on the reserve list
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many others who are anxious to be called up, and consequently we are postponing those, or a large number of those, who for one reason or another desire to stay on the reserve.


Lewis Elston Cardiff: Going back to the subject of gratuities, I should like to ask one question to clear up a situation I have in mind, where a boy was killed who was not paying any dependents' allowance. The question was raised as to whether the next of kin would be entitled to any gratuity in his case. He was one of a large family, and his father and mother are not able to make a sufficient living for themselves. I wondered whether there was any possible chance of getting a gratuity for them.


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: Under the new order in council which I hope to table to-morrow afternoon, the deceased's portion of the cash gratuity will go to the deceased's estate, and my surmise is that in ninety per cent of these cases it will go to the parents. At any rate it will go to the deceased's estate.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: I do not think the minister answered one of my questions. If these young men join the army do they sever their connection with the air force, or are they still subject to call later on to the air force at such time as they would have been called if they had not joined the army?


Colin William George Gibson: If a man transfers to the
army he would not be subject to recall to the air force. He would sever his connection entirely; because the army could not operate if we had strings on a large number of its officers. But as I said, if he washes out in the army in getting a commission he is entitled to go back on the air force reserve. If the transfer goes through and he becomes an active member of the army, he would continue in that capacity.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: I do not think that is
altogether fair. If a young man joins the army and there is the possibility of his going back to the air force he should be given the opportunity. He has had a lot of training in the air force and they have .placed him in a position where he has waited for a long time. I do not see why, if at a later date he wants to go back, he should not be given the opportunity. To my mind that is just another unfairness which has been added to the situation the young man has been placed in. I hope the minister will give this matter some further consideration.
Mr. M'acINNIS: Since this matter has come up for discussion, there is a point which should he made in regard to the rehabilita-	.
tion of, particularly, men of the air force. It has been mentioned several times this evening that some of these young men left school, or left their first job, or perhaps went, without having a job at all, to enlist, and have become pilots and other officers in the air force, receiving a rate of remuneration which perhaps in civil life they wrould not receive for many years; and I am told, in conversations with people both here and in the United States, that their rehabilitation is going to be a very difficult problem, for various reasons. I remember the former minister of national defence for air, the hon. member for Quebec South, dealing with this matter in the house a short time ago. What I wish to suggest to the minister is this. The country spends a great deal of money and care in training these men for the jobs they have to do in the air force, jobs which will last in any event only a very short period of time. Their jobs are now finished or will end very shortly; they are coming back into civil life, and they have to be trained, not for a job whose duration is a few months or years, but for a life occupation. I'would suggest to this government, or whatever government may be dealing with the matter after the war, that we should not be niggardly in providing for the training of these men, but should expend as much care and money in training them for their life's work as we have done in training them for their jobs in the air force. If we do that, in the ultimate analysis it will pay the country. They have experienced things we cannot understand; the strain, I am sure, has been terrific. They will not be the same men; the period of adjustment will be a long one. So that I suggest to whatever government is to deal with this matter that it put in as much time and care and as much money in training these men as future citizens of Canada as has been expended in training them for the air force. If we do that, I am sure we shall get the same kind of results.


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: If my colleague will forgive me for trespassing on a discussion of his vote, I would inform the hon. member for Vancouver East at once that I am in complete accord with what he has just said. As one who has some responsibility in the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the policies already adopted in regard to the training of those who are coming back to us from the forces overseas, I appreciate very much the spirit in which he has approached the matter. I believe that every member of the committee will recall the eloquent and moving speech made by the hon.

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member for Quebec South in this chamber two years ago upon the very matter referred to by my good friend the hon. member for Vancouver East. I suggest that as far as our department is concerned there is a greater scope in regard to both vocational and educational training of ex-members of the Royal Canadian Air Force than in any other direction; for one reason, on the whole, when they left us to save us, they were younger than members of other branches of the forces. I agree with my hon. friend that, whatever parliament assembles here after the opinion of the people is registered, whatever government is in power, nothing can be finer or truer or greater in our international purpose than even to extend as much as possible the provisions you have now in your post-discharge reestablishment order for the training of these men, to see that they have every opportunity in the structure of our national, social, economic, and, yes, our public life. Because they should be trained not only vocationally and educationally, but I believe humbly and sincerely that they should be the leaders of Canada to-morrow.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: May I ask several questions? The first one has to do with these gratuities. The only reason why I raise it again, in order that it may be settled very clearly now, is that in regard to clothing allowance the matter was not made retroactive, and none of us could understand why that was the case. Would the minister undertake that, in the order in council which is now being drafted-


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: I am afraid it is passed; otherwise I could not refer to it.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: Will the minister please do his best to make sure that all cases which have arisen during this war are covered, so that there is no cut-off date as there is in the matter of clothing allowance, et cetera?
The other matter to which I wish to refer is that of commissions. We had lengthy discussions in the committee in previous sessions. Would the minister say something about the R.C.A.F. personnel who formed aircrew with R.A.F. squadrons? In previous years we found that commissions came through very slowly when some of our personnel were attached to R.A.F. squadrons. Perhaps the minister will be good enough to give figures to the committee showing the number of aircrew in the R.C.A.F. who have commissions and those who are non-commissioned, and the number of aircrew who are commissioned in the R.A.F. and those who are not?
In previous years we discussed the method of demobilization out of the air force. As I recall it the hon. member for Quebec South presented several alternatives to us and then tossed the ball across the floor of the house and said, "What would you do in these circumstances?" We could not do any better than he was suggesting, and there was no final conclusion. Has the department finally arrived at a method of demobilization which is fair? Are they going to adopt the principle of first in, first out, or are they going to demobilize air force personnel having regard not only to length of service but to their dependents and other factors which may be taken into consideration?
I should like the minister to elaborate to some extent on this matter of personnel counsellors in the air force and in the Women's Division. He mentioned it. Exactly what is the set-up? Exactly how many personnel counsellors are there? Could he give it to us on the basis of so many per thousand in the air force, or according to units, so that we can understand it?
I was' a little bit shaken by his denial of responsibility for the future of the boys in the air force. I do not think the minister meant to rid himself entirely of responsibility once the men were formally demobilized. Surely there is a responsibility on the part of the air force to make sure that everything that they can do is done for the personnel. The very existence of these personnel counsellors is an indication that the air force has some conscience in this regard. Who is to be responsible for placing the men demobilized from the air force? Would it 'come partly under the Department of Veterans' Affairs or partly under the unemployment insurance commission who are supposed to be able to find jobs for Canadians if they have none?
One further question in regard to the air cadet league; what relation has it to the Department of National Defence for Air? Are we appropriating any money at this time for its continuation and support? I understand the intention of the air cadet league, wherever they get the money from, is to maintain about 30,000 members for the present.
This is my final question. Would the minister say a word or two in elaboration of the part which the Royal Canadian Air Force will play in the Pacific war? To what extent will the present personnel be reduced once we have victory in Europe and are engaged solely in the Pacific fray?


Colin William George Gibson: I do not think I can remember anything more like a rapid fire machine gun than my hon. friend. He has rattled out these questions so speedily that it is difficult

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even to keep track of them. But I will endeavour to answer them as well as I can. With regard to those that I am not able to answer at the present time I will get what information I can later. With respect to the question of the air cadet league, that is, of course, a civilian organization which has been of great assistance to the air force. It has looked after the training of air cadets. In the past the air force has endeavoured to keep very close connection with it and assist it in every way possible. I had the pleasure of attending a dinner of the air cadet league here about a week ago, and while I could not give them any definite assurance as to the extent of the support we would be able to give them after the war I did tell them that we wanted to retain our close contact with them; that we are going to assist the cadets as we had done in the past. Arrangements are being made again this year to take the cadets to camp and give them some flights. They do get some financial support from the government, although I do not know the amount.
At one time I understand they had some difficulty in regard to commissioned officers. It was felt at one time that perhaps there were more officers with commissions than could1 be justified. That has been straightened out now with the result that every cadet corps, if they have at least seventy-five cadets, are entitled to have commissioned officers in their organization.
With regard to the question of personnel counsellors, we have 256 fully trained personnel counsellors at the present time. They have been established in units all over Canada. In addition, there are some sixty-five positions that have been established overseas, including the United' Kingdom, Egypt, Italy and India. A number of positions are being established' at [DOT] release centres throughout Canada where their duties include the completion of forms as well as counselling the personnel who had not had an opportunity prior to their appearance at the release centres-


Harry Rutherford Jackman: Do these counsellors
have other duties in the air force, or are they solely devoted to that one?


Colin William George Gibson: I understand they are
solely devoted to that purpose.
With regard to the question of demobilization, it will largely be on the basis of first in, first out, although we cannot guarantee that it can be carried' out entirely in that way. If a unit is brought back and demobilized as a unit there might be some men who have had lesser service, who will be

demobilized', than others who. have been in longer with another unit perhaps still serving overseas. But in the air force we perhaps are not as badly off as in the other forces. Indeed we are bringing back men from overseas after they have had three years' service there, so that by degrees we have been getting men with the longer service reestablished in civil life as they have completed their long years of service in the force.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: There is no cut and
dried formula?	.


Colin William George Gibson: There is no cut and dried
formula that will guarantee that a man with a certain period of service will not be demobilized before somebody else who may have a longer period of service; but the endeavour throughout is that the first in, first out policy will be carried out.
The hon. member also asked a question as to what extent the R.C.A.F. will cooperate in the second phase in the war against Japan. We have had discussions on that. They have -been going on for some considerable time but the extent of the contributions has not yet been definitely determined. They depend1 to a considerable extent on the conditions that are existing at the time we complete the first phase; that is the end of the war with Germany. The air force will be acting in cooperation with the R.A.F., and' I had the pleasure of meeting the officer who is going to command the R.A.F. He was out here a few weeks ago. We had discussions at that time, but no final action can be taken until we know exactly where we are going and exactly the task that we shall be given and to what extent airfields will be available or whether we shall have first of all to construct airfields before our squadrons can actually go aver there and start operations. Those are matters which cannot be actually determined at the present time, although, as I have said, discussions are going on and every effort is being made to arrive at as definite an arrangement as we can reach so that plans may be made, for instance, to bring back to this country the squadrons that will be nominated for service in the east. They will be brought back first, given a period of leave and put through a period of remustering and training prior to their dispatch to the Pacific sphere.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: Will the personnel have to revolunteer for the Pacific war?


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replaced; and since we have a very large number who will be wanting to go, there will be no difficulty in filling those places.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: The other question I
wanted to ask was in regard to the commissioning of aircrew. Formerly we found that R.C.A.F. boys serving with R.A.F. squadrons did not receive the same recognition as far as commissioning was concerned as did the boys serving in our own units. Would the minister care to make some reference to that matter? I also asked for the figures, if the minister has them handy, in regard to the percentage of aircrew in the R.C.A.F. who are commissioned and the percentage non-commissioned, and the percentage of aircrew in the R.A.F. who are commissioned and non-commissioned.


Colin William George Gibson: I have not those figures as
to percentages, but I can say that my predecessor had very strong views on the question of commissioning, and I understand that the commissioning of members of the R.C.A.F. serving with the R.A.F. is entirely in the ' ands of the R.C.A.F. That plan has been in operation now for some considerable time. The Royal Canadian Air Force takes responsibility for giving commissions to its members, whether they are serving with' R.CA.F. or R.A.F. squadrons.


George Hugh Castleden: I believe the committee will generally approve the plans the minister has outlined, particularly in regard to the skeleton training force that is being set up across Canada. I should like to state that the Yorkton district is appreciative of the good judgment exercised by the officials in selecting Yorkton as one of the permanent bases for training. No. 23 flying training school has replaced No. 11 which had one of the finest records in Canada for efficiency, and Yorkton is on the direct air line between Winnipeg and Edmonton.
In regard to this training, I think the people of Canada are glad to see the lead that has been given by this department in regard to the personnel counsellor courses that have been given. I should like to ask the minister how many men and women will be requiring (a) university training and (b) technical training as a result of the work of these counsellors so far. Those who have made a survey of this situation are somewhat concerned about the facilities available in this country for university and technical training; and if the government is to continue with this plan I think it would be well advised to look into the possibility of using some of the schools which already have facilities for educational centres to accommodate these people. I am quite sure
that most of the provinces would welcome the cooperation of the dominion government in their rehabilitation plans, possibly leading to some joint scheme under which the provinces and the dominion could work together in this particular educational field. It would be just too bad if some of these schools should be turned over to War Assets Corporation, without consideration being given to the possibility of using them as training schools or educational centres.
Regarding rehabilitation, a good many of the men returning from overseas will not know for at least a few months what they would like to do. Possibly a year or even two years will be required by some of these people to settle down into the normal course of life. I think it might help a great deal if the government could give us some idea of the number of men they plan to retain in a sort of permanent force. Is it the intention of the government to have a more or less regular air force, or is it rather the idea that refresher courses will be given in these various schools to ex-members of the air force and others Who may want to take the training, so that we may have a fairly large number of private citizens who have taken training but are not necessarily attached to a regular force? I believe a good many men who have been in the air force would like to continue that life, to which they have found themselves well adapted. They will be asking whether or not there is a possibility of staying on in some sort of permanent force.
There is one thing I should like to tell the government, arising from my personal experience with boys who have taken part in the air cadet scheme. These lads in the high schools took a great interest in this work and became very much air-minded. I thought it was rather unfortunate that when it was decided to halt enlistments, these boys were not taken in and given every opportunity to join the air force. Their disappointment was very great after having trained with the cadets for a couple of years, after having obtained top marks, only to find when they came of age to enlist that there was no opportunity to go into the air force, and that they were left only the army in which to enlist. There is a sort of esprit de corps among men who have been in the air force and boys who have trained for it. When the minister stated that men who were surplus to requirements were being discharged1 from the air force and taken into the army it occurred to me that he might have done a great service to these men if he had made arrangements with the Department of National Defence to have them taken into the army as a sort of air force division, remustered as army. There may be military

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reasons why that could not have been done, but after talking to men who have had to go into the army I believe some such scheme would have worked advantageously to both services.


Colin William George Gibson: I must say to my hon. friend that I am very proud indeed1 of my connection with the air force, but when I think of my past connection with the army I d'o not like to hear him say they had "only the army to go into." I believe any man who has the honour of serving in the army should be proud of it, although I realize that there was a great deal of disappointment on the part of those who had served in the air cadets and who had looked forward to continuing into the air force. However, I do not think we would have been justified in continuing to take men into the air force after we had trained a sufficient number to meet all possible requirements.
I had the same idea as my hon. friend, that it would have been a good thing to form say air force battalions in the army, to allow those men who were released from the air force, or who had been air cadets, to continue to wear the uniform and to operate as air force units in the Canadian army. I took up that matter with the Minister of National Defence, and found that there were several fairly strong reasons against it. One was that they could not serve overseas as a unit in view of the fact that our army was right up to establishment, and to replace any one unit would have meant disbanding a unit already serving in one of the overseas divisions. It was not felt that any unit that was serving overseas, having won great distinction throughout the war, would appreciate being told1 that they would be disbanded to make way for a new air force battalion just formed. Consequently that idea was not proceeded with.
As to the question of university training, I should like to have the parliamentary assistant speak on that, since he has had a good deal of experience with the work the universities are doing to take care of service personnel.


Mr. MACMILLAN:: With reference to the remarks of the hon. member for Yorkton (Mr. Castleden), it will be interesting to the committee to know that the universities of Canada are making every possible provision for these men and women when they come back. We expect thousands of them to apply for university courses. Because of the nature of air force work, the educational standard is, in general, higher than in the other services. It is estimated that over sixty per cent of the men in the air force have had junior matriculation or, better, senior or two or three

years at college. There has been a break of from one to four years and these men and women will have to pick up their education where they left off. In my own university, for example, over 300 have come back this year; 220 came back in January. Instead of having one date for registration at the beginning of the college session, the universities have now changed that to three dates; in other words, if a man is mustered out in December he does not have to wait until next September to begin his college course. Provision is made to have him begin his course in January and again on the first of June. In two calendar years he covers three years of college work. His course is accelerated. I am sure the committee will be glad to know also that the impression these men have made on the university authorities throughout Canada has been excellent. During the war years, as we know, the number of women students has largely increased while the number of men students has decreased, and in the interests of the future of the country it is absolutely essential, as the hon. member has said, that provision be made for the continued education of these young men when they return. Some went overseas at the age of eighteen or nineteen, and they are coming back at the age of twenty-two or twenty-three to resume their interrupted studies. Our experience is that for the first few days they find life a bit strange; but, to use their own language, they get back on the beam quickly and they stay on the beam. It is my opinion, and the opinion also of others who have come in contact with them, that these young men will be the stabilizing force in this country. They must be cared for and1 guided1, and no expense should be spared to carry them forward to their objective; otherwise we are heading for disaster. These young men have given evidence of industry, diligence and seriousness and they are disciplined. They are the greatest asset that this country possesses at the present time.


George Hugh Castleden: I asked for some figures as to the approximate number of students who would require university training, whether or not the university facilities in Canada are sufficient and whether it would be possible to use some of the training school building equipment now there to meet the requirements. Or do the present facilities in Canada meet the requirements for university training? There will be many thousands coming from the army, as well, it must be remembered.


Cyrus Macmillan: It is difficult to predict the number who will apply for university training. The universities of Canada at present are not adequately equipped for in-

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creased numbers, but they are making provision for the necessary equipment, in; accordance with the demands that may be made, in extending buildings, laboratories and teaching personnel.


George Hugh Castleden: Does that apply to technical training across the country?


Cyrus Macmillan: I understand it does.


John George Diefenbaker: One matter on
which I should like to secure some enlightenment has to do with the discharge of men from the air force and the various regulations that have been passed since October last with regard to drafting these men into the army. To begin with, there was a rule, if I remember rightly, that any of these men who had been in the air force for two years or over would not be subject to call-up in the army. Then in October that order was changed and provision was made that men were not subject to call if they had been in the air force for three years and over. Another change was made on January 15, making these men liable regardless of the time they had served in the air force, provided, of course, they had not served beyond the confines of Canada or in coastal patrol. If there is one thing more than another wrhich we must endeavour to prevent it is the feeling of resentment and frustration in our armed forces. There were
4.200	discharged in the month of November and they went into civil life. Some of them accepted discharges and others in due course enlisted in the army. Upon their discharge from the air force they received the outfit allowance of $100. Then, later on, they joined, in many cases, voluntarily, the army believing that they would retain the outfit allowance which had been paid to them, and after they found their way into the army they were informed that monthly deductions would be made from their pay until the $100 had been repaid.


Mr. BLACKMORE:: Pretty cheap.
Mr. DIEFENBAKER; It is difficult for these young men to understand that. They entered the army after having received their discharges in the regular course of events, and it seems difficult to1 understand why such a picayune ruling should have been made. Particularly is that so when these same young men see discharged from the air force, because of oncoming age or the effluxion of time, senior rfficers receiving retirement allowances running into several thousands of dollars. I know of nothing-and this applies particularly to western Canada where quite a large number of the
4.200	come1 from-that has caused as much ill
feeling as this action. I would ask whether something could not be done toward restoring the situation that prevailed and removing this order that is now in effect.
I have certain other questions to ask, but I should like an answer to this one. It has caused resentment and it seems inexcusable for the small amount recovered. These men are almost being penalized for having joined one branch of the service, agreeing to serve in all parts of the world; and then by the exigencies of service they find themselves unable to serve in the branch they desired and having assumed service in another branch they are actually made to pay back the amount to which they were entitled under the law for clothing allowance on discharge.


Colin William George Gibson: That is a matter on which I am not really in a position to speak because it comes under the jurisdiction of the army. The air force discharged these men and carried out the normal discharge procedure. It gave them a clothing allowance and leave with pay. When the first lot were let out it was understood that they would not be called up by selective service if they had had two years' service. Later on, that was extended to three years' service. Following that again, it was announced that the individual who had not had overseas service was liable to call for the army.
I might say that it did cause some confusion in the air force because we had adopted the policy, when we had to reduce to requirements, of giving the men the option of retiring if they had had so many years of service. A man who had had two or three years of service understood that he would not be called into the army if he was discharged. But then a change was made in the national selective regulations and these men wanted to stay in the air force instead of having to go into the army. So that we did suffer to some extent in our own force by having men who were in the process of being demobilized wanting to stay. We were mot going to put them out against their will, so that our demobilization was really held up. We did keep in any who wanted to stay, and then in order to reduce to requirements we had to put out those who had the least service.
The refunding of the $100 clothing allowance is being done by the army, I understand, in order that a man will have $100 standing to his credit when he is eventually demobilized from the army. He has already drawn one clothing allowance, and it is not considered proper that when a man is serving through the war he should draw more than

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one clothing allowance. Therefore it is being built up by the army in that way. Whether any change has been made in the method is something that should be inquired into on the nexit estimates.


John George Diefenbaker: 
Ian Alistair Mackenzie: That is the case now in connection with vocational training. That discretion rests with the minister.


John George Diefenbaker: I realize that, but I would like the discretionary power to rest as well with the head of the educational institution in question.


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: You cannot have control in that way.


Ralph Maybank: Would the minister's
decision not depend to a considerable extent on the recommendation of the educational authorities?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: Undoubtedly yes.


Colin William George Gibson: The hon. member for Lake Centre made some reference; I think he used the word "resentment" concerning the retiring allowances received by some permanent force officers who have retired from service. I think it ought to be made clear that the permanent force officers, who retire and receive a pension, are in the same position as civil servants, in that they have been contributing toward their pension during their period1 of service in the permanent force, and consequently they are not just receiving a pension from the government but something toward which they have been contributing during their whole period of service.
The hon. member also said that those now serving in the far east will be uncertain whether they will be asked to volunteer out there for further service without having an opportunity of coming back to Canada. I can assure my hon. friend1 that before any units are detailed for service in the east they will be brought back to Canada for thirty days' leave at least before their service recommences.
The question of higher rates of pay for servicemen in the east has not been considered at all. As a matter of fact, I heard of it for the first time to-day. It may be that because the rates of pay in the British forces are lower than the Canadian rates it is necessary to give them some increased amount. I do not know whether that applies to service generally in the east or only in the tropical areas. But we will give consideration to that and find out just what is being done and see if there is any justification for doing it with our own forces.
The hon. member for Davenport, whom I see in the house now, asked me for a breakdown by provinces of the personnel of the R.C.A.F. I have the figures here and with the consent of the committee I will put them on Hansard.

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The ACTING CHAIRMAN (Mr. Golding):: Has the minister unanimous consent to place the figures on Hansardt I take it that that is agreed.


Colin William George Gibson: The figures are as follows:
Strength as at Area of permanent	Feb. 28,1945
residence	R.C.A.F.	W.D.Ontario 	71,008	3,678Quebec 	19.070	868Prince Edward Island..	1,210	84Nova Scotia	6.016	603New Brunswick	5.241	522Manitoba 	15,996	925Saskatchewan	17,302	1,779Alberta 	15,358	1,330B.C., N.W.T. and Yukon	16.107	1,649Other British empire...	796	532United States	1,887	67Other countries	90	4Total	170,081	12,041


Joseph Henry Harris: I should like to ask a few questions of the minister, but I preface them by expressing the common understanding that the minister is, of course, new to his department. Nevertheless some of the statements that he has made to-night will not upon a very close examination stand up against the actual facts.
The hon. minister says: First in, first out. The minister says that he has no cut and dried formula with regard to first in, first out. He knows, as his parliamentary assistant knows, and as we all know, that there is what might be termed a cut and dried formula with regard to first in, first out, and that the appeals which have been made to the hon. minister and the officers who ably surround him have fallen on deaf ears.
The hon. member for Yorkton said that some young men who had been living in the skies for the last three or four years wanted to stay in that service. The minister knows, as well as the rest of the members of the house, that they have been given no option in the matter but to be out, and that many of them were out on March 31, on Saturday last, without very much discretion or consideration being exercised by the minister and those charged with responsibility for that department.
I do not decry the idea of a cut and dried formula with regard to the conduct of war matters, nor do I decry it with regard to the conduct of this very important Department of National Defence for Air. But let us give some thought to these young men who during the last four or five years have known nothing but service in the R.C.A.F. and are suddenly out off and asked to get out of that service. Observing what has been going on, I for one cannot sit idly here and listen to the minister
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when he makes the statement that there is no cut and dried formula. There is a cut and dried formula in the broad sense of the term, a formula which to my mind is working a hardship on the finer sensibilities of these fine young men who have done so much for us and for civilization during the last four or five years. I ask the parliamentary assistant who knows whereof I speak, who knows of the case of a boy who has been in the air 1,600 hours by day and 500 hours by night, if he did not within the last ninety-six hours say to me in the corridor, "No, nothing can be done for him; he must be demobilized." Yet we sit in this house and listen to replies from a ministry that says to us, "We have no cut and dried formula." I admit that the matter was not of sufficient moment for us to bring it to the attention of the minister, who is a very busy man, but it went through all the stages of departmental consideration, right up to the parliamentary assistant, who was told that I would be forced to mention the matter on the flodr of the 'house. And we, members of the House of Commons, charged with the responsibility of getting consideration of those whom we represent, listen to these suave answers coming from the ministry, that "there is no cut and dried formula," and, I suppose, are expected to go home satisfied. I say that is not good enough. It matters not for us, but it matters for those young men between the ages of twenty-five and thirty who are the real citizens of Canada to-day, and who have had their finer sensibilities shocked by finding themselves discharged without consideration when, as the hon. member for Yorkton said, they want to stay in. Yet the minister rises in his place this evening and tells this honourable committee that those who want to stay in will be kept in, while within the last ninety-six hours we have evidence that those who want to stay in-and there are not many of them-find themselves summarily asked to get out, to put the thing in plain language. I hope that you, Mr. Chairman, and the minister will understand that I could not sit idly by and listen to that explanation when it is not borne out in fact. ,
May I close my remarks with the plea. Those who want to serve us-perhaps there are only one or two per cent>-those who have been in the service for years and have striven to be of real service to us, do not summarily dismiss them. Surely there is some groove, some niche into which they can be fitted to carry on in this service. Although we are demobilizing the ninety or p'erhaps ninety-five per cent who want to return to civilian life, others, who are a real asset to Canada, should not be discouraged, should not be summarily

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dismissed, because.this war is not over. It may be aver as far as Europe is concerned, but the struggle will not end there. It was my privilege after many miles of travel to meet the Canadian boys who are known as the "Lost Squadron" of the Royal Canadian Air Force. I saw them six or seven months ago in India. I met them and reviewed them and learned that they felt they were the lost squadron of the R.C.A.F. I also learn that they had rescued many hundreds of survivors of merchant ships which were sunk by Japanese submarines. Patrolling the Indian ocean, they effected these rescues, many thousands of miles from where we are sitting to-night, and glad they were to give that service. Many scores of those whom you are summarily dismissing- "first in and first out"-would like to continue and to bring honour to Canada by services of that kind. Why, then, sit calmly here and assent to the minister's declaration that "those who want to stay in may stay in", when, at least in my humble opinion, that is not a statement of fact. Let them continue to serve in Indian waters and in the Pacific. As one of them said to me within the last two or three days, "If Canada does not want me, after the ' service I have given to this country in the air force, I will join up with the forces in China, or anywhere. But I want to stay in the air." I do not myself just understand that complex; but these are of a younger generation; and if they want to stay, let them stay where they can bring honour and credit to Canada; do not discharge them from their chosen vocation and put them in employments in which they are not anxious to serve.


Colin William George Gibson: When I was speaking of the question of policy of "first in and first out", I was referring to the matter of demobilization after the war. My hon. friend has got that twisted with the reduction of requirements which the air force was forced to bring into effect with the closing of the British commonwealth air training plan. Where it became necessary, on account of that reduction, to release men from the air force who were no longer required, the opportunity was first given to those with the longest service, if they so desired, to retire.


Joseph Henry Harris: Whether they desired or not.


Colin William George Gibson: If a sufficient number did not wish to retire, those who had the least service, who had just come in and were eligible for call up in the army, were then released. That has been the policy which the air force adopted. It is not at all to be confused with the policy that is adopted in connection with demobilization after the war.
Progress reported.


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At eleven o'clock the house adjourned, without question put, pursuant to standing order.
Thursday, April 5, 1945
The .house met at three o'clock.


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Hon. IAN A. MACKENZIE (Minister of Veterans Affairs): I desire to table a regulation under the War Measures Act, made by order in council of April 4, 1945, P.C. 2239, amending the war service gratuity regulations.
Gordon Graydon: Since the minister has laid this order in council on the table may I ask him if the government has under consideration the questions raised by various speakers in the house during this and other debates, in regard to bettering the situation of the merchant seamen and the Canadian firefighters, with respect to the war service grants and other matters?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: I had no notice of this question but I can assure my hon. friend that from time to time all these matters are not only being considered by committees under the auspices of the general demobilization committee, but also discussed by the government. Every single matter mentioned in this debate has received consideration by the government.


Gordon Graydon: Does the minister think any further amendments are likely, by order in council or otherwise, during the sittings of this parliament?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: The action taken by the government from time to time will be declared with due expedition.



QUESTIONS

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(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk.)

Mr. BRUCE:: 1.	How many of the 16,000 draftees lately made available by order in council for overseas duty are now overseas?
2.	Have any of these men served in the 1st Canadian Army on the western front? If so, how many and in what units?
3.	How many of these 16,000 are absent without leave?
4.	How many of these A.W.O.L. are classed as deserters?
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5.	Have any of each class covered by questions 3 and 4 been apprehended? If so, how many?
6.	How many of these have been tried by a court-martial and what has been the punishment given in each case?
7.	Will all of these men be tried by court-martial?
8.	Did these A.W.O.L. draftees have their rifles and ammunition with them?
9.	If so, have such rifles and ammunition been recovered ?


Douglas Charles Abbott: Stand.


Herbert Alexander Bruce: When may I expect an answer to this question, which has been on the order paper since March 19?


Douglas Charles Abbott: I mentioned this matter the other afternoon. The answer will be given just as soon as we can get certain information from England, which we must have in order to answer the question. I think I may be able to give my hon. friend a good deal of the information in general fashion when I come to make my statement on the estimates, but some of the information for which he has - asked has to be obtained from England, and they have been fairly busy over there the last little while.


RADIO LICENCES-RENE VEZINA, MONTMORENCY VILLAGE
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Mr. LaCROIX:
1.	Was Mr. Rene Vdzina, of Montmorency village, appointed group leader to take charge of door-to-door canvassing for the sale of radio licences in Montmorency village and on the island of Orleans, in the federal electoral district of Quebec-Montmorency, Quebec?
2.	If so, on what date?
3.	Has he been dismissed since? If so, on what date and for what reason?
Mr. CHEVRIER:: 1.	Yes.
2.	March 6, 1945.
3.	(a) Yes, March 20, 1945; (b) it was considered that Mr. Vezina, a student, could not devote sufficient time to a door-to-door canvas.


WARTIME INFORMATION BOARD-SALARIES AND LIVING EXPENSES
Mr. POULIOT:: 1.	What (a) salary, and (b) living allowance was paid to: Miss Hamel (External branch); Miss M. Mascoe (news desk section); Miss
C.	N. Logan (Latin-American section), and Miss C. M. Kuhn (magazine section) of the wartime information board?
2.	What is, (a) their age; (b) their occupation, and (c) past experience?
3.	What (a) salary, and (b) living allowance was paid to: Mrs. M. Fielden (news desk section) : Mrs. B. Thompson (news desk section); Mrs. L. E. Bangs (air mail and cable section), and Mrs. E. Fulford (background information section) of the wartime information board?
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4.	What is, (a) their age; (b) their occupation; (c) past experience, and (d) the name and address of the husband of each one of them?.
5.	Who are the women, if any, who receive more than $3,000 per year in the wartime information board?
6.	What is the occupation and salary (including living allowance) of each one of them?


Mr. MACKENZIE KING:: 1.	(a) Annual salary: Miss J. Hamel, $1,620;
Miss M. Mascoe, $1,200; Miss C. N. Logan, $1,920; Miss C. N. Kuhn, $1,500.	(b) Living
allowance: Miss J. Hamel, none; Miss M. Mascoe, none; Miss C. N. Logan, none; Miss
C.	N. Kuhn, none.
2.	(a) Age: Miss J. Hamel, 30; Miss M.
Mascoe, 28; Miss C. N. Logan, 33; Miss C. N. Kuhn, 32.	(b) Occupation: Miss J. Hamel,
secretary; Miss M. Mascoe, stenographer; Miss C. N. Logan, editor (Spanish); Miss C. N. Kuhn, stenographer, (c) Past experience: Miss
J.	Hamel, secretary; Miss M. Mascoe, stenographer; Miss C. N. Logan, secretary (Spanish); Miss C. N. Kuhn, stenographer.
Remarks:	Miss C. N. Logan resigned
September, 1944; Miss C. N. Kuhn resigned February, 1945.
3.	(a) Annual salary:	Mrs. M. Fielden,
$2,520; Mrs. B. Thompson, $1,080; Mrs. L. E. Bangs, $1,140; Mrs. E. Pulford, $1,380. (b) Living allowance: Mrs. M. Fielden, none; Mrs. B. Thompson, none; Mrs. L. E. Bangs, none; Mrs. E. Pulford, none.
4.	(a) Age: Mrs. M. Fielden, 36; Mrs. B. Thompson, 49; Mrs. L. E. Bangs, 32; Mrs. E. Pulford, 39. (b) Occupation: Mrs. M. Fielden, editor; Mrs. B. Thompson, stenographer; Mrs. L. E. Bangs, stenographer; Mrs. E. Pulford, stenographer, (c) Past experience: Mrs. M. Fielden, newspaper reporting and free lance writing; Mrs. B. Thompson, stenographer; Mm. L. E. Bangs, stenographer; Mrs. E. Pulford, stenographer, (d) Husband: Mrs. M. Fielden (P/O R. Fielden, killed in action 1941); Mrs. B. Thompson (H. Thompson, Bank of Nova Scotia); Mrs. L. E. Bangs (W. S. Bangs, R.C.A.F.); Mrs. E. Pulford (H. L. Pulford, M. & S., Ottawa).
Remarks: Mrs. B. Thompson resigned February, 1944; Mrs. L. E. Bangs resigned January, 1945.
5	and 6. Miss B. Thomas, radio officer, New York, $3,900 per annum.


LABOUR CONDITIONS
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On the orders of the day:
Mr. S. H. .KNOWLES (Winnipeg North Centre): I should like to ask a question of the Minister of Munitions and Supply, notice

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of which I gave him earlier to-day. The minister will recall that on January 31 and February 1 he met a delegation of aircraft workers from Winnipeg, together with the hon. member for Selkirk (Mr. Bryce) and myself. A that time the minister indicated that additional contracts would be made available to MacDonald Brothers Aircraft, Limited, at Winnipeg, sufficient to prevent the lay-offs then pending. In view of the continuing lay-offs at this plant and the large numbers seeking work in Winnipeg, will the minister indicate whether the work which he promised for Winnipeg on February 1 has been made available, and if not will he make a statement respecting the situation?
Clarence Decatur Howe: I met a delegation of aircraft workers from Winnipeg, and told that delegation that while the contract for trainer planes was coming to an end another contract was being allocated to take its place. I pointed out that the new contract would not require the same concentration of workers as did the old one. That arrangement has been carried out. A very substantial new contract has been placed in the plant. I told the workers that a period for retooling would be required, and that the full effect of the new contract would not be felt until June. I believe that forecast is being carried out. I have no information as to how many men are employed now at MacDonald's, but I think the numbers are on the increase rather than on the decrease.


THE WAR
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On the orders of the day:
William Lyon Mackenzie King: Mr. Speaker, this morning
two separate but perhaps not unconnected events took place which are encouraging indications of growing Japanese difficulties.
First, we learned that the government of General Koiso had resigned. Before the Japanese leaders had had tinje to recover from their defeat at Iwo-Jima, they have received in the last few days an even more staggering blow, namely, the bombardment by the United States and British naval forces of the Ryukyu islands and successful landing by the United States forces on Okinawa, the largest island of this archipelago. Okinawa comprises a prefecture of Japan proper; hence this is the first invasion of the Japanese home land itself.
Secondly, we were informed by news broadcast originating from Moscow that the Soviet
government had denounced its neutrality pact with Japan. This pact, as hon. members will recall, was signed in Moscow on April 13, 1941, and ratified by both governments on April 25 of the same year. This pact was neither a nonaggression treaty nor a treaty of friendship; it was strictly a limited neutrality pact. Article 3 of this pact reads:
The present pact comes into force from the day of its ratification by both contracting parties and remains valid for five years. In case neither of the contracting parties denounces the pact one year before expiration of the term, it will be considered automatically prolonged for tbe next five years.
Although the denunciation of this pact by the Soviet government does not itself change the formal diplomatic relations between the two governments we can be sure that this move of the Soviet government has added appreciably to the anxiety and difficulties of the Japanese war lords.


INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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On the orders of the day:
William Lyon Mackenzie King: The Canadian government has received an invitation from the government of the United States, on behalf of itself and the governments of the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Republic of China, to send a representative to a meeting of the united nations committee of jurists, which will be convened at Washington on April 9, 1945, for tbe purpose of preparing a draft of the statute of the international court of justice.
In accepting, this invitation, the United States government is being informed that the Canadian representative on the committee will be Mr. John E. Read, K.C., legal adviser of the Department of External Affairs.
The questions relating to the preparation of a statute for the establishment of an international court of justice have been studied by the Canadian Bar Association. Regional groups were organized representing the bench and bar of the different provinces of Canada meeting at Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg; Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria. The studies made by the regional groups were examined by a general committee of the Canadian Bar Association, including the president and all past presidents, as well as representatives of the regional groups. The committee was under the chairmanship of Chief Justice Farris of British Columbia, and the studies, as a wrhole, were under the direction of the President of the Canadian Bar
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Association, Mr. F. Philippe Brais, K.C., of Montreal. Close contact has been maintained at all stages with the American Bar Association, which has been following similar lines.
In order to make the results of these studies available at the meetings in Washington, Mr. Philippe Brais and Chief Justice Farris have been asked to take part in the meeting of the committee of jurists, as advisers to the Canadian government.



PRIVILEGE


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On the orders of the day:
William Lyon Mackenzie King: Mr. Speaker, there is
one further matter to which I should like to refer, involving a question of privilege. I do not often rise to discuss articles appearing in the press, but this is one statement which I believe, in the form in which it appears, requires correction.
In an editorial entitled "The Unfairness Is To Be Maintained'', appearing in to-day's Montreal Gazette, there appears the following paragraph:
The Prime Minister declared that Canada's war against Japan would be modest and vastly smaller than the war it is now waging against Germany. For this drastically curtailed participation he offered several explanations. On the one hand, he referred to the great spaces in the Pacific theatre and the difficulty of concentrating large bodies of men. But this explanation was followed by another of quite a different kind.
And then these words are quoted:
"The quota which Canada has undertaken to maintain is modest, having regard to our resources and our direct interest in maintaining and safeguarding the peace of the world."
If hon. members will look at Hansard they will observe that the passage referred1 to is an explanation following something which was stated before. It did not follow at all. As this paragraph reads, one would gather that the quota being -referred to was the quota which Canada was sending to Japan. I was not speaking at that time about the quota which Canada was sending to Japan. I was speaking about the quota which would remain in occupied Germany for the purpose of controlling the situation there. The text is quite clear, as it appears at page 433 of Hansard:
In Europe it is necessary not only to secure complete victory, but that achievement must be confirmed, and the continued maintenance of peace assured. Where needed, after the cessation of military operations the inter-allied army will continue in occupation of Germany. The size of this force has been set to give continuing

assurance that Germany will not be able to resist or evade the settlement which will be imposed on her.
The burden of maintaining this force will be shared among the allies and all will be appropriately represented.
From time to time, as progress is made, and as considerations of safety and security permit, reductions will be made in the size in this army of occupation.
The quota which Canada has undertaken to maintain is modest having regard to our resources and to our direct interest in the maintaining and safeguarding of the peace of the world.
Up to that time I had not begun to discuss the war with Japan. Yet this editorial states that my explanation as to the factors of distance and difficulty of concentrating great masses of men was followed by another quite different explanation with regard to the force which would be sent by Canada against Japan. It really would be -most unfortunate if the country were to be misled by an editorial of the kind, and for that reason I draw attention to it.



VETERANS' LAND ACT


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On the orders of the day:
James Arthur Ross: I should like to
ask a question of the Minister of Veterans' Affairs based- on an- article appearing in the Windsor Daily Star of March 27, 1945, and the Globe and Mail of to-day referring to a letter addressed to Paul Martin, K.C., member for Essex East and parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Labour. This letter which is from
S.	C. Askin, president of the Canadian real estate board, protests the payment of $20,000 under the Veterans' Land Act to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Oliver of Sandwich AVest, for a farm of less than eighty acres. This is $250 an acre for land for which a farmer would not pay more than $75 an acre. This sale of the Oliver property to the, director under the Veterans' Land Act was recorded at the registry office in Windsor in January last. I believe the member for Essex East has brought the matter to the attention of the department. Will the minister say what investigation has been or is- being carried out with respect to this property.
Hon. IAN A. MACKENZIE (Minister of Veterans Affairs):	I have received- no notice
of my hon. friend asking these questions, but this matter was brought to my attention- for the first time, I think yesterday. I am informed by the director of veterans land settlement that a thorough investigation has already been made and that this purchase was recommended by an advisory committee made up of some of

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the most estimable citizens of Windsor. A further investigation is now being made and discussions are to be held with those representing the real estate board of Windsor in regard to the prices paid for the land in question.



WAR APPROPRIATION BILL


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The house resumed from Wednesday, April 4, consideration in committee of a resolution to grant to His Majesty certain sums of money for the carrying out of measures consequent upon the existence of a state of war-Mr. Ilsley-Mr. Bradette in the chair.

George Alexander Cruickshank: Mr. Chairman, I have one or two questions I should like to ask the Minister of National Defence for Air. Perhaps one reason for my speaking is that a certain group of men have gathered in Ottawa in convention. I understand that they held a meeting at a certain house downtown to which I was not invited. However, I am informed that they wondered why the voice of Fraser Valley had not been heard. It is going to be heard now. Yesterday I happened to be walking down the corrider behind1 some of these gentlemen and I heard one of them say, "I dlo not suppose we will ever get in there." Another one in the group replied, "Oh, yes, we will; the member for Peterborough West is in there."


Gordon Graydon: Of course they were really looking at the senate.


George Alexander Cruickshank: The hon. member for Peel and I are very good friends. When the hon. member wanted to get away from the cares and worries of leading the opposition he came to the Fraser valley. I want to pay a compliment to. the opposition. I was disappointed in the debate on the San Francisco conference, particularly the part taken by members from my own province. When the hon. member for Vancouver South (Mr. Green) spoke I think he was just talking nonsense. However, when he spoke on veterans' affairs I think his speech was worthy of commendation. He offered some constructive criticism, something that I hope to do before 1 am through.
This group of seventy-five men have been gathered together in the city of Ottawa at tremendous expense. Apparently they have been disappointed in what they have seen in Ottawa, and I cannot blame them. I think the opposition has been very fair in its criticism of matters concerning veterans' affairs. I can understand the hon. member for Souris (Mr. Ross) being a trifle disappointed' and possibly a little bitter once or twice.


James Arthur Ross: What about?


George Alexander Cruickshank: If I had offered to give up my seat and then had1 to wait two and a half years to have it taken up so that I could go to the other place, I should be disappointed. As I say, I think the opposition has been fair in this matter, with the possible exception of the small opposition in the far corner, which might be termed a carbuncle, though they do not bother us at all. This group of men have come here from all over Canada at tremendous expense to the big interests of Toronto. I read an interesting thing in the Ottawa Journal of Tuesday, April 3. I should like to table this in order to Dave it in Hansard, because I do not blame
his body for being disappointed. In a paid advertisement is listed the different amusements in the theatres and so on, and heading that list of amusements is the C.C.F. public meeting. It is stated1 that Mt. E. B. Jolliffe, the leader of the opposition in Toronto, is to speak.


George Hugh Castleden: Is Mitch Hepburn going to be there?


George Alexander Cruickshank: Mitch Hepburn will be the leader of the next government in Ontario.


An hon. MEMBER:: That would be an
amusement.


George Alexander Cruickshank: Toronto has gone to considerable expense to bring these members-no, not members-


An hon. MEMBER:: They will be.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: That is very well spoken.


George Alexander Cruickshank: That is all right; you can make your speech later on. You have not nerve enough to try to make one. As I say, these gentlemen are here from all across Canada. I think it is an admirable idea because this is the only time they will see Ottawa. They are seeing it at the expense of Toronto; I come here on a pass.
Mr. FRASER, (Peterborough West): Mr. Chairman-


George Alexander Cruickshank: I want to make a few suggestions. Every day the hon. member for Peterborough West gets up on the orders of the day and says, "I have something in my hand that I would like to ask about." I should like to ask the Minister of National Defence for Air a few questions.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: You listen to it.


George Alexander Cruickshank: When you have to fill in your time you have to listen to nonsense. I think the hon. member for Lake

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Centre (Mr. Diefenbaker) made a very good suggestion. There are members of the Liberal party who think that anything the Conservatives offer is wrong. There are also members sf the Conservative party who think that anything the Liberal members offer is wrong. I agree with what the hon. member for Lake Centre said last night about asking men who had been discharged from the air force to pay back their clothing allowance, I think at the rate of ten cents per day. The Prime Minister is in his seat and I want to say that Canada is too big; our war effort is too wonderful to do anything like that. I read in last night's paper of what some of our men who have been prisoners of war have had to go through. As I say, Canada is too big a country, Canada is too generous a country to ask any man to pay back his clothing allowance. These men were given their discharges in good faith by the Department of National Defence for Air. I am not a lawyer but I doubt if this action would stand up in court. These men were given honourable discharges but because of the exigencies of service they have been recalled. As I have said, Canada is too big a country, too generous a country; Canada is too proud of her war effort to ask that this clothing allowance be paid back. If we have made a mistake, let us admit it. The people of Canada will not blame this or any other government for making a mistake provided it is honest enough to admit it. I feel very keenly about this matter, as do the people of my riding.
There is another point I should like to direct to the attention of the Minister of National Defence for Air. I think too many airmen who have done their tour of duty overseas and have been sent home to Canada are now being asked to return overseas, especially when so many qualified and experienced airmen in Canada are aching for a chance to get over. We have spent a lot of money training these men, although money does not matter, and surely they should be given the privilege of going over, even though it means some additional training, so that we may keep at home those men who have done their tours of duty.
There is one other matter I should like to bring to the attention of the Minister of National Defence for Air, and I intend also to bring it to the attention of the acting Minister of National Defence. I am not attempting in any way shape or form to detract from the magnificent record of our air force. But who is winning the war to-day? It is your infantry and your army, make no mistake about that. In any war it is the same thing. I want to suggest to the Minister of National Defence for Air that

we in British Columbia, at least in my part of the province, and it is the finest part of the province, object strenuously to so many men in the air force-I do not want to let my eyes stray or my remarks might be misconstrued- fighting so gallant a battle in Canada throughout the duration. Speaking as an old soldier I cannot understand how a man can be discharged from the air force to play professional hockey when he cannot peel potatoes in the air force. It does not make sense to me. I do not play hockey myself, but I cannot understand how a man can play hockey for a team under the managership of a man from Toronto who says we have not enough trained troops when he cannot peel potatoes or do some other useful work in the air force, while at the same time farmers' sons are being called up every day in the western provinces. There is no question about that. These members of the air force are being discharged to play professional hockey while farmers' sons are being called up. If the R.G.M.P. want to find some deserters they should go around to the N.H.L. and Conny Smythe. I shall not take up any more time now but I shall have something to say when the army estimates are before the committee. It is the army that is winning the war, and they are entitled to consideration.
I will leave one word with the opposition,


An hon. MEMBER:: We can look after
ourselves.


George Alexander Cruickshank: A ship without a
rudder cannot go very far, or a party without a leader. The opposition have been clamouring all along for an opportunity for the people to decide who shall run this country for the next four years. All right; why not close this house to-night and let the people decide? An hon. member beside me says that you cannot do that. I say that every dollar of expenditure voted now has to be supervised by the new parliament, and so if the opposition have confidence that they are going to win, let them go to the country and let the people decide.


Mr. NOSEWORTHY:: I would ask the minister or the parliamentary assistant to give a little more information regarding the personnel of the counsellors to whom he referred yesterday. I would like information regarding the nature of the qualifications required of those who take that course, the number of counsellors who have already trained, the number of those trained who are actually now engaged in counselling, the number, if any, of those counsellors who have been discharged, and the number who are back in their units.
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is being done to provide accommodation, facilities and equipment across the country within our educational system for the vocational training of men discharged from the air force as well as from the other services? I have heard said that much of the vocational training is for trades which require very little training, similar to some of the training that was done at the end of the last war. I noticed that at the end of the last war a great many soldiers were trained for the barber trade, for instance, or for a great many other trades that required very little training and very little expenditure. Is provision being made to-day for anyone discharged to be trained say in toolmaking or other vocations which require lengthy training and involve the expenditure of a considerable amount of money?


Colin William George Gibson: The member for Fraser Valley raised the question of clothing allowance being recovered from members of the air force who have been discharged. As I stated last night, the clothing allowance is not being recovered by the air force from those discharged who are called up for the army. It is being recovered by the army and a fund is being built up for the men when again they are discharged from the army. That is a matter that should be taken up I think when the army estimates are under consideration.
As regards the returning of aircrew from overseas, when a man has completed an operational tour he is, where possible, retained in this country. But 'a certain number are required to do a second tour, as it i3 necessary to have squadron leaders with experience to lead groups of the new men when they go over, and so a certain number are required to take a second tour.
The hon. member for York South asked as to the personnel of counsellors. I have not the figures here, but I will have the information prepared that he asked for and Jet him have it.
He also asked what provision was being made for training men discharged from the air force and the other services in certain trades. That matter comes under the Department of Labour, and I will ask the Minister of Labour to answer that question.
I should like to answer a question asked last night by the hon. member for Rosedale. He asked for the percentage distribution of R.C.A.F. flying personnel by officers' and other ranks, and suggested that the Canadians serving with the R.A.F. did not have as high a percentage of officers as we have in our own Canadian squadrons. I am glad to say that this list which I will place on Hansard, shows that the percentage is very
much the same; that the R.C.A.F. attached to the R.A.F. overseas have sixty-two per cent of officers. With the permission of the committee 1 will now place the list on Hansard:
Percentage Distribution of R.C.A.F.
Flying Personnel By Officers and Other Ranks*
Per cent		Per cent
Group	Officers	N.C.O'sR.C.A.F. units overseas	63	37R.C.A.F. attached to R.A.F.	overseas 	62	38R.C.A.F. in Canada	66	33R.C.A.F. in Canada and	R.C.A.F. units overseas...	65-4	34-6Total trained R.C.A.F. flying	personnel 	64-8	35-2
'Excludes undergraduate aircrew trainees.


Humphrey Mitchell: My estimates are not before the committee, but the hon. member for York South asked about vocational training for those discharged from the armed forces. Since 1941, when France fell, we have trained upwards of 400,000 people under the Labour department in cooperation with the provincial governments, and from that my hon. friend will appreciate the fact that we have the mechanics and the machinery to carry the load of training those discharged from the armed forces. My hon. friend spoke of toolmaking. That is one of the highly specialized metal trades. If my hon. friend has had any experience of the metal trades he must know that you cannot train toolmakers in a school; you have to train them in industry itself. I admit you can give a man the basic principles of mechanics in a technical school, but his real education as a toolmaker must come by experience in the industry itself; it cannot be obtained out of a book.


Joseph William Noseworthy: I did not suggest that training could be given in schools, but what I wanted to know was whether the government is making provision by which men discharged from the forces can secure education and training in those more advanced vocations. I quoted toolmaking as being one of these.


Humphrey Mitchell: May I say that I was an electrician, at least I thought I was, and I served an apprenticeship of four years. I would say that a toolmaker's is a more highly skilled trade, because, as I sometimes say, you can often get lots of brigadiers but you cannot get many toolmakers. The only way I know in which a man can finish his training as a toolmaker is in the industry itself. My hon. friend, as a school teacher, knows that all you can give in a school is basic principles.

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I remember going to a technical school in order to increase my knowledge of the trade to which I was apprenticed as a boy; but I do not think it is practical or possible to learn such a business from a book or any school.


Thomas Reid: It just cannot be done.


Humphrey Mitchell: As the hon. member for New Westminster just said, it just cannot be done. If my hon. friend knows of any way in which the time it takes to make a toolmaker can be shortened, I should be very glad to learn of it.


Joseph William Noseworthy: The minister still has not answered my question. Is the department making any provision whereby the men who take such part of the course, let us say in toolmaking, as they can get in a school, can be assisted, after completing their technical training in the school, to become proficient in toolmaking or any of the other mechanical trades which require training additional to that which is received in the schools?


Humphrey Mitchell: I thought I had answered my hon. friend. I suppose he knows as much about these things as I do. I do not believe that any agency, government or other, can insist that an employer should employ any individual. The proof of the pudding is in the eating of it. Speaking of toolmaking, it was estimated at the outbreak of the wTar that there were in Canada 2,300 toolmakers. That is not very many. The situation was considered to constitute a bottleneck in the machine tool industry in 1941 and 1942. Notwithstanding that, we built up the largest industrial structure in the history of this country. My hon. friend can rest assured that machinery mechanics are there, and that training for those young men-I might say, in a general way-will be available to them should they desire it. As the Minister of Veterans' Affairs has already pointed out, although 200,000 have already been discharged from the armed services it has only been necessary for his department and mine to make provision for the training of 7,040 of those who have been discharged. I think the question put by my hon. friend is largely academic.


Mr. HAZEN:: Have any members of the
R.C.A.F. who were prisoners of war escaped or been released by reason of the advance of the Russian army into eastern- Germany? A number of German prisoner of war camps were in the eastern part of their country, and as the Russians advanced they were moved from time to time. Some of the wives and relatives of our prisoners of war are concerned as to their present whereabouts. Also, would the minister let us have the

number of casualties in the R.CA.F. since the outbreak of war, and the number of prisoners the Germans hav-e belonging to the air force? Would1 he also let us know the number of casualties, breaking down the figures to show the number in aircrew and the number in the ground force?


Colin William George Gibson: The figures for casualties,
accumulated from September 9, 1939 to February 28, 1945, give a grand total of 18,206 lost on service. Of theses 8,842 were officers and 9,364 other ranks. I have not yet any particulars as to whether members of the R.C.AE. have been released from- prison camps o,n- the Russian front, but as soon as any word is received of course their relatives will be notified.


Douglas King Hazen: The minister did not give
us any breakdown of casualties as between ground crew and the aircrew. Has he those figures?


Colin William George Gibson: I have not those broken
down as between, ground crew and aircrew, but I can g-et that information.


Douglas King Hazen: The minister did not mention, either, how many members of the R.C.A.F. were prisoners of war. Has he those figures?


Colin William George Gibson: No, I have not the number of prisoners of war, but I can get that for my hon. friend.


Douglas King Hazen: The other evening, when the Minister of National Defence for Naval Services presented his statement, he said that in 1941 the government took the view that the post-war navy should consist of, in round figures, 9,000 officers and men. Has any consideration been given by the government to the. strength of the R.C.AE. after the war?


Colin William George Gibson: The R.C.AE. staff have
been compiling, alternative plans for the posh war air force. No definite decision has been reached as to what the air force will consist of after the war. I think it depends to some extent on what international relations have been built up by the end of hostilities. We have not at the -present time any definite plan as to what it will consist of.


Douglas King Hazen: Is it the government's intention to keep open the air school at Pennfield Ridge and the ones in Charlottetown and Chatham, New Brunswick? What is the nature of the instruction being given there at the present time?


Colin William George Gibson: Pennfield is an operational training unit and it is being kept open for that purpose.
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Douglas King Hazen: Is it the intention to continue it?


Colin William George Gibson: While operational training continues it will be continued.


Douglas King Hazen: Is there any possibility of reopening the school at Chatham, New Brunswick, which has been closed?


Colin William George Gibson: I would not say there is no possibility, but there is little likelihood of it.


Mr. FAIR:: In the past provision has been made to train men on their discharge from the air force. Are any restrictions placed on the officers who arrange for that training? I have in mind men who left the teaching profession to join the air force and after discharge desired to take university training. I understand that several teachers have been refused such training. They have been told that they are now school teachers and can earn a living in that profession. I think we all realize, however, that many people who enter the teaching profession regard it as a stepping stone to something better in the future, and I am wondering whether teachers who have been discharged from the air force should not be encouraged and given university training.


Humphrey Mitchell: That comes under my department, and I might as well answer it now. There has been, particularly in my hon. friend's own province, a great shortage in the teaching profession. At one time in some provinces it was intimated to me that many schools would have to close down. That was so about a year ago, and that condition still exists. It is essential that we have some control over the teaching profession, just as we have over coal mining, base metals and so forth down through the line. No one appreciates more than I do what my hon. friend has said about school teaching being sometimes the basis of a career, but until labour conditions are stabilized in the country-and I am speaking in the broader sense-it is essential that we should have some control and should see that the younger people are given the necessary education in order that they may go on to university. I shall be just as happy as my hon. friend when we no longer have control over any civilian in the community, and that goes for school teachers and everyone else.


Robert Fair: I had no particular reference to Alberta. I was speaking of the teachers in Canada as a whole. In the press a couple of days ago I noticed something to the effect that there would be a "defreezing" of certain positions after September 1. If the reason
the minister has given explains the fact that teachers have not been allowed to go on to university, will that restriction be removed after September 1?


Humphrey Mitchell: I referred to Alberta only because my hon. friend happens to come from that province. I can assure him that my department cooperates with all the provincial governments, and we have had no better cooperation than we have had from Alberta. But while we are defreezing positions, to use my hon. friend's language, the teaching profession will be in A priority.


Robert Fair: That is not exactly what I wanted to find out. I want to know whether that restriction, if it has been due to a shortage of teachers, will be removed when the requirements have been fully met.


Colin William George Gibson: These matters should be left until the Department of Labour comes up. They have nothing to do with the air department.


Mr. CASE:: I want to make representations to the minister on behalf of the dependents of air force personnel. This really applies to all services, but since we are dealing with the air minister's department I would urge these representations upon him. I was pleased to note from the statement made by the Minister of Veterans' Affairs that the gratuity portion will go to the deceased veteran's estate. I would urge the government to consider paying the rehabilitation credit to the widow of the deceased soldier, airman or naval rating. I can understand the great necessity for this in view of their position, where they are left practically on their own. I would also recommend that the government give consideration to a policy which would make provision for small loans to small businesses. I understand that the provision at the present time is quite extensive and makes allowance for large sums of money, but at the moment there are in my own riding individuals who could use credit to good advantage and who would be worthy of it. I think that consideration should be given to the question of small loans for small businesses.


Colin William George Gibson: I will refer these matters to the Minister of Veterans' Affairs, seeing that they come under his department. In answer to the hon. member for St. John-Albert-(Mr. Hazen), who asked for the total number of prisoners of war in the air force, the number of prisoners of war and interned as at March 31 was 2,216.
Mr. MAYBANK. I desire to revert to the subject of men who have been discharged from the air force and called into the army being required to pay back the S100 clothing allowance. What is the situation with reference to men in the air force who
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have been placed on the reserve list? If they have been granted the $100 allowance and are called back into the air force, are they required to return that $100 as is now done when they are called up by the army? It is not so with reference to men off reserve.


Colin William George Gibson: Those who are transferred
to reserve get the clothing allowance. If they are called up it is proposed that it be not deducted.


John George Diefenbaker: There is a matter upon which I should like to secure some information. It has to do with the retirement of a number of senior officers in. the air force during the past year or so. Recently there was the retirement of Air Marshal Breadner, and not very long ago the retirement of another high officer. What is the basis upon which retirement allowances are made? These senior officers have given years of service-22, 23, 25 and 28 years-and are retired at the age of 49, 50 and 51 and in the main they receive allowances that are exceptionally large.
I am going to bring to the attention of the minister certain of these officers who have retired, to ascertain from him why their services should not have been utilized. I mention particularly at the moment Air Marshal Edwards, Air Vice Marshal Kenny, Air Vice Marshal Croil, Air Vice Marshal Godfrey, Air Vice Marshal Cuffe, and Air Vice Marshal Shearer. These men retired in 1943 or 1944, prior to March 17 of the latter year. The minister pointed out last evening that they retired under a system whereby they contributed five per cent of their annual salary to a fund from which the pension was payable; but the striking point in connection with these officers is the fact that if at the outbreak of war, in 1939, Air Marshal Edwards, for instance, had been retired at his then rank, the amount he would have received as pension would have been $2,484 a year. In a matter of less than four years, as a result of his service and the boosts in rank that took place during that period, his pension became $5,744.61 a year. In the case of Air Vice Marshal Kenny he would have received $2,464; when he retired his pension was $4,170.40. In the case of Air Vice Marshal Croil the amount would have been $3,450 at the beginning of the war; by the time he retired it was $5,600. Air Vice Marshal Godfrey would have received $3,024; at the time of his retirement he received $5,720.15. Air Vice Marshal Cuffe would1 have received $3,072, in 1939 and at retirement it had increased to $5,026.80, while Air Vice Marshal Shearer's pension increased from a possible $2,376 to $5,027 at time of retirement in 1939.

Could not some use have been made of the services of these men? It may be argued that when they were moved out of the way it created an opportunity for the advancement of others. But these are experienced men. When the minister replied to the leader of the' opposition in regard to the retirement of Air Marshal Breadner, on March 20, he mentioned rumours. Why would a man with the ability and training of Air Marshal Breadner be retired at a time when his services could not but be valuable to the country? The explanation given by the minister was not very reassuring. He was asked whether or not Air Marshal Breadner agreed with the decision that had been arrived at under which the unusual arrangement-to use the minister's words-that had previously existed for reporting was changed after the present minister took office.


Mr. SLAGHT:: Would1 the hon. member permit a question?	.


John George Diefenbaker: Oh, yes.


Arthur Graeme Slaght: Am I correct in my recollection that after the incident mentioned by my hon. friend Air Marshal Breadner declared publicly that he agreed with his retirement, as a proper step to have been taken?


John George Diefenbaker: Well, Mr. Chairman, now we have another under-secretary. I am directing my question to the minister, and I do not think he will need the assistance even of the hon. member for Parry Sound. The minister will be able to answer without that help.


Arthur Graeme Slaght: As I understood him, the hon. member said he would permit a question. Now he evades the answer. He can do that if he wishes.


John George Diefenbaker: I am not under cross-examination by my hon. friend.


Arthur Graeme Slaght: That is the usual alibi when a gentleman permits a question and then refuses to answer.


John George Diefenbaker: After all, Mr. Chairman, the hon. gentleman can make his speech, or even carry on some cross-examination. The fact remains that it is unusual to see him here, and I am glad he is in his seat today. I am directing my question to the minister and asking him whether there was any disagreement.


Arthur Graeme Slaght: In reply to that intended slur, let me tell my hon. friend that his eyesight is very bad because I am in my place as frequently as he is in his.

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John George Diefenbaker: The question asked by the hon. member for York-Sunbury, at page
16 of Hansard, was as follows:
Mr. Hanson (York-Sunbury):	But the fact
remains that he did not concur in the new arrangement.
Mr. Gibson: I did not say that.
Mr. Hanson (York-Sunbury): I am saying it.
Mr. Gibson: I would not say that.
Mr. Hanson (York-Sunbury): Did he agree or did he not agree?
After some further words by the hon. member for York-Sunbury the minister replied:
Mr. Gibson: I did not say he did not concur in the new arrangement. I said he did not wish to remain on under the new arrangement.
I think some clarification is due in this case. Air Marshal Breadner gave great service. It is true, as the hon. member for Parry Sound says, that after this discussion took place in the house Air Marshal Breadner did make the statement the hon. member mentioned. He did say that; but in the way he answered the question the minister left the impression that all was not well in this regard. I think the country has a right to know why the existing arrangement was changed. What \yas the reason for the change? What allowance will Air Marshal Breadner receive following his retirement from the force? I should like also to obtain from the minister a list of all officers of the rank of air vice marshal and senior thereto who have been retired from July 1, 1944, to date, and the amount each receives by way of pension.


Colin William George Gibson: Those who have been retired since July, 1944, were Air Vice Marshal Cowley, Air Vice Marshal Stephenson, Air Vice Marshal Ferrier, Air Vice Marshal Anderson, and Air Marshal Breadner. Air Vice Marshal Ferrier receives a pension of $5,027.65. Air Vice Marshal Cowley receives $4,730.93, and Air Vice Marshal Stephenson, $5,566.32. The pensions of Air Vice Marshal Anderson and Air Marshal Breadner have not yet been fixed. I understand an approximation is that Air Vice Marshal Anderson will receive in the neighbourhood of $5,148 and Air Marshal Breadner in the neighbourhood of $7,028.
I was asked on what basis these pensions are fixed. I would say they are set both in consideration of length of service and also the rank and appointment the man was holding at the time of his retirement. Those matters are all laid down in pension regulations, and I should say they are more or less automatic. It has been suggested that if these officers had retired prior to the war they would have received lower pensions. Of course that is quite true, and they would be retired with considerably lower rank. It must be remembered that the air force has expanded tremendously during the war. Those who had 32283-33
been in the permanent force before the war naturally received promotion in order to hold senior positions in the greatly expanding air force. And with those promotions and additional responsibilities they, of course, became entitled to higher pensions upon retirement.
It has been suggested that we should not retire senior officers. In a young force, such as the air force, in which the men comprising the force are youthful, it would be most discouraging if they felt that all the positions at the top were filled, and that when they reached an age when they would cease flying there would be no staff positions available for them. Consequently there has been a progression in the senior ranks, making way for those down below.
I am sorry indeed that any words of mine should have created an impression that there was any disagreement with Air Marshal Breadner upon his retirement, because there was certainly none at all. As I said before, when he went to England he went on a special arrangement whereby he reported directly to the minister. He had been chief of air staff in Ottawa, the highest position in the air force. When he went to England he was overseas chief of staff and reported direct to the minister. It was decided that the overseas representative should come under the chief of staff here. Air Marshal Breadner agreed with that, and also agreed that his retirement should be proceeded with, that he had reached the top, and that he should make way for others coming along. There was no disagreement whatsoever. I think the statement Air Marshal Breadner himself made in England cleared up that point very well indeed.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: I should like to revert to a question I asked the minister last night. I was not altogether satisfied that I understood his answer. My question had reference to the young men joining the army from the reserve air force. I know there are many officers and many non-commissioned officers involved. In his reply the minister stated:
If a man transfers to the army he would not be subject to recall to the air force. He would sever his connection entirely; because the army could not operate if we had strings on a large number of its officers.	.
That applies to officers. Does it apply to sergeants? My question is whether the same rule applies to sergeants as applies to officers who join the army from the air force. Could the non-commissioned officers return later to the air force if they received a call from that branch of the service?


Colin William George Gibson: It is rather indefinite, in this way: We have sergeants who are on aircrew. Those sergeants on aircrew are transferred to



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the R.C.A.F. reserve, and if they went into the army they would not normally be callable back to the air force. If an officer washed out for his commission he would be taken back to the aircrew reserve of the air force. Respecting non-commissioned officers who are ground crew, and who are being demobilized I would say that they are not put on air force reserve. They are given their discharge, and if they go into the army they are in the army and there is no return for them to the air force.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: I understand that. Is it the answer, then, that officers and non-commissioned officers from aircrew who go into the army are not subject to call again to the reserve, should their services be required?


Colin William George Gibson: They are not recallable to the air force.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: When I happened to have the privilege of being overseas not so long ago I had the honour of visiting some of the Canadian squadrons in Yorkshire, England. I was proud indeed of the work being done by those squadrons, and was thrilled to see them going out on their flights. It is my understanding that thirty-four flights is considered a tour of duty; is that correct?


Colin William George Gibson: I should not wish to be quoted in my statement as to a tour of duty, because a tour may vary, according to the type of aircraft flown. For instance, a bomber tour may be quite different from a fighter tour. Thirty-four flights might be proper for one group.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: That was the required number in the squadron I happened to visit, and it occurred to me that it was a large number. Has the department evef considered the possibility of lowering the number of flights in a tour so as to make it possible for some of those young men who have been trained and who are anxious to go overseas-and there are thousands of them-to take the place of other men who have had a number of tours? I saw a number of the men in our air force, and it seemed to me that many of them were tired and would welcome a lowering of the number of flights required in a tour. I mention thi^as a possible solution of the problem facing tne minister of arranging for the sending of these men overseas.


Colin William George Gibson: Tours to-day are much lighter than they wrere in the early part of last year, in that at that time an aircraft leaving England had to fly a considerable distance over enemy territory or enemy occupied territory before reaching its target. To-day many aircraft can fly over allied territory, and be over occupied territory for only

a very short time before returning to base. So that the risk involved in a tour is now considerably less than it was formerly. One other point comes up, and that is that pilots gain knowledge through experience. It is considered that as a man approaches the end of his operational tour he is more valuable to his squadron than a new man would be. The result is that we would not want to cut down tours to a point where our bombing squadrons would consist almost entirely of inexperienced men. Where a second tour is required it is always considerably shorter than the first one.


Alfred Johnson Brooks: But is it not a fact that when bomber crews are made up they are placed first on easy flights, that they gain experience in that way, and later are given the more difficult flights? It seems to me these young men could be given the easier flights at first, so that they could work their way up to the more difficult ones.


Colin William George Gibson: I understand that that is done.


Ernest Edward Perley: I should like to bring a special case to the attention of the minister. At the outset however may I express my appreciation of the treatment and courtesy I have received from the parliamentary assistant to the minister. On several occasions he has helped me iron out difficult problems, and I take this opportunity of thanking him.
As I believe the .parliamentary assistant will recall, this case concerns a prisoner of war who wanted to be transferred from t'he R.A.F. to the R.C.A.F. This case is special through this man .being the first Canadian to be taken prisoner overseas. He was flying before the war broke out and he went to England when the show started, to join the R.A.F. He was taken prisoner and has been a prisoner for more than five years. The last word his mother had from him was that he expected to be released. I do not know how it got through in a letter, but he said the Russians were very near to the camp. You will realize that if this boy had been able to get his transfer to the R.C.A.F. he would have been drawing a much higher rate of pay.
Then there is the question of gratuities when these prisoners are released and returned to Canada. Upon what basis will gratuities be paid? Will special consideration be given to a case such as the one I have mentioned? There was no possible way of this boy getting a commission or any decoration for valour. He has been a prisoner from the very start, but that fact should not be held against his getting some special consideration.

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This is an interesting case in another way. A boy with whom he went to school joined the RjC.A.F. and was also taken prisoner about four and a half years ago. He happened to land in the same camp and they have been together ever since. The boy who was in the R.C.A.F. receives higher pay than the boy who was in the R.A.F., yet they were raised together, went to school together and were taken prisoner within six months of each other. I hope I have made it clear that this is a special case through this man being the first Canadian to be taken prisoner of war.
I should like to say a word with respect to boys who have been discharged. Within t'he last two months five boys from my own town have been discharged, all of them having been overseas for four or more years. I took up their cases with the minister and I am glad to be able to say that three of them are now in the university while the other two are on the way to getting satisfactory employment. The matter of university training came up this afternoon, and I thought I should direct the attention of the committee to what has been done in these cases.


Colin William George Gibson: A large number of boys went
over to join the R.A.F. after the outbreak of war and many of them have been permitted to transfer to the R.CA.F. As to t'he particular case mentioned by my hon. friend, I do not know just when this young man joined the R.A.F., and whether he would be entitled to transfer. [DOT]


Ernest Edward Perley: He was flying in Canada
for a short while before war broke out. He was anxious to get into things and he went over right away because he thought that was the only way 'he could do it.


Colin William George Gibson: A commission cannot be put through until the prisoner of war is released, because it is necessary for him to have the usual medical examination. When this man is released and puts in an application for transfer it will certainly be considered.


William Chisholm Macdonald: There is
one matter I should like to bring to the attention of the minister, a matter which my colleague from Halifax and I have already brought to the attention of the former minister of national defence for air and the parliamentary assistant. I refer to the case of Harold M. Cassidy of Halifax. Mr. Cassidy is a veteran of the first great war. He enlisted for overseas and served with one of the infantry battalions from Nova Scotia. When the present war broke out he felt that he should play some part in. it; he offered his services and finally secured employment with the R.C.AJF. as a barracks officer. He 32283-334
was taken on the strength of the eastern air command1 in November, 1941. I am informed that he was assured 'by the officials of the eastern air command that he would be given free quarters and rations. I may say the salary of a barracks officer is a very modest one.
Mr. Cassidy was transferred to Gander airport in Newfoundland. Upon arrival there he found that the promises of accommodation were not going to be met. He protested, strongly, and finally authorization was obtained to have him paid an allowance of $1.70 per day effective from April 1, 1942, several months after his arrival in Newfounde land. He received that allowance up until the time he left Newfoundland, and no question arises as to that. However, he never did receive an allowance for the period of his stay in Newfoundland up to April 1, 1942. He continued to protest, but he did not get any satisfaction. Not only did he get no satisfaction but on the contrary one of his pay cheques was withheld and some deductions made to cover mess charges alleged to have been incurred by him at Gander. He claimed they had all been paid, and I must say that his position was supported by what were apparently clear receipts which he had obtained when he left Gander. It must be remembered that the justness of Mr. Cassidy's claim was recognized when authorization was given by the treasury board, or whatever authority it was, to pay him an allowance from April 1, 1942. It would seem to me that when that principle was recognized the authorities also recognized that there was some injustice being done him which demanded a remedy and that therefore payment of his allowance should be made effective as of November, 1941.
I would urge upon the minister that he constitute himself, or have his deputy constitute himself a jury of one to look into the facts of this case. I have a lengthy file on it, but the -material facts could be summed up and made available in a very few minutes. My colleague and myself have devoted1 a good deal of time to this case, and I am sure that if the minister or his deputy would deal with it as a jury would, there will be no hesitation in meeting, Mr. Cassidy's demands. I have mentioned the matter to the parliamentary assistant, and I have no doubt that he has looked into the file. I told him yesterday that I was going to mention it to-day.


Colin William George Gibson: I understand that this Cassidy case is rather complicated and has some unusual features. It has been under consideration in the department for some considerable time and I shall be glad to look into it.

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Mr. BENCE:: I am not entirely satisfied with the explanation that has been given in the ease of Air Marshal Breadner and the substantial pensions which are being paid to members of the air force who are now being retired. I must say that I agree personally with the stand which the minister took when he assumed this portfolio and decided that the situation should go back to what it was prior to Air Marshal Breadner's going overseas, when the officer who then held that position had to report through the chief of the air staff in this country. It is obvious, it seems obvious to the public, that Air Marshal Breadner was anxious to go overseas. I do not know him personally. I presume that he is an admirable officer and certainly he had a good war record. He wished to go overseas and to have while serving overseas the compensations he enjoyed in connection with income tax and all that kind of thing, but he refused to accept the discomforts of the situation of having to report to a new chief of air staff, having himself held that high position in Canada, and instead reported direct to the minister.


Mr. POWER:: Perhaps I can straighten my hon. friend on that point, because I had something to do with it. Air Marshal Breadner did not have anything to do with it. I ordered him to report direct to me. I take all the responsibility.


Alfred Henry Bence: Possibly now that the member for Quebec South is in the house he might explain after I am through why Air Marshal Breadner should not report to the chief of air staff in this country, and why a man who is as young as,Air Marshal Breadner should be allowed to retire at this time merely because of the fact that he does not wish to report to the chief of the air staff in this country. It seems to me that men in high positions in the forces, particularly in the permanent force, are allowed to do things which junior men of the forces are not allowed to do. Why should Air Marshal Breadner be given the opportunity of retiring when there is a war on? A man with his talents should be retained in the service of his country. I do not think that personal convenience should be taken into consideration in this matter at all. After all, the war is still on and we should take advantage of the services of these men.
Last year I took up the matter that has been referred to by the hon. member for Lake Centre, the substantial pensions now being paid to members of the permanent force owing to the fact that we have had a war. I know that the public do not understand why anybody or any particular branch of the service should be able-may I put it this way, and not unkindly?-to profit to the substantial

extent they can do because of the promotions in rank that they have had in the last four or five years. The public just do not understand why a man who, if he had retired five years ago, would have received a pension of $2,400 is now allowed to retire on a pension of over $5,000 when he is still around fifty. Most of us in this house who are fifty think we are still young and capable of performing useful service to our country. I think these men could have been retained in the service with profit to Canada. I would ask the minister to let us know the total amount being paid in pensions to permanent members of the air force who have retired.
The minister referred to war service gratuities coming under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Veterans' Affairs, which department has to look after the big problems that arise in connection with the veterans. I wish the minister would give some consideration, if he has not already done so, to the Canadians who joined the R.A.F. either before the war or after the beginning of the war and subsequently were attached to the R.C.A.F. I have a communication from the minister's department to the effect that these men, or their widows in case of their death, are not entitled to the war service gratuity that is being paid to members of the R.C.A.F., despite the fact that in some cases they have been attached for a number of years to the R.C.A.F. and have been performing duties with the R.C.A.F. The matter was particularly drawn to my attention by the case about two years ago of a man from my own city who had been attached to the R.C.A.F. for about two years, although he was a member of the R.A.F., having gone over to England either prior to the war or at the beginning of the war. As the minister knows, the difference between the pension that the British government pays to the widow and what the Canadian government normally pays in respect of a man killed in the service of his countiy is made up by the Canadian government. What happened in this case was that the British government paid a gratuity to the widow, and when the Canadian government started to pay the difference in the pension they deducted so much per month to take care of the gratuity that had been paid to the widow by the British government. The point I am trying to arrive at is this. In view of the fact that this government and other governments have taken the stand that the widow of a man killed in the service of his country is entitled to be pensioned at the rate this countiy pays, it seems to me that the same stand should be taken in connection with war service gratuities, and that this widow should be entitled to the war service gratuity she would have received if

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her husband had joined the R.C.A.F. instead of going over to England and joining the R.A.F. at the beginning of the war. I draw that to the minister's attention because it seems to come within the purview of his department, and I think should be drawn to the attention of the Minister of Veterans' Affairs.


Colin William George Gibson: It is true that the difference between the R.A.F. and the R.C.A.F. gratuity will be paid by Canada if the airman was domiciled in Caanda at the outbreak of the war and returns to Canada and makes a claim within one year of his discharge. That brings up the question of the man who prior to the war had gone overseas and joined the R.A.F. or the British army and had ceased to be a Canadian citizen and had become a British subject. They do not qualify. Otherwise the man who had served ten or fifteen years in the British army would be entitled to come to Canada and say: Pay me the difference between the gratuity paid by the British government and the gratuity paid by Canada as if I had remained in Canada all my life.


Alfred Henry Bence: I do not think the minister understood what I was getting at. The pension department claims that the gratuity is part of the pension, and in this particular case, when they came to pay the pension to the widow, they deducted the gratuity that had been paid. I wrote to the minister's department and asked if it was not only fair that the R.C.A.F. should pay the war service gratuity that would have been paid if the man had been serving as a Canadian with the R.C.A.F.


Colin William George Gibson: I quite agree with my hon. friend that the Canadian gratuity has nothing whatever to do with the pension, and that any such gratuity payment should not be deducted from the pension payable to the widow. If my hon. friend will let me have the particulars I shall be glad to look into the case.


Charles Gavan Power: Mr. Chairman. I do not need to take the part of the minister, because I realize he has made it perfectly clear, since the presentation of his estimates began, that he needs no assistance. But as certain policies have been called into question for which I feel that he should not have to bear the burden of the blame, if there is to be any blame, I should like to say a word, because those policies were entirely my own and developed by 'me in spite perhaps of some opposition on the part of a great many people.
With respect to the pensions mentioned by the hon. member for Lake Centre, I think the committee should know that they are a matter
of law. The Militia Pensions Act applies equally to the air force, the army and the navy. The rights which these men have in respect of retirement are fully laid down in the Militia Pensions Act. I cannot say from recollection when last it was amended, but the act itself has been in force and effect for at least thirty years. Whether the latest amendments provide greater advantages for those about to be retired I cannot say offhand; I would have to look up the act; but certainly no change was made in any militia pension legislation since the start of the war. Every one of these men has contributed to the fund: this is a contributory pension in the same way as superannuation and pension under the civil service. If there is anything wrong with the act it is the duty of parliament to amend it.
As to the pensions being considered overgenerous, perhaps they are, but these men are only taking advantage of what the parliament of Canada in its wisdom decided to allow them.
'Comparisons have been made as to the pensions which they would have received had they retired prior to the war and the pensions which they will actually receive at the present time. Perhaps that is a fair comparison. On the other hand it must be recognized, I think, that owing to the very great and rapid expansion of the air force, from something around
4.000	men to over 200,000 men, it stood to reason that the leaders of it, the men who were doing the good work in it, should at least get rank comparable with that held by people in other forces. Would you have the chief of air staff of Canada, who has the full control of
200.000	men, only a wing commander, or even a group captain? Men who have control of far fewer people and have far less important jobs to deal with day by day in the Royal Air Force or in the United States air force, or any of the other forces, hold titles equivalent of air marshal and so forth. I for one did not want to put the Canadian air force in an inferior position.
Then with regard to the policy of retirement, for that I take the full blame if there is to be any blame. Having returned here after the last war and become a member of parliament, day after day one heard complaints in parliament and through association with troops who served in the last waT, about the number of "brass hats" that were still at the militia office down here in the Canadian building. The general complaint of returned soldiers after the last war was that there were too many generals, that there were too many people who had served as high-ranking officers who were still at the head of affairs, and it * was time to give a chance to the lads who had actually seen service. Knowing that feeling, and in order to help the morale of the boys who were working overseas, I developed-not

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without opposition-a policy of my own on which I stand or fall, that, every man who served overseas was to be given to understand that he would have the right to promotion to the highest grade in the air force. I may have been wrong; if I was wrong I am willing to take the blame, but I do not think that the blame should be placed on the minister who is actually directing the administrative affairs of this department. I wanted to impress on every single member of aircrew and of the air force that nothing was going to stand in the way of his promotion during the war or after the war, and that when he returned here, if he remained in the force or had to deal with the force in any way at all, he would not be faced by a solid wall of stagnant brass hats bringing about stagnation in every rank of the service. That may have been wrong. If it is wrong I am in the judgment of the house.


Alfred Henry Bence: You are talking about the
permanent air force, are you?


Charles Gavan Power: This is the permanent force.
With regard to Air Marshal Breadner, here was the situation towards the middle and end of 1943. The air training plan was about to reach its peak. The job had been organized and was about to reach complete fruition. The schools were pretty well established. In any case we knew where they were going and just how to establish schools at that time. Organizing ability was no longer as necessary as it had been. On the other hand, we were sending thousands of men overseas; we were organizing our overseas squadrons. Some we had organized, and we proposed to organize more. With the increased number of people overseas we had more responsibility and additional duties. Our responsibilities were not only to our men but to their parents and to the people of Canada. The chief of the air staff had been Breadner. He and I met every day of our lives. We were in constant consultation with respect to matters at home and matters abroad. I say without the slightest hesitation, and I think everybody knows it, that things did not always go too smoothly with air ministry and other people overseas. Times there were when I had to go over myself to straighten out matters; at other times people from air ministry had to come here. Things had to be settled by personal contact and personal arrangement. There were such things as leave, the length of tours of duty, the command of Canadian squadrons-innumerable things. Breadner was fully in my confidence. He knew everything that had gone on. The cables from his predecessor came through Breadner and were discussed by me with him.

We had on the other hand here in this country Air Vice Marshal Robert Leckie, who had been lent to us by the Royal Air Force at the beginning of the war, who had been air member in charge of training, who had done a wonderful job in the training, but who of necessity knew nothing of our relations with regard to our operational squadrons overseas. Breadner did, Leckie did not.
Breadner, I think, was entitled to go overseas. It was well understood through the senior ranks of the air force that sooner or later the higher ranks would have to retire to make room for the men who had been doing the fighting overseas. I thought Breadner was entitled to the opportunity of going overseas. I believed he was the best man, on account of his tact, his knowledge of the situation, and because he was well known to everyone in the Royal Air Force, was on good terms with them, and was fully acceptable to the air ministry. So I said to him at that time, "In order that there shall be not too much red tape and too much trouble, I want you to send your cables direct 'Breadner to Power' and I wall answer you 'Power to Breadner' ". That was the situation then, and Air Marshal Leckie became chief of staff here. When the new minister came in, for reasons of his own, he took a certain course of action. I think perhaps he was right. He did not know Breadner as I knew him; he had not been so fully in the picture of our negotiations and discussions with the British air ministry, and it is entirely likely that he wanted to have here at his side somebody who would be able to advise him as to what was going on overseas. It then became a question for him to decide whether he should retain Leckie or bring Breadner back over here. I have no blame to attach and no criticism to make of the minister for the action which he took. I think that in his place he did the only thing he could do. I was in a position where, so to speak, I could drive a tandem; he was not. because, through no fault of his own, he had neither the knowledge nor the contact with the people with whom he had to deal. That would probably explain the change of policy.
One more word. From the very tone of my voice people will know that Breadner was a friend of mine. I am proud to say that he was; and so was Leckie. Both of them have done magnificent work for the country, and to insinuate that Breadner had any unworthy motive at all, either in going overseas or in returning, is something I resent very much, as I would resent it if it concerned my dearest friend. Breadner deserves well of the people of this country. He has lost his only boy in

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the same service to which he devoted his own life, and it ill becomes any of us to attack him or to impute motives to him.


Alfred Henry Bence: Can the minister reply as to the total amount paid out in pensions to members of the permanent air force?


Colin William George Gibson: Does the hon. member mean pensions payable to members of the air force?


Alfred Henry Bence: Retirement allowances.


Colin William George Gibson: Going back how far? The air force is twenty-one years old now and we are paying pensions to permanent force men who have retired at various times during that period. I can get the complete amount.


Charles Gavan Power: Get the army and the navy at the same time.


Joseph William Noseworthy: I should like some more information on the subject we have been pursuing. Will the minister put on Hansard, if he cannot give it to the house now: (1) a list of those of the air force with rank of air vice marshal or higher who have been retired since January 1, 1943;	(2) the years of service
which had accrued to the credit of each of the men retired; (3) a list of those promoted to the rank of air vice marshal or higher since January 1, 1943, together with the length of service which had accrued to each of these; (4) the number of officers with the rank of air vice marshal or higher now on the force in the R.C.A.F. and the number of officers of that rank who were on the force on January 1, 1943.
I have another question with regard to pensions. Are all those men who were retired to be in receipt of the pensions named from the date of retirement, or were those pensions to be the ones which they would receive possibly some years from now? Are any of those men who were retired required to continue payment into the pension fund for any period of years?


Colin William George Gibson: Pensions are payable from the date of retirement, and of course they are based on age and the number of years that the officer has served when the pension is determined. Pensions are paid only to officers who retire from the regular forces. They are not paid to men who may have achieved high rank during the war on ai temporary commission basis.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: Are those pensions
taxable?


Colin William George Gibson: They are taxable as income, yes.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: Was not a change made some time ago whereby a pension given for war disability was not taxable?


Colin William George Gibson: That is correct.


Harry Rutherford Jackman: But if it is given for service, for having put in time, it is taxable.


Colin William George Gibson: That is taxable as income, yes.


Alfred Henry Bence: Would the minister let us know first of all whether there have been any recruitments to the permanent force since the beginning of the war?


Colin William George Gibson: No, there have not.


Alfred Henry Bence: At the present strength of the R.C.A.F., how many are permanent force and how many non-permanent?


Colin William George Gibson: I have not got that broken down. I could get the figures. We have not taken on any permanent air force since the outbreak of war.


Alfred Henry Bence: I was interested in the remarks made by the member for Quebec South (Mr. Power) who indicated that it was his policy to retire high ranking officers so that members of the permanent force could be raised to those positions. I should like to find out what the position is with respect to raising members of the non-permanent air force, who have given wonderful service and who when the war is over will receive only the war service gratuity paid to every other service. I am particularly interested in those men who have given four or five years to the air force, having left civilian jobs without having an opportunity of securing substantial pension on retirement allowance at the end of that time. I think the ministry should pay more attenion to that 'aspect of the matter.


John Ritchie MacNicol: At the time of crisis last fall in connection with the infantry and lack of reinforcements in France it came out during the debate that .many young men were being induced, or persuaded, or were volunteering to join, the air force and also the navy, though we are now speaking specifically of the air force. It has come out to-day that there are at present 200,000 in the R.C.A.F. That is a very large number. I have not yet heard anything said about the, to me, most unfair treatment given to large numbers of young men, well educated men, graduates of universities or of the higher schools, who joined the air force and after serving one, two and often three years, were summarily dismissed, or discharged, or released-whatever is the right word to use -and within a short time, their names having been sent to infantry headquarters, were called

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into the army. I have in mind one young man -he was one of hundreds-who had been in the air force three years. He was a bright young man, having been associated in some way with the ground crew. He was a fairly well qualified mechanic. I believe his duties pertained to that part of the R.C.A.F. After being discharged from the air force he was called into the army, much to his dismay because he loved the air force work. I presume he must have had some training in the air force in marching and military exercises, because after he was sent to England he remained there for only three .months before being sent to France and eventually, I suppose, to fill the depleted ranks in Holland. His wife received a letter from him telling her that he had been in England for three months and at the time of writing the letter had been in France for three days, and that he was being sent right up to the front. Almost at the same time as she received the letter, or at any rate very shortly afterward, she received word that he had been killed. To me that did not seem the proper training to give a young -man who had spent three years in the air force, and I have been wondering just why so many young men, who had been thoroughly trained in. their work with the R.C.A.F., should be summarily dismissed, much .to their chagrin, and then sent to another branch of the service. It was unfair. Why did it occur? Why were they permitted to join the air force, only to be treated in this way?


Colin William George Gibson: The reason is not hard to give. We built up in this country a tremendous air training organization. That organization completed its job; it turned out t'he number of aircrew required, and then it became necessary to close down many of the schools that had been established from one end of the country to the other. The closing of those schools released a large number of men who had served only in Canada. No men who had served overseas were transferred from the air force to the army. Any man released from t'he air force who had served, only in Canada was available for call to the army under national selective service regulations.


John Ritchie MacNicol: When I was home last
Saturday I met a young man, no doubt only one of many-later on I am going to ask how many there are-who also will suffer a great deal of disappointment. He has been in the air force for three years training as a pilot. He must have spent some of his time in taking other training as well, because during those three years he trained at Lachine; he attended some sort of school in Montreal; he was sent to Calgary; he was in either Manitoba or Sasi Mr. MacNicol.]
katchewan as well, and finally he trained here at Uplands. Why should this young man have been sent back and forth across the country, first to one school and then to another, instead of being put through for his chosen calling so that he could get into the service and commence operations? Why was it necessary to send him up and down the country, back and forth, at great expense?


Colin William George Gibson: I cannot give the details of that particular case.	.


John Ritchie MacNicol: It is only one of many.


Colin William George Gibson: I do not know whether the boy passed in the courses he was taking, or what- courses he was taking; whether he was proceeding from an elementary flying training school to a service flying training school and then perhaps to an operational training unit. In the meantime he may have been taking courses of one kind or another as a specialist in certain branches. Unless I had the man's name and number I could not give any information. If I had that, of course I could trace his record and find out just what he had been doing.


John Ritchie MacNicol: I said he was just one of many. He has now graduated as a pilot, I suppose one of the last to come through. I said to him, "What are you going to do now? Are you going overseas?" He replied, "No, I don't know what I am going to do. I am put on some kind of reserve, but apparently I am not in active service." Then I asked, "Are you going to be paid?" I presume he will still be on call, if necessary; I believe he told me he was subject to call if and when required. I have forgotten what he told me about being paid during this interim period, but I should like to ask the minister if t'hat young man, who is only one of hundreds or perhaps thousands for all I know, who has been thoroughly trained and is now a pilot, wearing his wings, is to be paid during this interim period. He cannot take a position, because he may be called at any time.


Colin William George Gibson: No; the men transferred to the reserve are not on pay. They are eligible to take civilian employment or to go to universities and take whatever courses they desire, but they are not on pay while transferred to the reserve.


John Ritchie MacNicol: That university course will be at the expense of the department?


Colin William George Gibson: Oh, yes.


John Ritchie MacNicol: Well, that is something; but on the other hand I really think it is most unfair to turn these young men out like

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that with nothing on which to live. In that connection I should like to ask how many young men there are in Canada who recently graduated and are on call.


Colin William George Gibson: I do not think I should1 give that information. There are a good many thousands but I do not want to give the actual figure.
Mr. MaeNICOL: A good many thousands?


Colin William George Gibson: Yes, but I do not want to give the exact figure.
Mr. MacNI'COL: Perhaps I should not have asked for it, but what the minister has said seems to me to indicate something very radically wrong. I am not blaming the minister or his predecessor, who was very highly qualified by his personality and his aggressiveness to build up a real air force, and who deserves unstinted praise for what he did1. He is not in the chamber at the moment, so that I can say this. I am sorry to see him out of the department; I think he deserved better than he got, but he has left behind him a real record of aggressiveness and success. On the other hand it does not seem to me to be fair to all the services that such a large number as many thousands of these young men should be left running loose, subject to call, with no pay or allowances and nothing to do.


Colin William George Gibson: I am sorry my predecessor was not able to gauge exactly when this war would end, but two years ago he had the terrible responsibility of having to lay the foundation for classes that would not be graduating for eighteen months or two years. If D-day had not been successful; if we had not pushed the Germans back into Germany, as we are doing now, we would not have had these reserves to our credit but would have been sending these men overseas to replace the heavy casualties we would have suffered. At the present time we have driven the huns from the skies; we are not having those heavy casualties, thank God, and consequently we have a reserve. That is due to the foresight of my predecessor, not to any mistake he made or to any wrong calculations, because he could do nothing other than take every precaution to see that there was no shortage.
Mr. MacN'ICOL: I am not criticizing what the minister's predecessor did, but I am thinking of these thousands of young men who now have nowhere to go. In that regard I have another question. Is the minister able to give the probable or approximate cost to the country of training one of these thousands of young men who now are not to render any service to the country?


Colin William George Gibson: It has been estimated roughly at about $30,000.
Mr. MaeNICOL: Each?


Colin William George Gibson: Yes.
Mr.'MaeNICOL: Something has been said about the airfields. I have been on a number of them, and as far as I could see they certainly have been well constructed. I should like some information as to what is to happen to them. They cannot just be left untended; if they are they will become grown up with weeds or shrubbery or something like that. Are any of these fields to be allowed to return to their original condition?


Colin William George Gibson: If the air force has no further use for them, it turns them over to the war assets allocation committee, and then they are sent to the War Assets Corporation for disposal. I do not know what uses will be made of them. Some will be used1 by civil flying clubs, I should think; but I do know that the air force retains only the number it requires, and' turns over the remainder for disposal.
Mr. MaeNICOL:	Something was said
yesterday about the rehabilitation of these fine, well-trained, capable, mostly well-educated young men who joined the air force and who, through the use of their own native ability and the application of their educational qualifications, have rendered such fine service over Europe. What is to happen, to them when they return to Canada? I have heard nothing from any department setting out a concrete and reasonable plan whereby they may be given an opportunity in civil life to obtain the living which they so richly deserve.
I had in mind one special use which could be made of a few of them, and which might result to their benefit. Before the war there was at least one first-class school in Canada which made an honest effort to educate young men in aeronautics. I refer to the Toronto Central Technical school on Harbord street. I recall on one occasion coming to Ottawa, when the Bennett government was in office. I attended with a committee from the Toronto board of education and from the technical school, to request a loan of aircraft engines which were considered' obsolete, so that the school might prepare young men for the work which so many of them have had to do during this war.
With that comparatively poor equipment, lent generously iby the government, good work was done. My suggestion is that after the war the government should give whatever is required, of the different types of aircraft



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to the technical schools across Canada, to be used in their classes for the instruction and training of young men in the next few years. That type of service will be required after the war, and those young men could learn about aeronautics through the classes in technical schools, and the use of aircraft made available to, those schools.
I would! suggest further that, working through the technical schools, the department might offer a few score or a few hundred- whatever might be available-of those fine young heroes, to act as instructors in those schools. I can picture one of those boys returning, with half a dozen decorations on his breast, decorations well earned for heroism. I can see him standing in a class or in front of an aircraft in a Toronto school- perhaps the great Central Technical school on Harbord street. Those men would be well qualified to instruct in aeronautics and aeroengines. I can picture, too, the favourable impression they would make upon any class of boys within the next three or four years.
I would suggest that the department get in contact with technical schools across the country, perhaps beginning with the large Central1 Technical School in Toronto, with a view to obtaining the services of those returned men to act as instructors. Those heroes could be sent to the schools, and in that way would be given an opportunity to render a service. Perhaps in the beginning the government could assist by paying the salaries of those instructors for two or three years, instead of turning them out on the streets to look for jobs.


Colin William George Gibson: I believe the ho.n. member
asked about what is being done to assist in the employment of personnel after discharge from the forces. I understand there is a voluntary citizens' committee in almost every city and town to assist in this work. In the Toronto area Mr. J. G. Clark of the Robert Simpson company is chairman, and an arrangement is being made to have a retired or discharged air force officer to act as liaison between the committee and the air force, so that there will be the closest possible contact between the local committee and the men being demobilized.


John Ritchie MacNicol: Would the minister
answer my last thought, namely as to the use of returning aviators in the technical schools across Canada?


Colin William George Gibson: That is a matter which really does not come under my department. It would be within the control of the Department of Labour.


John Ritchie MacNicol: The department might very well interest itself in its own personnel. Those boys have done a wonderful work in the skies of Europe, and they might very well be lent to those technical schools for two or three years.


William Scottie Bryce: I should like to ask about farmers' sons who were in the air force and have been discharged, but who upon returning to the farms have been called up immediately. Has any arrangement been made whereby these boys may have postponement? Postponements at the present time are for only a matter of two months. Has the government considered1 the advisability of giving them a discharge for a couple of years, or something of that kind? They have served their time in the air force. It does not need them, but they are badly needed in western Canada to-day.


Colin William George Gibson: They are not called up for the air force; service is entirely voluntary in that branch. However, instructions are going out to the various commands that, wherever possible, anyone applying for farm leave, who can be released, should be released for such farm leave for the spring and fall.
Then a question was asked respecting the number of casualties as between aircrew and ground crew. I have before me the following table:
As at February 28, 1945: Air crew	Ground crew	TotalKilled or died	12,004	902	12.906Currently missing	
Currently prisoners of	3,045	45	3,090war	
Serious or dangerously wounded or injured	2,172	38	2,210(not fatal) 	879 18,100	357 1,342	1,236 19.442
Ground crew include 17 airwomen killed or died and 21 airwomen wounded or injured.


Mr. TUSTIN:: In what position is the young man who, after receiving his wings and being placed in reserve, attends university? Would he be allowed to finish out his year, if he were called, or would he be taken out of the university immediately?


Colin William George Gibson: We have many cases of young men who have been transferred to the reserve. In practically all cases where men are attending university, or in some special employment, an extension of time and permission to continue the studies are given.


Mr. JOHNSTON (Bow River):: Are all
the air force reserve now called up again? Just before I left Calgary to come to Ottawa several men on the reserve were discharged

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from the air force, and therefore were not receiving any pay. They are having a great deal of difficulty in getting employment. Some of them have been faced with the handicap of being unemployed while still on the air force reserve. They went to selective service but selective service had nothing suitable for them. In. one instance a position was opened by the dominion government in the post office at Calgary and this one man who had been a pilot officer tried to get the position. They said to him, "You are on the reserve" and when he replied that he was they said, "We could not give you this job because you may be called up again." When he asked what he was to do in the meantime he was told that while they were sorry for him, if he could not eat that was his responsibility. Many of these have not been recalled and they are in a similar position.


Colin William George Gibson: The reserve have not all been called up, and I quite agree with what the hon. member has said. I have heard of similar cases where men on the reserve have applied to selective service for positions and have been told that, being on the reserve, they could not be taken on. I took the matter up with the Minister of Labour and I understand that it has now been rectified, that there will be no discrimination because they are on the reserve.


Charles Edward Johnston: Have
instructions been sent to the selective service offices that these men are to be placed? Unless that is done I can visualize a situation where they will go to selective service and find that there is nothing there for them. Provision must be made so that these boys can be placed in positions where they can earn a livelihood. They should receive their pay up to the time jobs are provided. The government has a definite responsibility there.


Colin William George Gibson: They get a month's pay on retirement.


Charles Edward Johnston: Some of
them have been off for three months so that the month's pay would not meet their requirements. They still have to eat. Perhaps the minister could see if an extension could be made to cover the period until positions are obtained. That is the only solution.


Norman James Macdonald Lockhart: I concur fully in what
the previous speaker has said. There are many cases where men have been off for three months or more. I know the minister has an intense interest in this matter and I suggest that he follow it through with selective service. May I refer also to the clothing allowance. It is all right for the minister to say that this matter has passed out of his hands, but I should like to present to him the situation facing these men who have received the 32283-341
S100 clothing allowance and now when they are in the army find that deductions are being made to recover it. In many cases the money has been spent. The allowance would not buy much more than a suit of clothes and an overcoat. These men should not be asked to pay it back, even though they are not given a clothing allowance when they get out of the army. Many of these men have asked me to present their views whenever I have an opportunity. It wmuld be merely a bookkeeping entry not to deduct for this allowance and; then not pay the allowance when the men get out of the army. I ask the minister to try to prevail upon army headquarters not to take back this money but to let the matier rest in abeyance so that it can be cleared up at the finish of the war.


Alfred Henry Bence: From time to time cases come to the attention of members of parliament in connection with applications for compassionate transfer back to this country from Great Britain or some other theatre of war. I have in mind one case where a couple had two sons in the services. One was killed overseas and then the father died. The mother was in a precarious state of health and application was made for the compassionate transfer of the other boy back to this country from Great Britain.
I should like the minister to explain the procedure that is followed in determining whether compassionate transfer will be granted. I have received information from the minister's office to the effect that in these cases a thorough investigation is made and a report sent overseas. Then the authorities overseas decide whether compassionate transfer will be granted. I was rather surprised that since the greater part of the staff is situated here in Canada they did not make the decision after finding out what the situation was overseas. In other words, why was the decision not made in this country instead of in Great Britain? There may be good reasons for that but I find it hard to explain. I thought possibly the minister might give a short statement.


Colin William George Gibson: It is difficult to deal with these applications for compassionate transfer. A large number of them have to be investigated, and the final decision is left with the authorities overseas who know whether or not it is possible for a man to be released. After all, the necessities of war must come first, although every effort is made to grant compassionate transfer when it can be granted without interfering with the war effort. It is not possible in many cases to allow a man to come home because a relative is ill. It

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may be found that there are other members of the family in this country who can take care of the person who is ill.
The matter is complicated further by the fact that bomber crews are trained together as a team. I understand there is a strong feeling among these crews that if they lose one of their members, there is a reduced confidence in their ability as a team. It has always been felt that it was not desirable, unless absolutely necessary, to break up a crew by sending a man home.
If it is a Spitfire pilot for example, or some other man who is flying alone, it might be that he could be spared more readily than one of the members of a bomber crew'. It is for these reasons that it is left to the overseas authorities to find out whether a man can be spared, but they rely on the authorities here to make an investigation as to the circumstances surrounding the claim.


Clarence Gillis: I wish to join with the hon. member for Bow River in what he has just said. It is one of the most important matters pertaining to the air force which have been discussed since the minister appeared before the committee. A large number of personnel are now leaving the air force and many more are waiting to go out. They are very anxious to know whether there is any employment for them and just where they will fit in when they go out. That feeling has been general among these men during the past three or four months. As the hon. member for Bow River pointed out, it is quite evident that there is no understanding between the Department of National Defence for Air, selective service and those responsible for the maintenance of these men while they are awaiting call to some other branch of the service. This is a matter that should be settled once and for all before this session closes. I believe that no man in the service who has been let out and is awaiting call or who is on reserve-he may be awaiting a call to the Pacific-should have to kick around any section of this country for three or four months or for one month or even a week without pay. If he is on reserve he is still definitely an obligation of the government, and I think, the minister should have a definite understanding with selective service that, wherever possible, these men should be placed, and where it is not possible to place them they should be maintained. I think it is necessary to do that.
The minister made the statement, and was very emphatic about it, in connection with air force personnel who are leaving the service at this time, that if they found employment every reasonable means was taken not to

uproot them. But that is not borne out by the facts. I have a letter here from the Nova Scotia command of the Canadian legion. They have been taking up with the government for a few weeks one particular case that I have in mind. It is an individual case but it illustrates the principle. It is the case of an air force flight sergeant who took his discharge from the service specifically to go into a little business of his own. He was discharged for that purpose in January of this year after four and a half years of service. He invested some money in a little business, along with another member of the air force, and to all intents and purposes he had rehabilitated himself. But within a month from the time of his discharge he was called into the army.


Colin William George Gibson: The army or the air force?


Clarence Gillis: The army. The Nova Scotia command of the legion had a lot of correspondence with the department over this case and they got nowhere with it. The man after being called up for the army decided to stay in. He took his discharge from the air force specifically to go into the little business with another member of the air force; the two of them got together and established a little business, and after this man had reestablished himself in that way he was called up. for the army within one month of his discharge. Now that was a piece of sheer stupidity.


Colin William George Gibson: He was not on the reserve?


Clarence Gillis: No; he was discharged specifically for the purpose of going into a little business of his own.


Colin William George Gibson: I mean he was not recalled from the reserve.


Clarence Gillis: There is no difference.


Colin William George Gibson: Oh, yes, there is.


Mr. MARTIN:: Will the hon. member be good enough to give me the name of that man privately?


Clarence Gillis: I shall be glad to give my hon. friend the file. There are service personnel in Canada who are not required at the present time. Certain categories are placed on the reserve. Placing them on the reserve gives them a chance to look around and decide what they will do in the future. This personnel are not required in service and are being discharged for the purpose of rehabilitating themselves in civilian life. That is what this man did. He established himself in a business, and then the army called him up within a month of his discharge. This sort of thing is causing a lot of friction, anxiety and trouble,

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and definite regulations should be made to prevent it from happening. That flight sergeant and his partner constitute only one case. Nevertheless it has gone all through the Nova Scotia command of the Canadian Legion; it has been taken up with the department; and the legion, after using all the machinery at its disposal, get nowhere and send the case on to me because they have reached the end of their rope. I say that cases of this kind are sheer stupidity, which is causing a lot of turmoil and a lot of friction quite unnecessarily.
I have three questions to ask of the minister. What is the status of Canadian nationals in the Royal Air Force with respect to gratuities, rehabilitation and so forth? There are some
2,500	of these Canadian nationals in the R.A.F., from the last figures I have. They are men who left this country in 1937, 1938 or 1939 before the R.C.A.F. was formed.


Colin William George Gibson: Before the R.C.A.F. was formed?


Clarence Gillis: Yes.


Colin William George Gibson: Before the war?


Clarence Gillis: Yes.


Colin William George Gibson: He is not a Canadian national then.


Clarence Gillis: He is a Canadian national. There are 2,500 of them who went over in 1937, 1938 or 1939, and are in the R.A.F. at the present time. The matter of their transfer was discussed in the house at the last session and arrangements were made to allow them to transfer, although not many of them are being transferred. But they are Canadian nationals who got into the war a little sooner than we did, and most of them will be returning to Canada when the war is over. I should like to know their status with respect to rehabilitation if they return to Canada after the war. They are in the same war as we are; they have the same enemy, the same objective, and they are citizens of this country.
I should also like the minister to tell the committee what is the status of commercial pilots who in the early stages of the commonwealth air training plan were utilized in Canada in giving elementary flying training. They were really the basis of the whole plan. They are commercial pilots who trained themselves, paid for their licences, and they have been in the service since the outbreak of the war, but they were precluded from going overseas because of their essentiality to Canada. I understand that in the post-war period, first priority goes to service personnel who saw combat service overseas. That rule relegates these commercial pilots completely. I do not know, and I should like the minister
to tell the committee, just where they stand with respect to gratuities and rehabilitation. Would he define their status in that regard?
I have another question relating to the permanent force. Quite a large percentage of the R.C.A.F. are in the permanent force. I am not thinking of the air vice marshal but of the fellow downstairs, the fellow doing ground work perhaps. Many of them will stay in the service after the war. Some of them have been in the sendee for seven or eight years, since before the war. Where do they stand after the war with respect to gratuities and the other benefits for service personnel who are taking their discharge now?
I would point out with respect to personnel counsellors that this position is reserved for the officer class. Now there are hundreds of flight sergeants, gunners and so forth, who have all the necessary qualifications for that position, but they are prevented from going into that work simply because they are not in the officer class. The course is not available; and many of the repatriated service personnel who have the qualifications are not permitted to take the course. They are "sore" about this, and I think rightly so. As I understand it, they are not commissioning any more service personnel in Canada for the purpose of qualifying non-commissioned officers for the job of personnel counselling. That is wrong. A boy who has intelligence and educational background sufficient to make him- a navigator, a pilot, a gunner, and so forth, is just as much entitled upon his return, if he has the necessary qualifications, to- be appointed as a personnel counsellor as are the officer ranks. It is a sore spot; it is class distinction, and it is time that we got away from that kind of thing.


Colin William George Gibson: The question of Canadians enlisted in the R.A.F. is one which is now being given some consideration. I refer to those who went over before the outbreak of the war. Those who went over after the outbreak of war and are in the R.A.F. will have had made- up to them the difference between the gratuity paid in Great Britain and what they would have received had they been taken into the R.C.A.F.
The matter of commercial pilots is somewhat different, in that they are civilians, and while it may be'true, as my hon. friend said, that they have been precluded from going overseas, they have also been receiving civilian rates of pay, which are considerably higher than R.C.A.F. rates of pay.


Clarence Gillis: That income is taxable, is it not?


Colin William George Gibson: Yes; but I have seen a calculation which has been made as to how their

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pay compares with that of air force pilots, and even with the tax they are considerably better paid. But I do not want it to be thought for a minute that they do not do valuable work. I understand that some of these men have put in as much as two thousand hours, doing very valuable instructional work in our training schools. But they were not part of the R.C.A.F.
As to the gratuity to those who are in the permanent force, that will be paid to them at the conclusion of the war; it is not being held until they retire from the force.
As to the personnel counsellors, that is a difficult matter. We have to set some sort of standard of educational qualifications which will be accepted. While I realize that there may be much good material: available at the present time, there is a restriction which has been put on regarding those eligible to take up personnel counselling in the service.


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: Supplementing the remarks of my colleague, may I say there are two kinds of personnel counselling-in-service counsellors and also counsellors who have been organized under the auspices of the Department of Veterans' Affairs in cooperation with the three defence services; and we hope to have one thousand trained before the end of this year, after taking a course of several weeks here in Ottawa, from the services and from the department, who will be the post-war counsellors. There are inservice counsellors, as well as out-of-service counsellors.


Clarence Gillis: Appointments to the out-ofservice counsellor positions will be open to all ranks?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: Oh, certainly.


Clarence Gillis: I think the fair way to appoint any of them is on a competitive basis; let them write examinations. If I were a rank-and-filer in the service the last fellow I would come to and consult as to my future in civil life would be an officer; I would rather take the fellow with whom I was shoulder to shoulder in the line and in the skies, whom I knew and who knew me. Of course the out-ofservice counselling is very important, and that is where the real job will be done. Inservice counselling is more or less limited to advice as to how to proceed, and so forth. I am glad to hear the minister say that the out-of-service counsellors will be drawn from all ranks, because there are brains in all ranks. The fact you wear four rings in the navy does not mean you have got all the brains.


John Horne Blackmore: The minister mentioned this afternoon the matter of disposal of

materials which the air force would not need, and told us, as he did last night, that any materials which were left over from the dismantling of the air training ports would' be handed over, first, to one organization, the name of which I have forgotten, and then to the War Assets Corporation; after that it would be otherwise disposed of. Could he give specifically what steps are followed when, let us say, an airport goes into the hands of the War Assets Corporation? Supposing that a city in one of our provinces desires to purchase material, contiguous to that city, in the hands of the War Assets Corporation; to whom does it apply? Will the War Assets Corporation advertise, for example, in all the Canadian papers the fact that this material is available, and will they allow all people who so desire to bid for the material; or will they dispose of it in the open market, where all will get a chance?


Colin William George Gibson: I think that question should be raised on the estimates of the Minister of Munitions and Supply, who could give the hon. member full details. I cannot detail the procedure which will be adopted.


John Horne Blackmore: I have raised the matter again, although it has already been led up to twice, as a sort of notice so that the minister having charge of that work will be able to answer the question. There is a great deal of suspicion in the country that there may be people "on the inside" who somehow will obtain inside information and have the first chance at such things as I have mentioned, with the result that the cities will not be able to get them.


Alfred Henry Bence: With reference to questions which have been asked and are not yet answered, in the event that the minister's estimates are concluded within a short time, will the minister subsequently during this debate give the information in the house which has been requested by various hon. members?


Colin William George Gibson: Yes, whatever can be secured. I have already received information to answer one question, as to how many of the permanent force, officers and' airmen, are in the R.C.A.F. at the present time. There are 232 permanent force officers and 2,406 permanent force airmen serving as such. In addition, there are 1,104 special reserve officers who were formerly permanent force airmen.


Alfred Henry Bence: What does the minister mean, "serving as such"? Were they in the force before the beginning of the war?


Colin William George Gibson: Yes, they were in before the war.

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Howard Charles Green: I would ask the minister to give the committee some outline of the policy of the government with regard to the telecommunication facilities which have been established by the government in the more isolated parts of the country. I understand, for example, that there have been extensive installations in Gaspe peninsula, northern Manitoba, the Mackenzie river area, northern British Columbia, Yukon Territory, along the Pacific coast, and in the northern part of Vancouver island. Many millions of dollars have been spent on these installations. I believe there are four departments concerned, namely air, the army, transport, and public works. There is some concern felt as to what is to become of this splendid communication system after the war. For example, some of the people in central British Columbia and on the coast are wondering whether much of the equipment will be taken over by the War Assets Corporation and sold as surplus. I think it is important that some thought should be given to this question now before the war ends and there is a rush to get things cleaned up. We feel that this communication service is vital both for the defence of the country and more particularly for developing those more remote parts in post-war days. For example, I believe there should be small feeder services built from the main lines, most of which are already in. With small feeder services built into different areas of population a great Slip would be given to development in those sections, and then from those small areas small portable radio equipment might be rented to miners, prospectors and trappers, so that no matter where they were carrying on their work they could be in touch almost instantaneously with the town in which they had their homes. It would mean so much to those parts of Canada. One main line that has not been completed is from Prince George into the Peace River block in British Columbia. The suggestion has been made that there should be connection from Prince George to Dawson Creek. Another feature of it is that this would be a great help in rehabilitating men who have seen service, say in the signal corps. Hundreds or even thousands of men could be employed.
At the present time there is divided control. I have mentioned four departments and no one seems to know who is boss. If that condition continues into peace time there is bound to be confusion and there may not be the development that is required. I suggest that consideration be given to having a single administration in charge of these telecommunication facilities. Perhaps there could be set up a branch in one of the departments and eventually we might have a ministry of communications for Canada. I throw out
these suggestions and I should like to hear from the minister whether or not the government has any policy in this regard.


Colin William George Gibson: I cannot give any outline of a programme that has been designed in this connection. The matter is receiving attention at the present time. A survey is being made and, as the hon. member has said, there are some very valuable lines. It is questionable whether we should maintain some of the land lines that exist at the present time or whether they should be replaced by radio telephone. That is being studied now and the survey will show what lines should be turned over to private companies, what should be retained for government use, and what departments should operate them.


Howard Charles Green: One other question, and it has to do with meteorologists working with the air force. I was out of the house last night when the question was raised by the hon. member for Peterborough West. The minister did not give a full explanation of the situation. Apparently these men have been actually working with the air force for many years.


Colin William George Gibson: Not under the air force.


Howard Charles Green: But they have been with the air force for many years and have been asking to be in the force. I have been told that the air force would like to get them as air force officers but the Department of Transport will not let them go. Whether that is so I cannot say, but in any event I think there is great unfairness to these men. They cannot get rehabilitation. They will not be treated as men who have served and therefore they lose preference. One case was submitted to me where a meteorologist wanted to work with a school board, but he could not because ho got no preference. This school board gives the returned man first priority and the man could not get it. He was told, "You were a civilian working for the Minister of Transport." I think the situation can still be remedied. I suggest that the men with the air force, who have been with the air force throughout, should be made air force officers and not treated as civilians, when they are actually out on air force stations all the time. Could the minister give us any further explanation?


Colin William George Gibson: While some are with the air force they are by no means all with that force. There are some stationed at air force' stations, but they are stationed throughout Newfoundland and in the Hudson's Bay area and they are employed as civilians under transport. The fact that some happen to be
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serving in a station with an air force squadron does not make them part of the air force. I know there is a feeling on the part of some officials of the air force that we should have some on our strength so that they would be available for overseas operations, and consideration is being given to commissioning some of them so that we shall have them as officers of the air force.


Howard Charles Green: The R.C.A.F. has no meteorologists on strength overseas?


Colin William George Gibson: No.


Howard Charles Green: Will any be taken on in the Pacific area?


Colin William George Gibson: That is the plan, yes.
At six o'clock the committee took recess.
After Recess
The committee resumed at eight o'clock. department of national defence


Douglas Charles Abbott: Mr. Chairman, I have been very much struck with the friendly and almost genial atmosphere in which this debate has proceeded up to the
present, and perhaps I may be permitted to express the hope that as far as possible that may continue during the remainder of the defence estimates.
At the outset I should like to table, as has been done by the ministers who have preceded me, a list of the names of 2,461 members of the Canadian army to whom honours and awards for gallantry have been granted. The committee will recall that two previous lists have been presented, and the names which I am presenting to-day bring the total up to 3,365. Included in the list are the names of two members of the army who have received the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry, at the hands of His Majesty the King. The citation covering the award to Major David Vivian Currie was given to the house by the Minister of National Defence for Naval Services on November 29 last. The other Victoria Cross was awarded to Private Ernest Alvia Smith of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. I shall have occasion to refer to that citation a little later on in the course of my remarks.


Gordon Graydon: "Smoky" Smith.


Douglas Charles Abbott: Yes, "Smoky" Smith. The list follows:
Summary of Awards
Operational Awards-*
Victoria Cross	 2
Bar to Distinguished Service Order	 g
Distinguished Service Order	 104
Bar to Military Cross	 6
Military Cross	 243
Bar to Distinguished Conduct Medal	 1
Distinguished Conduct Medal	 57
Bar to Military Medal	 3
Military Medal	 397
British Empire Medal	   4
Mentions in Dispatches	 1,525
Foreign Awards-
United States Awards
Summary of Awards-Concluded
Non-Operational Awards-
George Medal	
Member of the Order of the British Empire
British Empire Medal	
Commendations	
2
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Operational	
393	392	2 428Non-Operational	
88	31	'33
2,461
2,347
33
2,428
Total
3,213
3,365

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APPENDIX "A" Operational Gallantry Awards
Victoria Cross (V.C.)
Bar to Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) Bar to Military Cross Military Cross (M.C.)
Bar to Distinguished Conduct Medal Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) Bar to Military Medal Military Medal (M.M.)
British Empire Medal Mentions in Dispatches Foreign Awards
The Victoria Cross (V.C.)
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
Major D. V. Currie, Canadian Armoured Corps, 180-2nd Ave., Owen Sound, Ont.
Pte. E. A. Smith, Canadian Infantry Corps, 713 Fifth St., New Westminster, B.C.
Bar to Distinguished Service Order
Lt.-Col. (A/Brigadier) I. S. Johnston. D.S.O., E.D., Canadian Infantry Corps, 81 Binscarth Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Lt.-Col. J. V. Allard, D.S.O., Canadian Infantry Corps, 512 Bureau St., Three Rivers. P.Q.
Lt.-Col. D. Cameron. D.S.O., Canadian Infantry Corps, 308 Pitt St., Cornwall. Ont.
Lt.-Col. D. F. Forbes. D.S.O., E.D., Canadian Infantry Corps, 25 Union St.. Sydney. N.S.
Lt.-Col. R. Rowley, D.S.O., Canadian Infantry Corps, 383 Mariposa Rd., Ottawa, Ont.
The Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)
Lt.-Col. F. D. Adams, Canadian Armoured Corps, Calgary, Alta.
Brigadier J. D. B. Smith, O.B.E., Canadian Army, 240 St. George St., London, Ont.
Lt.-Col. J. S. H. Lind, Canadian Infantry Corps, St. Mary's, Ont.
Major G. A. Burton, Canadian Armoured Corps, 296 Douglas Dr., Toronto, Ont.
Major (A/Lt.-Col.) G. C. Corhould, Canadian Infantry Corps, 503-6th Ave., New Westminster, B.C.
Lieut. (A/Capt.) E. J. Perkins. Canadian Armoured Corps, 666 Lakeshore Rd., Lachine, P.Q.
Lt.-Col. R. S. E. Waterman, Canadian Infantry Corps, Metcheson, Vancouver Island, B.C.
Major (A/Lt.-Col.) D. Cameron, E.D., Canadian Infantry Corps, 308 Pitt St., Cornwall, Ont.
Major (A/Lt.-Col.) E. D. Danby, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1606 Nelson St., Vancouver, B.C.
Major W. de N. Watson, M.C., Canadian Infantry Corps, Banff, Alta.
Capt. (A/Major) J. C. Allan, Canadian Infantry Corps, 5538 Crown St., Vancouver, B.C.
Capt. (A/Major) J. R. 0. Counsell, Canadian Infantry Corps. 965 Avenue Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. N. A. Ballard, Canadian Infantry Corps, 266 Dalhousie St., Brantford, Ont.
Major G. M. Bastedo, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 54 St. Vincent St., Stratford, Ont.
Major C. E. Corrigan, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 307 Waterloo St., Winnipeg, Man.
Brigadier H. A. Young, Canadian Army, 170217th Ave., Calgary, Alta.
Lt.-Col. J. M. Rockingham, Canadian Infantry Corps, Sidney, B.C.
Capt. (A/Major) J. P. E. J. W. Ostiguy, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1514 McGregor St., Montreal, P.Q.
Maj.-Gen. (A/Lt.-Gen.) E. L. M. Burns, O.B.E., M.C., Canadian Army, 541 Besserer St., Ottawa, Ont.
Lt.-Col. (A/Brigadier) W. C. Murphy, E.D., Canadian Army, 4326 Cartier St., Vancouver, B.C.
Capt. I. M. Grant, Canadian Armoured Corps, 543 Linden Ave., Victoria, B.C.
Lt.-Col. D. K. Black, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 418 Mount Stephen Ave., Westmount, P.Q.
Lt.-Col. J. G. Gauvreau, Canadian Infantry Corps, 2739 Maplewood Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
Lt.-Col. M. B. K. Gordon, E.D., Canadian Armoured Corps, 14 Second St., Oakville, Ont.
Lt.-Col. F. M. Griffiths, Canadian Infantry Corps, 927 Welland Ave, Niagara Falls, Ont.
Lt.-Col. T. C. Lewis, Canadian Armoured Corps, 52 Academy Rd., Westmount, P.Q.
Lt.-Col. D. G. MacLaughlan, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1026-14th Ave, Calgary, Alta.
Lt.-Col. II. E. Murray, E.D., The Royal Canadian Artillery, 2914 Angus St., Regina, Sask.
Lt.-Col. N. J. W. Smith, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 25 Rothnally Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Major (A/Lt.-Col.) C. M. Drury, M.B.E., The Royal Canadian Artillery, 57 Cluny Dr., Toronto, Ont.
Major M. C. S. Brown, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Victoria, B.C.
Major D. H. MeCallum, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Lachute, P.Q.
Lt.-Col. R. L. Purves, Canadian Armoured Corps, Sorel, P.Q.
Capt. (A/Major) A. Chambers, Canadian Infantry Corps, 2396 S&n Carlos Ave., Victoria, B.C.
Lt.-Col. J. A. Roberts, Canadian Armoured Corps, 150 Balmoral Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lt.-Col. J. D. Stewart, E.D., Canadian Infantry Corps, 23 North River Rd., Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Lt.-Col. G. D. de S. Wotherspoon, E.D., Canadian Armoured Corps, Mont Rolland, P.Q.
Major (A/Lt.-Col.) J. E. Anderson, Canadian Infantry Corps, Newcastle, N.B.
Major (A/Lt.-Col.) S. M. Lett, Canadian Infantry Corps, 60 Wayerley Rd., Pointe Claire, P.Q.
Major L. S. Henderson, Canadian Infantry Corps, York St., Sackville, N.B.
Major D. C. MacDonald, Canadian Infantry Corps, 85 Walmsley Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Brig. (A/Maj.-Gen.) C. Fbulkes, C.B.E., Canadian Army, London, Ont.	.
Brigadier H. W. Foster, Canadian Army, Picton, Ont.
Brigadier E. R. Suttie, Canadian Army, Yarmouth, N.S.
Brigadier P. A. S. Todd, O.B.E., E.D., Canadian Army, 228 Rideau Terrace, Ottawa, Ont.
Lt.-Col. H. S. Griffin, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 5041 Glencairn Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
Lt.-Col. J. D. Mingay, M.B.E., General List, 2033 Niagara St., Windsor, Omt.

Capt. (A/Major) D. C. Taylor, Canadian Armoured Corps, 44 Huntley St., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. H. A. G. Kingsmill, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 96 Lawton Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. G. L. Patton, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 201 Enfield Crescent, Norwood, Man.
Lieut. W. V. Hill, Canadian Armoured Corps, 35 Aberdeen Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. C. B. Ewart, Canadian Infantry Corps, Princeton, B.C.
Lieut. C. G. Short, Canadian Infantry Corps, Brooks, Alta.
Lieut. J. M. Suttie, Canadian Infantry Corps, Wellwood, Man.
Capt. L. J. Calvert, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Goderich, Ont.
Capt. D. G. Cameron, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Ottawa, Ont.
Capt. C. B. Caswell, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 125 Highland Ave., St. Catharines, Ont.
Capt. J. J. Conway, Canadian Infantry Corps, 4211 Pine Crescent, Vancouver, B.C.
H/Capt, S. B. East, Canadian Chaplain Services, 39 Duncannon Drive, Toronto, Ont.
Capt. R. C. Mellow, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 112 Third St., New Toronto, Ont.
Capt. J. S. Orton, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 130 Robertson St.. Victoria, B.C.
Capt. A. Robinson, The Royal Canadian Artil-lerv, 137 Charles St., Kingston, Ont.
Lieut. (A/Major) W. G. Harrod, Canadian Armoured Corps, 183 Coxwell Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. (A/Capt.) P. G. Newell, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Harrow, Ont.
Lieut (A/Capt.) G. K. Saunders, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 33 Melgund Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Lieut. P. R. V. Carr-Harris, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont.
Lieut. W. R. Chamberlain, Canadian Armoured Corps. 304 Wright Ave.. Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. J. S. Osborne. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 740 Rosalyn Ave., West-mount, P. Q.
Lieut. G. Potts. Canadian Infantry Corps, 11 Cherry St., Kingston, Ont.
Lieut. W. Rich, Canadian Infantry Corps, St. Catharines, Ont.
Lieut. J. A. Sheriff. Canadian Armoured Corps, 243 Bruce St., Oshawa, Ont.
Lieut. L. R. Smith, Canadian Armoured Corps, 256 Rankin Blvd., Windsor, Ont.
Lieut. T. E. Woolley. Canadian Infantry Corps, 41 Victor St., London, Ont.
Lieut. G. K. Wright, Canadian Infantry Corps, Montreal, P. Q.
Capt. (A/Major) L. E. Baker, The Royal Canadian Artillery. Main St., Yarmouth, N.S.
Lieut. F. E. Ladner, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 3926 Kingsway, New Westminster, B.C.
Capt. (A/Major) T. E. Steele, Canadian Infantry Corps, 23 Stanley Ave., Chatham, Ont.
Capt. G. E. Wodehouse, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 38 Blackburn Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Lieut. L. Dallain, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, New Carlisle, P.Q.
Lieut. H. E. Harrison, Canadian Infantry Corps. 38 Stanley Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
Lieut. W. A. James, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Rosser, Man.
Lieut. F. A. Farrow, Canadian Armoured Corps, New Westminster, B.C.
Capt. (A/Major) R. E. Lucy, M.B.E., The Royal Canadian Artillery, 3041-7th St., W., Calgary, Alta.
Capt. (A/Major) S. V. Radley-Walters, Canadian Armoured Corps, Shigawake, P. Q.
H/Capt. J. M. Anderson, Canadian Chaplain Services. 30 Bruce St., London, Ont.
Capt. R. D. Barron, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 1602 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. E. E. Miller, M.M., The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 101 Redwood Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. A. B. Smith, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 22 Kensington Ave., Kingston, Ont.
Capt. W. J. Waddell, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Imperial Hotel, Grand Bend, Ont.
Lieut. (A/Capt.) J. Flintoft, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 4305 Montrose Ave., West-mount, P.Q.
Lieut.	(A/Capt.) J. H.	Pollard, The Royal
Canadian Artillery, 521 Markland St., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut G. J. Booth, Canadian Infantry Corps, 817 Lyon St., Ottawa, Ont.
Lieut.	C.	D.	Campbell,	Canadian	Infantry
Corps, 315 Hedley St., Preston, Ont.
Lieut.	E.	T.	Harshman,	Canadian	Infantry
Corps, 25 Belmont Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
Lieut. J. K. Heath, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 33 Dupont St., Toronto, Out.
Lieut.	J.	H.	Hitchcock,	Canadian	Infantry
Corps, 2551 West 37th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
Lieut. J. G. Horsburgh, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 847 Fleet Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Lieut. I. P. Phelan, Canadian Armoured Corps, 6502-2nd Ave.. Montreal, P.Q.
Lieut. W. T. Sharp, Canadian Infantry Corps, 15 Roslyn Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Lieut. G. A. White, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 10 Hemlock St., Timmins, Ont.
Lieut. R. J. Labrosse, Canadian Intelligence Corps, 257 Wilbrod St., Ottawa, Ont.
Lieut. (A/Capt.) J. A. Jennings. Canadian Infantry Corps, 67 St. George St., St. Thomas, Ont.
Lieut. J. R. Fetterly, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Crawford Park, Man.
Lieut. C. R. MacLellan, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 31 Company St., New Glasgow, N.S.
Lieut. L. B. Robertson, Canadian Infantry Corps, Pictou, N.S.
Lieut. H. A. Taylor, Canadian Infantry Corps,
Aldershot, Ont.

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Military Cross (M.C.)-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
Lieut. V. A. Moore, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 3440 Shuter St., Montreal, P.Q.
Lieut. D. J. Telfer, Canadian Armoured Corps, 370 Cooper St., Ottawa, Ont.
Capt. M. Lerner, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 359 College Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Capt. J. G. Wilkin, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 7 Abbott Ave., Islington, Ont.
Lieut. A. H. Nicolson, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 1211-17th Ave. W., Calgary, Alta.	,
Capt. K.'W. Eagan, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 5356 Monkland Ave, Montreal, P.Q.
Capt. J. C. Portnuff, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 96 Scotia St, Winnipeg, Man.
Lieut. A. R. Belanger, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Swastika, Ont.
Lieut. J. J. Black, Canadian Armoured Corps, 6 Oswald Cres, Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. J. A. Cambridge, Canadian Infantry Corps, North Rd, Burquitlam, B.C.
Lieut. G. B. Darling, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 134 Wilson Ave, Timmins, Ont.
Lieut. J. T. Fraser, Canadian Infantry Corps, Bancroft, Ont.
Lieut. E. L. Heal.v, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Kirkland Lake, Ont.
Lieut. J. E. Reesor, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 116 East 15th St, North Vancouver, B.C.
Lieut. D. C. Wicklow, Canadian Armoured Corps, 2150 W. 49th Ave, Vancouver, B.C.
Lieut. J. V. H. Wilson, Canadian Infantry Corps, Paradise Ranch, Naramata, B.C.
Lieut. J. W. Young, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 3938 Yale Rd, Abbotsford,

H.26395 Sgt. L. W. Cuddie, Canadian Armoured Corps, 642 Erin St, Winnipeg, Man.
A.59661 Sgt. A. P. II. Herchenratter. Canadian Infantry Corps, 481 Park St, Kitchener, Ont.
D.51289 L/Sgt. J. A. G. Lambert, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1166 rue St. Urbain, Montreal, P.Q.
A.	50491 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) S. B. Kirkland, Canadian Infantry Corps, Cedar Springs, Ont.
Iv.8085 Gnr. P. L. Pearce. The Royal Canadian Artillery, 606 Hoover St, Nelson, B.C.
L.	86683 Pte. (A/Sgt.) M. F. McAuley, Canadian Infantry Corps. 542 Mercer St, Windsor, Ont.
K.	57216 W.O. II (CSM) J. S. Grimmond, Canadian Infantry Corps, 2110 Musgrave Ave, Victoria. B.C.
B.	46319 W.O. II (CSM) G. M. Mitchell. Canadian Infantry Corps, 7 Roden Place, Toronto, Ont.
L.	18011 Sgt. R. S. Casey, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 970 Elphinstone St, Regina, Sask.
D. 157727 Cpl. R. Richards, Canadian Infantry Corps, 45 St. Benoit St, La Tuque, P.Q.
M.	51216 Sgt. K. A. Barnhouse, Canadian Armoured Corps, 110i23-64th St, Edmonton, Alta.

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.)-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
D.26)248 Sgt. S. M. Hurwitz, M.M., Canadian Armoured Corps, 6093 Park Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
A.303 Sgt. F. B. Kenyon, Canadian Armoured Corps, 31 Flin St., Halifax, N.S.
F.89382 L/Sgt. P. J. Jessome, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 2 Woodland Rd., Florence, Cape Breton.
L.	55515 L/Bdr. B. Clark, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Bangor, Sasic.
K.2190 Pte. W. C. Brown, Canadian Infantry Corps, Oakland, Cal., U.S.A.
H. 16361 W.0.2 (CSM) W. H. Clare, Canadian Infantry Corps, 720 Furby St., Winnipeg, Man.
K.998 Sgt. W. P. Fleck, Canadian Armoured Corps, Kelowna, B.C.
A.	11385 L/Sgt. K. M. Rowe, Canadian Infantry Corps, Victoria St., Kincardine, Ont.
K.	53850 L/Cpl. D. G. Skinner, Canadian Infantry Corps, Kilkerran, B.C.
A.	102717 L/Sgt. M. O. Van Hende, Canadian Infantry Corps, Aylmer, Ont.
B.	129531 Sgt. R. F. Gamble, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 9 Bessez St., Merritton, Ont.
B.73005 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) S. J. Johnson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 923 Willmott Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont.
L.	13235 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) J. F. Townsend, Canadian Armoured Corps, Nipewin, Sask.
H.46459 Pte. F. J. Richard, Canadian Armoured Corps, 34 Antonisen Ave, Port Arthur, Ont.
B.	132561 Pte. (A/Cpl.) N. J. McMahon, Canadian Infantry Corps, Forks of Credit, Ont.
B.	54548 W.O.2 (CSM) A. A. Fricker, Canadian Infantry Corps, 53 First Ave. W., North Bay, Ont.
M.	35070 Sgt. C. K. Crockett, Canadian Infantry Corps, Airdrie, Alta.
K.52168 Sgt. E. J. Laloge, Canadian Infantry Corps, Pouce Coupe, B.C.
D. 77454 Sgt. L. G. Thomson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 5181 Cote St-Antoine Rd., Montreal, P.Q.
D. 15060 L/Sgt. A. E. Yeates, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 3694 Joseph St., Verdun, P.Q.
K.74053 Cpl. L. E. Russell, Canadian Infantry Corps, 140 Ladysmith St., Victoria, B.C.
C.	63438 Pte. G. C. Crozier, Canadian Infantry Corps, Renfrew, Ont.
M.31085 Rfn. S. J. Letendre. Canadian Infantry Corps, Lac Ste. Anne, Alta.
M.	15559 Sgt. (A/W.O. II) (C.S.M.) W. G. Davies. Canadian Infantry Corps, 2078 Penzance Rd., Victoria. B.C.
P.21422 Sgt. (A/W.O. II) (C.S.M.) J. D. Wood. Canadian Infantry Corps, 621 Gamibie St.. Vancouver, B.C.
K.	53228 Sgt. K. P. Thompson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1241 East 24th St., Vancouver,

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Military Medal (MM.)-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
B.	48857 Tpr. W. R. Meads, Canadian Armoured Corps, Priceville, Ont.
D.36087 Tpr. R. St. Louis, Canadian Armoured Corps, 728 Yalere St., Cap-de-la-Madeleine, P.Q.
M.27156 Cpl. 6. A. Nelson, Canadian Armoured Corps, Eckville, Alta.
C.	4800 WO II (C.S.M.) G. E. Ponsford, Canadian Infantry Corps, Millbrook, Ont.
G.44204 Sgt. J. A. Boudreau, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Rogersville, N. B.
B.	73246 Sgt. S. Caldwell, Canadian Infantry Corps, 3068 Dundas St., W., Toronto, Ont.
G.	10067 Sgt. W. S. Fulton, Canadian Infantry Corps, 618 Brunswick St., Fredericton, N. B.
D.	93642 Sgt. W. Gill, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 1408 Pierce St., Mont-i'0ci<l P q
C.	6408 Sgt. J. W. Loshaw, Canadian Infantry Corps, Frankford, Ont.
F.49817 Sgt. L. J. Newcombe, Canadian Infantry Corps, Pugwash, N. S.
A.	3034 Sgt. C. R. Palmer, Canadian Infantry Corps, 525 Cheapside St., London, Ont.
B.	73142 Sgt. R. J. Shaw, Canadian Infantry Corps, 72 Wolfrey Ave., Toronto, Ont.
F.91434 Sgt. H. W. Shiers, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Harringan Cove,
F.40106 Sgt. A. Vingar, Canadian Infantry Corps, 74 Brooklyn St., Glace Bay, N. S.
M.7015 Sgt. G. Antoniuk, Canadian Armoured Corps, Vilna, Alta.
H.	3738 L/Sgt. A. Irvine, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 227 Donald St., Winnipeg, Man.
F.	39668 L/Sgt. R. T. McKinnon, Canadian Infantry Corps, Milton, N. S.
A.	2059 L/Sgt. N. A. Walker. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 416 Horton St., London, Ont.	[DOT]
B.	100594 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) L. R. Boulaiue, Canadian Infantry Corps, 120 Brock St., Brantford, Ont.
K.37015 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) D. G. Davie, Canadian Armoured Corps, The Pas, Man.
H.	16133 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) R. D. Edkins, Canadian Infantry Corps, Clearwater, Man.
E.	5741 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) Y. Piuze, Canadian Infantry Corps, 27 rue Jacques Cartier, Montmorency. P. Q.
C.	6423 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) J. G. Stapley, Canadian Infantry Corps, Halloway, Ont.
K.67094 Cpl. C. M. Anderson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1866-12th Ave., E., Vancouver, B.C.
H. 16632 Cpl. R. Armstrong, Canadian Infantry Corps, Winnipeg, Man.
B. 19108 Cpl. J. L. Harris, Canadian Armoured Corps, Markham, Ont.
B.31467 Cpl. C. L. Jones, Canadian Armoured Corps, 38 Ste. Marie St., Collingwood, Ont.
B. 89926 Cpl. W. M. Loten, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 42 James St., "hindas, Ont.
^.92038 Cpl. D. C. Peden, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 414 Albert St., Ottawa, Ont.
A.4000 Cpl. R. A. Riley, Canadian Infantry Corps. 7144 Barrington St., Halifax, N.S.
A.82041 Pte. (A/Cpl.) R. E. Deadman, Canadian Infantry Corps, 583 Canterbury St., Woodstock, Ont.

B. 114359 Spr. (A/Cpl.) O. L. Harrison, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, John St., Port Credit, Ont.
B.60979 Tpr. (A/Cpl.) R. D. Haynes, Canadian Armoured Corps, 1156J Queen St., E., Toronto, Ont.
K.	53130 Pte, (A/Cpl.) W. Henderson, Canadian Infantry Corps, Kelliler, Sask.
P.10774 Spr. (A/Cpl.) G. E. Parker, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 439 Brunswick St., Halifax, N.S.
B.34626 L/Cpl. A. A. Ferris, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 8 Cumberland Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
L.	10458 L/Bdr. A. H. Leigh, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Usherville, Sask.
A.23341 Pte. D. E. Cake, Canadian Infantry Corps, 3649 Lemon S.t., Long Beach, Cal., U.S.A.
A.	28207 Gnr. L. F. Catton, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Norwich, Ont.
E.57702 Pte. J. A. Cote, Canadian Infantry Corps, Montreal, P.Q.
M.	60720 Pte. G. F. Derbyshire, Canadian Infantry Corps, Coleman, Alta.
G.53024 Gnr. L. Frigault, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Miscou Centre, N.B.
B.	75912 Pte. A. Glendinning, Canadian Infantry Corps, 128 Withrow Ave., Toronto, Ont.
B. 135527 Pte. J. J. Griggs, Canadian Infantry Corps, London, Ont.
B.0490 Gnr. A. C. Hemsley, The Royal Canadian Artillery. Waterford, Ont.
B. 13132 Bdr. P. N. Higley. The Royal Canadian Artillery, 76 Winnett St., Brantford, Ont.
B.89780 Pte. A. Jackson, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Reid Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
G.20082 Pte. E. R. Jamieson, Canadian Infantry Corps, St. Stephen, N.B.
K.69461 Pte. W. Kadeniuk, Canadian Infantry Corps. 793 Pritchard Ave.. Winnipeg, Man.
M. 107836 Pte. E. A. Kidd, Canadian Infantry Corps. 1932 Cameron St., Regina, Sask.
D.41177 Pte J. R. E. Lariviere, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 1608 rue Darling. Montreal, P.Q.
G.	63265 Pte. A. LeBlanc, Canadian Infantry Corps, Memramcook, E.. N.B.
H.	35790 Pte. C. H. MacQueen. The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Windsor, Ont.
K.85398 Tpr. W. Pasfield. Canadian Armoured Corps, Booth Siding, Sask.
K.	15352 Pte. R. H. Phipps. The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 1103 East 10th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
D.	11612 Gnr. R. Poirier, The Royal Canadian Artillery. 145 London St.. Sherbrooke. P.Q.
M. 107023 Pte. D. Robb, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1102-5th Ave., W.. Calgary, Alta.
G.	18057 Pte. S. A. Robbins, Canadian Infantry Corps, 36 Tulin St., Dartmouth, N.S.
B.67387 Sgt. .1. R. Corbett, Canadian Infantry Corps, 13 Holmesdale Rd., Toronto, Ont.
B.36526 Sgt. T. W. MacDonald, Canadian Infantry Corps. 213 Napier St., Hamilton, Ont.
B.37555 Sgt. J. T. Procter, Canadian Infantry Corps, 102 Fulton St., Brantford, Ont.
B.54920 Sgt. O. C. Tryon, Canadian Infantry Corps. 387 Concord Ave., Toronto, Ont.
A.	9087 L/Cpl. L. D. Little, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Newbury, Ont.
B.	64313 Pte. P. B. McEachern, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 55 Browning St., Toronto, Ont.

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Military Medal (M.M.)-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
A.	102940 Pte. R. D. Meloehe, Canadian Infantry Corps, 949 Hall Ave., Windsor, Ont.
B.	70313 Pte J. A. Smith, Canadian Infantry Corps. 64 May Ave., Mount Hamilton, Ont.
E.29476 Pte. R. Turcotte, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Rimouski, P.Q.
B.60506 Sgt. B. Wood, Canadian Armoured Corps, 91 Wellesley St., Toronto, Ont.
B. 74702 Tpr. F. H. Harrison, Canadian Armoured Corps, George St.. Georgetown, Ont.
H.	19044 W.O. II (C.S.M.) D. M. Sutherland, Canadian Infantry Corps, Ste. 3, King George Apts., Winnipeg, Man.
D.	81041 W.O. II (C.S.M.) J. P. Young, Canadian Infantry Corps, 240 Emriek Ave., Fort Erie North, Ont.
E.	52641 Sgt. H. G. Bailey, Canadian Infantry Corps, 4814 Jeanne Mance St., Montreal, P.Q.
D.46374 Sgt. R. R. Beardsley, Canadian Armoured Corps, 57 Argyle St., Ottawa, Ont.
D.82913 Sgt. V. B. Blake, Canadian Infantry Corps, 4 St. Rose Blvd., St. Rose, P.Q.
A.37234 Sgt. B. R. Francis, Canadian Infantry Corps, 62 Forest Rd., Galt, Ont.
A. 19315 Sgt. J. J. Holland, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Seaforth, Ont.
D.26248 Sgt. S. M. Hurwitz, Canadian Armoured Corps, 903 Park Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
A.	37281 Sgt. J. P. Kelley, Canadian Infantry Corps, 93 Northumberland St., Guelph, Ont.
D.82786 Sgt. J. P. Mclnnis, Canadian Infantry Corps, 42 Brua Ave., South Porcupine, Ont.
B.	31239 Sgt. T. J. Ryan, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 2 Dean St., Toronto, Ont.
B.	74606 L/Sgt. E. C. Knott, Canadian Infantry Corps, 174 Elm St. N., Timmins, Ont.
H.	87328 L/Sgt. P. R. McCorriston, Canadian Infantry Corps, Ste. 302, Warwick Apts., Winnipeg, Man.
H.40825 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) F. C. Trumbley, Canadian Infantry Corps, Shoal Lake, Man.
G.	16013 Cpl. N. F. Daley. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 15 First St., Saint John,

D.6674 Bdr. G. E. Denison. The Royal Canadian Artillery, Richmond, P.Q.
K.63163 Cpl. J. E. Dodd, Canadian Infantry Corps.
D. 16073 Cpl. J. L. Kelly, Canadian Infantry Corps, 5668 Western Ave., N.D.G., Montreal, P.Q.
C.	100306 Cpl. J. M. Kyd, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 21 Lakeside Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
D.	62574 Cpl. P. Lebrun, Canadian Infantry Corps, Rue Principale, L'Annonciation, P.Q.
D.66323 Cpl. J. M. L. Roy, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1889 Rue Davidson, Montreal, P.Q.
B.32954 Cpl. M. S. Scott, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 61 Lakeview Ave., Toronto, Ont.
B.87861 L/Cpl. G. D. Berton, Canadian Provost Corps, 38 Tiffany St., Hamilton, Ont.
K.25432 L/Cpl. A. T. Blackmore, Canadian Provost Corps, 616 Catherine St., Victoria, B.C.
K.57783 L/Cpl. F. A. Cherry, Canadian Infantry Corps', 2620 Government St., Victoria, B.C.
M. 104592 L/Cpl. G. Kawiuk, Canadian Infantry Corps, 5630 Dunbar St., Vancouver, B.C.
B.88867 L/Cpl. E. A. Mabee, Canadian Provost Corps, 1518 King St. W., Toronto, Ont.
B.6147 L/Cpl. W. C. Moss, Canadian Provost Corps, 58 Hay Ave., Mimico, Ont.
D. 81404 L/Cpl. J. F. Paterson, Canadian Armoured Corps, 7211 Casgrain St., Montreal, P.Q.
D.	57066 Pte. (A/Cpl.) L. Nantel, Canadian Infantry Corps, 951 rue Plessis. Montreal, P.Q.
A.	37319 Pte. M. P. Borodaiko. Canadian Infantry Corps, 226 Water St., Preston, Ont.
G.	3413 Gnr. W. H. K. Macneill. The Royal Canadian Artillery, Dalhousie, N.B.
C.21046 Pte. J. J. Massey, Canadian Infantry Corps, St. Gertrude, P.Q.
B.	80954 Pte. D. G. MeLellan, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 531 Yonge Street, Toronto. Ont.
L.	2992 Pte. G. T. Munroe, Canadian Infantry Corps, Davis, Sask.
C.	65313 Pte. D. R. Nicholas, Canadian Infantry Corps, 272 Pape Ave., Toronto. Ont.
M.	102600 Gnr. J. Osinchuk, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Three Creeks, Alta.
H.	41541 Rfn. G. W. Sinclair, Canadian Infantry Corps, Pequis, Man.
E.	5875 Pte. J. P. A. Thibault, Canadian Infantry Corps, Bic, P.Q.
C.1342 Gnr. L. J. Vallee, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Carleton Place, Ont.
F.	44705 Sgt. S. Dudka, Canadian Infantry Corps, Stellarton, N.S.
M.3328 S/Sgt. A. L. Wright, Canadian Infantry Corps, Grande Prairie, Alta.
H.25272 Pte. (A/Sgt.) T. Prince, Canadian Infantry Corps, Selkirk, Man.
B.73033 W.O. II (C.S.M.) F. Wigmore, Canadian Infantry Corps. 179 Gowan Ave, Toronto, Ont.
B.	25602 Sgt. A. V. Burlton, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Toronto, Ont.
C.	58384 Sgt. N. L. Cavan, Canadian Armoured Corps. Thurso. P.Q.
K. 37627 Sgt. W. H. Clehdinning, Canadian Armoured Corps, 1258 Tamarao Ave., Trail. B.C.
K.46862 Sgt. A. Gri, Canadian Infantry Corps, Kelowna, B.C.
H.77022 Sgt D. M. Keele. Canadian Armoured Corps. 62 Palson Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
H.20449 Sgt. J. Mahon, Canadian Infantry Corps, La Vallee, Ont.
M. 15567 Sgt. A. McLaren, Canadian Infantry Corps. Camrose, Alta.
B. 12008 Sgt. J. R. Thorp, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 118 Edgemont N., Hamilton, Ont.
H. 26442 L/Sgt. R. D. Gauthier, Canadian Armoured Corps, Ste, 8 Sherbrooke Block, Winnipeg. Man.
H.77534 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) R. J. Bell, Canadian Armoured Corps, 492 Banning St., Winnipeg, Man.
H.3032 Bdr. (A/Sgt.) G. A. Chalmers, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 563 Princess St., Kingston, Ont.
K.	53856 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) R. G. Fleming, Canadian Armoured Corps, 650 Kingsway, Vancouver, B.C.
L.	84636 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) A. E. Halkyard, Canadian Armoured Corps, Carnduff, Sask.
B.	37718 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) J. C. Pirie, Canadian Infantry Corps, 256 Park Row Ave., S., Hamilton, Ont.
H.46445 Cpl. G. C. Jackson, Canadian Infantry Corps, Nipigon, Ont.
M.	45513 Cpl. A Haddow, Canadian Armoured Corps, Carleton Place, Ont.
D.	77029 Cpl. J. R. Tetrault, Canadian Armoured Corps, Montreal, P. Q.
F.42573 Pte. (A/Cpl.) F. A. Brannen, Canadian Infantry Corps, Stony Island. N.S.
C.	65450 Pte. (A/Cpl.) T. R. Davis, Canadian Infantry Corps, 589 Runnymeade Rd., Toronto, Ont.
C.54168 Pte. (A/Cpl.) R. McLennan, Canadian Infantry Corps, Alexandria, Ont.
53S

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Military Medal (M.M.)-Con.
Bank and Name-Corps-Address
H.46201 Pte. (A/Cpl) C. A. McMillan, Canadian Infantry Corps, 124 Prospect Ave., Port Arthur, Ont.
L.84592 Tpr. (A/Cpl.) M. Ottenbreit, Canadian Armoured Corps, Grayson, Sask.
B. 139427 Pte. (A/Cpl.) W. L. Patterson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 218 North Hampton St., Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
H.62871 Pte. (A/Cpl.) B. M. Tabor, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1295 Ford St., Fort William, Ont.
B.648G7 Pte. (A/Cpl.) N. Zamaria. Canadian Infantry Corps, 1st St., Port Credit, Ont.
B. 142873 Gnr. A. L. Anderson, The Boyal Canadian Artillery, 104 Harlandale Ave., Lansing. Ont.
H.60748 Bdr. F. Bartlett, The Boyal Canadian Artillery, General Delivery, Sussex, N.B.
L.	102897 Gnr. P. F. Cammer, The Boyal Canadian Artillery, Dauphin, Man.
H. 101836 Pte. W. M. B. Cook, Canadian Infantry Corps, Grand Baplds, Man.
B.45511 Pte. W. F. Cooper, Canadian Infantry Corps, Port Credit, Ont.
H.45667 Pte. B. G. Currie, Canadian Infantry Corps. 289 Guildford St., W., Saint John, N.B.
A. 105460 Tpr. A. Devreker, Canadian Armoured Corps, Harrow, Ont.
L.	54686 Spr. C. H. Kreuger, The Corps of Boyal Canadian Engineers, 532 Campbell Blk., Winnipeg, Man.
M.	10935 Pte. K. M. Lysne, Canadian Infantry Corps, Alberni, B.C.
A.	68187 Tpr. B. E. Morris, Canadian Armoured Corps. Tilbury, Ont.
K.45178 Gnr. D. Patrick, The Boyal Canadian Artillery, Vanderhoof, B.C.
G.	22818 Pte. C. Springer. Canadian Infantry Corps, Chatham, N.B.
II.63981 Pte. D. S. Weiss. The Boyal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Winnipeg, Man.
K.	48824 Pte. S. A. Wright, Canadian Infantry Corps, Steveston, B.C.
L.	109789 Tpr. T. P. Young, Canadian Armoured Corps, Findlater, Sask.
D.81300 Sgt. W. F. Clements. Canadian Infantry Corps, 3546 Dezery St., Montreal, P.Q.
M.	43906 Sigit. H. E. B. Boberts. The Boyal Canadian Artillery, Olaresholm, Alta.
K.20028 Sgt. C. II. van Aggelen, The Boyal Canadian Artillery, 216 Marine Dr., West Vancouver, B.C.
K.	18077 Sgt. J. M. Wilson. The Boyal Canadian Artillery, Vancouver, B.C.
A .19360 L/Sgt. C. V. Hebner, The Corps of Boyal Canadian Engineers, London, Out.
B.	36695 Pte. C. W. Burrows. Canadian Infantry Corps. 304 Charlton Ave. W., Hamilton. Ont.
H.	41064 Bifn. M. O. Slemmon, Canadian Infantry Corps, Grandview. Man.
C.	12037 Sgit. B. L. Hurry. Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 55 Stirling Ave.. Ottawa. Ont.
D.	21258 Cpl. W. A. Ohergwin. The Boyal Canadian Corps of Signals, 5991 Park Ave,, Montreal. Que.
F.55507 Cpl. H. MaoCormack. Canadian Infantry Corps, Oramburv Town. Sydney Mines.

Awards jor Gallantry-The Army
Military Medal (MM.)-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
C.	54208 Cpl. D. J. Milne, Canadian Infantry Corps, Petersburg, Ont.
B.	43530 Cpl. W. J. A. Mitchell, Canadian Infantry Corps, 98 Leuty Ave., Toronto, Ont.
M.3426 Gnr. H. D. Gingell, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 2873 E-43 Rd., Vancouver,

G.7587 Pte. R. D. Jones, Canadian Infantry Corps, Coldstream, N.B.
E.	106699 Pte. J. P. E. Ouellet, Canadian Infantry Corps, Ste. Adelme, P.Q.
G.	3766 Bdr. H. W. Sulis, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Alberton, Ont.
H.	69882 Rfn. F. Tascona, Canadian Infantry Corps, 686 Tache Ave., St. Boniface, Man.
F.	54608 C.Q.MjS. (A/W.O. II, C.S.M.) D. L. Bellefontaine, Canadian Infantry Corps, 195 Rockdale Ave., Sydney, N.S.
H.	13199 Sgt. A. E. Critchley. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Winnipeg. Man.
G.	17969 Sgt. D. S. Knowlton. Canadian Infantry Corps, Plaster Rock, N.B.
B.7S970 Sgt. W. Tod. Canadian Infantry Corps, 103 Ascot Ave., Toronto, Ont.
B.73900 L/Sgt. A. J. Gauthier, Canadian Infantry Corps, 103 Robert St., Penetan-guishene, Ont.
B.28372 L/Sgt. IC. N. Henderson. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 2051 Culp St., Niagara Falls, Ont.
K.52143 L/Sgt. H. R. Hammond, Canadian Infantry Corps, Melville, Sask.
K.	75278 Cpl. E. F. Dayton. Canadian Infantry Corps, 2710 Scott St., Vancouver, B.C.
B. 19676 Cpl. R. Duhaime, Canadian Infantry Corps, Espanola, Ont.
H.	16558 Cpl. C.A.W. Lowen, B.E.M.. Canadian Infantry Corps, 40 Tecumseh St., Toronto, Ont.
H.238 Cpl. G. McLean. Canadian Armoured Corps, Hargrave, Man.
B.61425 Cpl. C. J. Paterson, Canadian Armoured Corps. 306 Monarch Park, Toronto, Ont.
B.87627 Cpl. M. P. Thomas. Canadian Infantry Corps, 53 King St,, E., Dundas, Ont.
B. 19647 Pte. (A/Cpl.) W. B. Donaldson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 73 Lindsay Ave., Toronto. Ont.
B.	132810 Pte. (A/Cpl.) L. M. Wilson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 24 St. Elmo Rd., St. Vital, Man.
M.33960 Tpr. B. Conlon, Canadian Armoured Corps. Rusylvia. Alta.
D.	51304 Pte. J. P. L. Favron, Canadian Infantry Corps. 10179 Talhurst, Montreal, P.Q.
C.	5002 Pte. B. N. May, Canadian Infantry Corps, Bloomfield, Ont.
H.8018 Pte. C. J. Mills, Canadian Infantry Corps, Gilbert Plains. Man.
B.21687 Gnr. G. L. Morland, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Toronto, Ont.
L.	64271 Gnr. F. Spellay, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Gorlitz, Sask.
D. 81729 Sgt. R. J. A. Delaney, Canadian Armoured Corps, New Carlisle, P.Q.
M.	29607 Sgt. W. M. Ironside, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. Blackfalds, Alta.
B. 79538 Sgt. R. Jack, Canadian Armoured Corps, Newton, Ont.
A.	20385 L/Sgt. W. H. Gunness, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Strathroy, Ont.
B.	88021 Cpl. J. M. Stuill, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 22 Haynes Ave., St. Catharines, Ont.

B.67508 Pte. (A/Sgt.) H. E. Foster, Canadian Infantry Corps, 52 Dufferin St., Barrie, Ont.
B. 230H8 Cpl. F. Johansen, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 46 Balfour Ave., Toronto, Ont.
D.26484 Tpr. (A/Cpl.) W. J. Kay, Canadian Armoured Corps, 200 Governor St., New Britain, Connecticut, U.S.A.
L.	26318 L/Bdr. O. Shaw, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Vibank, Sask.
B.97085 L/Cpl. R. G. Wolfe, Canadian Infantry Corps, Burketon, Ont.
D. 100759 Rfn. H. Adams, Canadian Infantry Corps, Lac Pelletier, Sask.
R. 109125 Pte. C. R. J. Batty, Canadian Infantry Corps, 67 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, Ont.
B. 149472 Pte. J. C. Carriere, Canadian Infantry Corps, Hearst, Ont.
D.77639 Pte. S. M. Enair, Canadian Infantry Corps, 4832 de Bullion St., Montreal, P.Q.
B.59723 Pte. J. C. Friyia, Canadian Infantry Corps, 204 Goulais Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
M.	39528 Pte. N. E. Smith, Canadian Infantry Corps, Brandon, Man..
B.	138266 Pte. G. K. Taylor, Canadian Infantry Corps, Creemore, Ont.
C.	26366 Gnr. J. G. Tully, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 10 Kent St., Lindsay, Ont.
D.	27039 Sgt. G. T. Jones, Canadian Armoured Corps, Montreal, P.Q.
B. 72753 Sgt. E. C. Ralph. Canadian Infantry Corps, 24 McCord Rd., Toronto, Ont.
D.1525 L/Cpl.'T. A. Smith. Canadian Armoured Corps, 1496 St. Rouque St., Montreal, P.Q.
B. 100691 Pte. (A/Cpl.) N. G. Baker, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1188 Davenport Rd., Toronto, Ont.
A.	117883 Pte. W. Bertrand. Canadian-Infantry Corps, Demers Centre, P.Q.
K.65821 Pte. J. C. Bohemier. Canadian Infantry Corps, 545 E. 22nd Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
K. 11190 Pte. G. V. Carrington. Canadian Infantry Corps, Mission City. B.C.
M.31801 Pte. B. D. Desjarlais, Canadian Infantry Corps, Tort, Alta.
M.38055 Pte. A. J. Laforce, Canadian Infantry Corps, Legal, Alta.
F.45988 Pte. R. A. MacDonald, Canadian Infantry Corps, Fairmont, N.S.
B.	304 Tpr. J. M. Papps. Canadian Armoured Corps. 3 Monk St., Paris, Ont.
B. 149305 Pte. N. Rauta, Canadian Inafntry Corps, Wabos, Ont.
M.5294 Sgt. S. M. Armstrong, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Elnora, Alta.
B.79368 L/Sgt. D. G. Black, Canadian Infantry Corps, Shaw River, Lakeview. Ont.
F.60131 Cpl. L. A. MacDougall. Canadian Infantry Corps, Tracadie Cross, P.E.I.
F.	51529 Pte. (A/Cpl.) M. C. Rawding. Canadian Infantry Corps, Main St., Liverpool, N.S.
A.	108410 Pte. A. M. Hayward, Canadian Infantry Corps, Bickford, Ont.
G.	23199 Pte. B. Pitre, Canadian Infantry Corps, Robertville, N.B.
K.47193 Sgt. W. E. Barnum. Canadian Infantry Corps, Hilliers Crossing. Vancouver, B.C.
B.	63259 L/Sgt. V. P. J. Taylor, Canadian Armoured Corps, Thornhill, Ont.
M.5260 Cpl. R. I. Gold. B.E.M., The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 411 Wilson Street, New Westminster, B.C.
B. 127788 Cpl. C. J. Johnston, Canadian Infantry Corps, Bracebridge, Ont.
K.38666 Pte. (A/Cpl.) J. Beresh, Canadian Infantry Corps, 91 Gertrude St., Hamilton, Ont.

Awards jor Gallantry-The Army
Military Medal (M.M.)-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
F.	15231 Bdr. R. J. MacLean, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Souris River, P.E.I.
M.3240 Gnr. V. W. H. Hansen, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Banfield, B.C.
L.	162 Gnr. J. Hogan, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Regina, Sask.
M.	107277 Pte. V. D. Jensen, Canadian Infantry Corps, Dickson, Alta.
F.5187 Pte. A. K. Minard, Canadian Infantry Corps, Kempt, N.S.
B.	146231 Spr. D. A. Vosdingh, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Charlton, Ont.
F.	16190 Sgt. R. J. Cormier, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 9 Agricola St., Halifax, N.S.
K.	74189 L/Sgt. J. D. Cruickshank, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Sauilox, B.C.
M.54427 L/Sgt. G. L. Hansen, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Glen Leslie, Alta.
C.	4230 Cpl. L. R. Annis, Canadian Infantry Corps, 303 Albert St., Oshawa, Ont.
B.49450 Cpl. R. R. Hudson, Canadian Armoured Corps, Barrie Rd. W., Orillia, Ont.
A.3487 L/CpI. L. Gibbins, Canadian Infantry Corps, 51 Brookfield St., Toronto, Ont.
L.	100006 L/Cpl.. J. W. A. Mackie, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Scotsguard, Sask.
M.	26562 Sgmn. P. Y. Kallal, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Tofield, Alta.
A.49848 Pte. C. Schmadl, Canadian Infantry Corps, 62 Roy St., Kitchener, Ont.
K.	16074 Pte. E. A. St. Godard, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 4436 Woodland St., Burnay, New Westminster, B.C.
D.	46072 W.O. II (S.S.M.) E. A. Howland, Canadian Armoured Corps, 1985 Leber St., Montreal, P.Q.
A.	2303 Sgt. T. J. Johnson, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 70 Spring St., Brantford, Ont.
B.	55534 Sgt. R. J. Sammon, Canadian Infantry Corps, New Liskeard, Ont.
A.	33021 Sgt. G. R. Whitby, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Lucknow, Ont.
P.10905 L/Sgt. M. A. O. Brodsky, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 62 Murray St., Ottawa, Ont.
D.26205 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) J. H. Andrews, Canadian Armoured Corps, 3415 Gouin Blvd. W., Cairtierville, P.Q.
B.	62282 Opl. (A/Sgt.) G. W. Green, Canadian Infantry Corps, 16 Madison Ave., Creesfcill,
*	N.J., U.S.A.
K.57071 Cpl. (A/Sgit.) A. E. MacDonald, Canadian Infantry Corps, 942 Balmoral Rd., Victoria, B.C.
D.77276 Opl. J. M. Bass, Canadian Armoured Corps, 340 College St., Toronto, Ont.
B.27929 Cpl. G. A. Durand, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 30 Alexander St., Toronto, Ont.
B.41555 Pte. E. Amtonelli, Canadian Infantry Corps, 20 Belgravia Ave., Toronto, Ont.
H.6586 Sgt. W. Bleue, Canadian Infantry Corps, 368 Spence St.. Winnipeg. Man.
P.1136 Sgt. L. F. Turner, Canadian Armoured Corps, 5824 Banrramtyn Ave., Verdun, P.Q.
H.46448 L/Cpl. J. H. Kryviak, Canadian Infantry Corps, 591 Selkirk Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
G.	11045 L/Cpl. M. LeMarquand, Canadian Infantry Corps, Belle Anse, Quebec, P.Q.
H.	200179 L/Cpl. M. L. Nedohin, Canadian Infantry Corps, 603 William Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
B. 108561 Pte. (A/Gpl.) J. R. Church, Canadian Infantry Corps, 141 Boston Ave., Toronto, Ont.
M. 16025 Pte. (A/Cpl.) T. C. MaeKenzie, Canadian Infantry Corps, Wembley, Alta.
K.	4547 Pte. A. E. Boehler, Canadian Infantry Corps, Barthel, Sask.
A.59236 Pte. W. H. Cake, Canadian Infantry Corps, 564 York St., London, Ont.
M. 65965 Pte. R. J. Maubert, Canadian Infantry Corps. Boyle, Alta.
M. 105926 Pte. D. R. Ositrem, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Eureka River, Alta.
L.	58748 Cpl. B. Enns, Canadian Armoured Corps, Tugaske, Sask.
F.	36485 L/Cpl. A. P. MaeMaster, Canadian Infantry Corps, 73 Westville Rd., New Glasgow,

H.49544 Pte. (A/Cpl.) C. H. Byce, Canadian Infantry Corps, 106 Orahar St., Truro, N.S.
G.	53672 P-te. (A/Cpl.) K. J. Carrier. Canadian Infantry Corps, Chatham Head, N.B.
D. 106174 Pte. H. Girard, Canadian Infantry Coups, Senneterre, Abitibi, P.Q.
British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)
(Operational)
A.	9009 S/Sgf. L. D. Vousden, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 482 York St., London. Ont.
P.3513 Sgt. J. R. Burns. Canadian Armoured Corps, 658 Minto St.. Winnipeg, Man.
B.	7154 Sgt. D. McMullen, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Toronto, Ont.
B.62350 Cpl. C. L. Hughan, Canadian Armoured Corps, 3728-79th St., Jackson Heights, N.Y., U.S.A.
Mentions in Dispatches
Capt. A. G. Magee, Canadian Infantry Corps, 3767 Cote Des Neiges, Montreal, P.Q.
Brig. A. B. Connelly, Canadian Army, Wolf-ville, N.S.
Brig. T. G. Gibson, Canadian Army, 754 Spadina Road, Toronto, Ont.
Brig. J. F. A. Lister. O.B.E., Canadian Army, 2149 Granite St., Victoria, B.C.
Brig. E. C. Plow, Canadian Army, Kingston, Ont.
Brig. H. A. Sparling, Canadian Army, 75 John St., Ottawa, Ont.
Col. S. A. Lee, M.C., The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Barrie, Ont.
Col. G. A. Sinclair, E.D., The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Grimsby, Ont.
Lt.-Col. (A/Brig.) T. E. Snow, Canadian Infantry Corps, Vernon. B.C.
Lt.-Col. (A/Brig.) D. C. Spry, D.S.O., Canadian Infantry Corps, St. Johns, P.Q.
Lt.-Col. H. H. Angle, Canadian Armoured Corps, Kelowna, B.C.
Lt.-Col. R. W. Armstrong, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 19 Rosedale Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Lt.-Col. M. P. Bogert, D.S.O., Canadian Infantry Corps, 1227 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, P.Q.
Lt.-Col. J. A. Calder, Canadian Armoured Corps, 3538 Vendome Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
H/Lt.-Col. J. Logan-Vencta, Canadian Chaplain Services, 146 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Lt.-Col. W. H. Montague. E.D., The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 13 Lake Ave., Stoney Creek, Ont.
Lt.-Col. J. H. Palmer, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 4039 Grey Ave., Montreal, P.Q.

Maj. J. D. M. Morison, The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps, 460 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg, Man.
Maj. E. Quehl, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Edmonton, Alta.
Maj. L. J. Quinn, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 1511 Closse St., Montreal, P.Q.
Maj. W. W. Reid, Canadian Infantry Corps, 100 Prince St., Charlottetown, P.E.I,
Maj. W. G. M. Robinson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 100 Highland Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Maj. A. L. Saunders, Canadian Infantry Corps, Toronto, Ont..
Maj, J. G. Shannon, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 37 Ontario St., S., St. Catharines, Ont.
Maj. F. L. Shipp. The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. Napanee, Ont.
Maj. P. M. Spence, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 400 St. Vickers St., Fort William, Ont.
Maj. A. R. Tanner, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 799 Dorchester Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Maj. P. H. Tedman, The Royal Canadian Artillery 67 Farnham Ave, Toronto, Ont.
Maj. P. Templeton, Canadian Armoured Corps, Bondville, P.Q.
Maj. P. K. Tisdale, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 813 Grosvenor Ave, Winnipeg, Man.
Maj. J. C. Valentine, The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps, 1815 7th St. W., Calgary, Alba.
Maj. E. T. Winslow, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 1354 Cragdarroeh Rd., Victoria. B.C.
Maj. G. Wright. The Royal Canadian Artillery, 145 Grande St., Guelph, Ont.
Capt. (A/Maj.) F. T. Burgess. Canadian Postal Corps, 22 Lowell St., Galt, Ont.
Capt. (A/Maj.) E. M. Counsell, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Montreal, P. Q.
Capt. (A/Maj.) T. L. Davies, Canadian Infantry Corps, 467 Oriole Parkway, Toronto, Ont.
Capt. (A/Maj.) J. E. Dufour. General List, 147 Abbott Ave., Westmount, P. Q.
Capt. (A/Maj.) C. B. Howey, Canadian Infantry Corps, 26 Alma St., London, Ont.
Capt. (A/Maj.) T. D. Joteham, Canadian Infantry Corps, Winnipeg, Man.
Capt. (A/Maj.) N. L. C. Mather, Canadian Infantry Corps, 3050 Trafalgar Ave., Montreal, P. Q.
Capt. (A/Maj.) W. B. G. Reynolds. The Royal Canadian Artillery, 80 Ossington Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Capt. R. A. Barrington, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 32 Glergy St. AV., Kingston, Ont.
Capt. G. W. Beal, Canadian Infantry Corps, 126 Bridge East, Belleville, Ont.
Capt. T. W. Beauclerk, Canadian Infantry Corps, 2174 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, P. Q.
Capt. G. C. Bowes, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 138 Henry St., Halifax, N. S.

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
Capt. B. I. F. Breakey, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 264 Westwood Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. F. D. Brooks, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 175-15th St. West, Prince Albert, Sask.
Capt. P. E. Chasse, Canadian Infantry Corps, 312 St. Cyrville, Quebec, P. Q.
Capt. F. 0. Classey, Canadian Armoured Corps, Thornhill, Ont.
Capt. S. F. Donnelly, The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps, Floyd Apts., James St., Cobourg, Ont.
Capt. J. L. Dubreuil, Canadian Armoured Corps, 7540 Drolet St., Montreal, P. Q.
Capt. J. Eceleston. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Vaughn St., Moose Jaw, Sask.
Capt. D. II. Evers, The Corps of Royal Cana-dan Engineers, 237 Second Ave., N.E., Calgary, Alta.
Capt. K. C. S. Folkers, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 377 Ominica W., Moose Jaw, Sask.
Capt. B. G. Foreman, Canadian Intelligence Corps, Shawville, P.Q.
Capt. J. A. Gow, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 11 Sydenham St., Dundas, Ont.
Capt. J. A. Grant, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 5154 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, P.Q.
Capt. D. G. Green, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Mair, Sask.
Capt. J. A. Handley, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 124 Pretoria Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Capt. A. W. Harding, Canadian Infantry Corps, 234 2nd St., New Westminster, B.C.
Capt. C. F. Harrington, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 3510 Redpath St., Montreal, P.Q.
Capt. H. W. Hart, Canadian Dental Corps, 1607 E., 20th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
Capt. H. L. Hulme, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 797 Nassau St., Winnipeg, Man.
Capt. H. A. Hyman, General List, 1880 Ottawa St., Regina, Sask.
Capt. A. E. Jackson. The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps, 11 Old Orchard Grove, Toronto, Ont.
Capt. C. Kennedy, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 269 North Brock St., Sarnia, Ont.
Capt. J. D. Kerr, General List, 45 Tetrau Ave., Val Tetreau, P.Q.
Capt. G. II. Large, The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps, 345 Rankin Blvd., Windsor, Ont.
Capt" D. S. Larter, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 2220-14th Ave., Regina, Sask.
Capt. J. D. Muir, The Royal Canadian Artillery. 68 Barrie St.. Kingston, Ont.
Capt. E. F. Munro. The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Kentville, N.S.
Capt. F. J. Rapp, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 234 Yale Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Capt. W. J. Ridge, Canadian Infantry Corps, King St., Millbrook, Ont.
H/Capt. D. P. Rowland. Canadian Chaplain Services, 1761 Prince Edward Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont.	_
Capt. W. A. Ruse, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Woodlawn Ave., Port Credit, Ont.
Capt. S. J. Simons, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 20 Lower William St., Kingston, Ont.
H/Capt. L. G. Smyth, Canadian Chaplain Services, 6 Playter Crescent, Toronto, Ont.
Capt. T. Statten, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 197 Hillhurst Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. A. M. Stephenson, General List, Kaslo,

Capt. J. F. Stewart, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 131 Warren Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. F. Thrasher, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 113 South Park St., Halifax,

Capt. H. M. Travers, General List, 211 Grand River, Paris, Ont.
Capt. J. F. Wolfe, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 80 Lawton Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. G. W. Wright, Canadian Armoured Corps, 25 Floyd St., Kitchener, Ont.
Lt. (A/Capt.) A. O. Ames, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Nelson, B.C.
Lt. (A/Capt.) W. H. Burden, Canadian Infantry Corps, 187 Fairleigh Ave. S., Hamilton, Ont.
Lt. (A/Capt.) W. E. Cavell, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 317 Willard Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lt. (A/Capt.) L. Cullen, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 1806 Ramsay St., Calgary, Alta.
Lt. (A/Capt.) S. H. Hulme, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 72 E. 61st Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
Lt. (A/Capt.) G. M. Logan, Canadian Infantry Corps, Archibald Ave., North Sydney, N.S.
Lt. (A/Capt.) J. M. MacLeod, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Cen-tralia, Ont.
' Lt. (Dietitian) M. J. Angus. The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 2630 Bowker Ave., Victoria, B.C.
Lt. (N/S) M. E. Arnold, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 955 Gladstone Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Lt. K. S. Arrell, Canadian Infantry Corps, Caledonia, Ont.
Lt. J. H. Arseneau. The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 83-B St. Foy Road, Quebec, P.Q.
Lt. L. H. At rill, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 77 Eastmount Ave., London, Ont.
Lt. (N/S) A. W. Auger, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 8 Mallory Gardens, Toronto, Ont.
Lt. H. C. Brown, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 642 Landsdowne Ave., Westmount, P.Q.
Lt. J. A. Charters. Canadian Infantry Corps, 2033 Clark St,, Montreal. P.Q.
Lt. P. W. N. Corfe, Canadian Infantry Corps, 262 James St. S., Hamilton, Ont.
Lt. (N/S) A. H. Craig, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Kars, Ont.
Lt. N. K. Cram, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 1009 Avenue B. N., Saskatoon, Sask.
Lt. W. L. Delaney, Canadian Infantry Corps, Grand Falls, N.B.
Lt. (N/S) A. M. Eldund, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Roseray, Sask.
Lt. L. J. Forest, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 828 St. Joseph Blvd., Montreal, P.Q.
Lt. J. F. Foxe, Canadian Postal Corps, 355 Esplanade St., Sydney, N.S.
Lt. L. W. Glanville, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 623 Maim St. E., Hamilton, Ont.
Lt. (N/S) E. M. Gordon, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 366 North St., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
D.92505 (WO II) (QMS) W. J. Plu-mpton. The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 5257 Queen Mary ltd., Montreal, P.Q.
B.	88293 (WO II) (CSM) L. G. Quance, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 149 Rosemoun-t Ave., Toronto, Ont.
A.	742 (WO II) (SSM) C. S. Raven, Canadian Armoured Corps, 288 Langside St., Winnipeg, Man.
D. 11553 (WO II) (BSM) F. J. Sanders, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Cookshire, P.Q.
C.	27237 (WO II) (QMS) B. W. Stewart, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 178 Fifth Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
G.5015 (WO II) (BSM) J. T. Thompson, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 477 Charlotte St., Fredericton, N.B.
D.	21002 (WO II) (CSM) M. C. J. Tracey. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 4590 Howard Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
L.	9082 (WO II) (CSM) D. J. Trower, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 348 Iroquois St., Moose Jaw, Sask.
M.	24056 (WO II) (CSM) V. B. Watson, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 107 8th Ave., N.W., Calgary, Alta.
P.7137 (WO II) (RQMS) J. L. Younker, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Winnipeg, Man.
L.	17003 S./Sgt. (A/WO I (RSM)) E. A. Drewery, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 374 Lillooet St. W., Moose Jaw, Sask.
M.	115569 CQMS (A/WO II (CSM)) N. Alexander, Canadian Infantry Corps, 5808 Esplanade Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
M.9076 CQMS T. R. Baines, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Calgary, Alta.
B.	17599 S/Sgt. J. R. Booth, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 300 Kenilworth Ave., Toronto, Ont.
K.83021 Armt. S/Sgt. J. Brereton, The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 2927 Wascana St., Victoria, B.C.
D.9166 BQMS A. G. Brown, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 5664 Sherbrooke St., Montreal, P.Q.
B.	83197 -S.Q.M.S. W. R. Burns, Canadian Armoured Corps, 260 Dunn Ave., Toronto, Ont.
D. 115573 S/Sgt. P. E. Desroches, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Montreal, P.Q.
A.	9027 S/Sgt. M. Devereux, The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 754 King St., London, Ont.
G.45211 S/Sgt. T. Donovan, Canadian Dental Corps, 75 Wesley St., Apt. 2, Moncton, N.B.
B.	73227 C.Q.M.S. R. Dooley, Canadian Infantry Corps, Toronto, Ont.
B.84307 C.Q.M.S. L. A. Gilkinson, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 2 Wellington St., Lindsay, Ont.
D. 114993 C.Q.M.S. G. W. Groves. The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 432 Egan Ave., Verdun, P.Q.
D. 71165 S/Sgt. J. A. J. Harris, Canadian Armoured Corps, 1644 Grand Trunk St., Montreal, P.Q.
D.96140 S/Sgt. L. Hastings, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Montreal, P.Q.
B.21178 S/Sgt. A. E. Houston, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 142 7th St., New Toronto, Ont.
5, 1945
_______Awards for Gallantry-The Army
B.89636 S/Sgt. H. E. Kline, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 43 Brockvale Ave., Toronto, Ont.
K.	91676 S/Sgt. F. A. Knights, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, 2776 W. 13th Ave., Vancouver, 33 C
H.5061 B.QJVI.S. D. W. Leekie, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 453 Centennial St., Winnipeg, Man.
B.4006 S/Sgt. J. H. McGiMis. The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps, 123 Chamber St., Smiths Falls, Ont.
E.	16043 S/Sgt. J. L. Martel, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 80 Lavala St., Gifford, P.Q.
B.	82701 S/Sgt. H. H. Pickering, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 9 Bushell Ave., Toronto, Ont.
B.93721 S/Sgt. J. Rhodes, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 8 Scarlet Rd., Weston, Ont.
B.33216 C.QJVLS. R. F. Stothers, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 1451 King St., W., Toronto, Ont.
B.91136 S/Sgt. J. H. Watters, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 318 Deloraine Ave., Toronto, Ont.
D.95763 S/Sgt. W. H. Workman, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 340 Fourth Ave., W., Calgary, Alta.
D.	131015 Sgt. (A/W.O. I, R.S.M.) D. J. O'Keefe, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 3 Dufferin St., Campbellton, N.B.
L.	119 Sgt. (A/S/Sgt.) F. H. Brazier The Royal Canadian Artillery, 54 High St.. W., Moose Jaw, Sask.
L.	17177 Sgt. (A/S/Sgt.) M. W. Dodd, The Itoyal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Wellington, B. C.
B.42223 Sgt. (A/CQMS) W. J. Hall, Canadian Infantry Corps, 20 Cedar St., Belleville, Ont.
B.	24293 Sgt. H. R. Adams, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, 44 Scarboro Beach Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
M.	20514 Sgt. R. J. Arthur, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 630 - 17th Ave., W., Calgary, Alta.
C.	27271 Sgt. A. Aubin, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 6 Dalhousie St., Aylmer East P O
H.	16271 Sgt. J. E. A. Barker, Canadian Infantry Corps, 479 King Edward St., St. James, Man.
C.40632 Sgt. H. S. Bennett, Canadian Infantry Corps. S3 Elemel St., W., Lindsay, Ont.
A.	64153 Sgt. W. E. Black, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Water St., N., St. Mary's, Ont.
B.	98579 Sgt. F. G. Boyden, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 844 Manning Ave., Toronto, Ont.
E.	5478 Sgt. T. Braconnier, Canadian Infantry Corps. 3845 rue Evelyn, Verdun, P. Q.
L.7108 Sgt. C. R. Bumstead, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Swift Current, Sask.
G.	7116 Sgt. R. S. Butt, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Dorchester, N.B.
H.	57846 Sgt. A. E. Campbell, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Teulon, Man.
C.	25784 Sgt. J. A. W. Chadwick, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 103 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
B. 84043 Sgt. F. J. Coombs, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Hamiota, Man.
P.40289 Sgt. N. W. Cooper, The Royal Cana; dian Corps of Signals, Grenfell, Sask.

Awards jor Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
H. 33045 L/Sgt. A. J. Evans, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 72 Humboldt Ave., 8t. Vital, Man.
B.34584 L/Sgt. W. H. Gerry, The Royal Canadian Corps o>f Signals, 48 East 24th St., Hamilton, Onit.
D.21126 L/Sgt. T. G. Hanson, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Richmond, P.Q.
B.31370 L/Sgt. J. Jordan, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 248 Highfield Rd., Toronto, Ont.
M.50113 L/Sgt. J. M. Murland, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 9608-81st Ave., Edanom ton, Alta.
M. 55245, L/Sgt. R. F. Seabrook, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Wainwright, Alta.
L. 174 L/Sgt. A. M. Watt, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Moosomiin, Sask.
H.36447 L/Sgt. J. Wearden. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 122 Bryce St., Winnipeg, Man.
B.92946 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) G. F. Baker, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 20 Sproat Ave., Toronto, Ont.
M.3538 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) C. Fiedler, The Canadian Provost Corps, Hodigeville, Sask.
D.91916 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) D. Fox, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 2388 Rozel St., Montreal. P.Q.
D.	16181 Cpl. (A/L/Sgt.) A. Dufour, The Corps oi Royal Canadian Engineers, 625 Duquesne St., Montreal, P.Q.
E.	9427 Cpl. (A/L/Sgt.) E. Lagace, Canadian Infantry Corps, St. Pascal, P.Q.
B. 93551 Cpl. R. G. Allen. The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 311 Nassau St., Oshawa, Ont.
F.	29722 Cpl. G. D. Aspen, Canadian Infantry Corps, Leash, Sask.
M J50387 Op], R. L. Aubrey, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Lyalta, Alta.
K.52083 Cpl. A. Bamford, Canadian Infantry Corps, Ocean Falls, B.C.
E.	4464 Cpl. A. Boileau, Canadian Infantry Corps. 7441 Berri St., Montreal, P.Q.
D.98744 Cpl. E. Burkitt, The Roval Canadian Army Medical Corps, 1192 Crescent St., Montreal, P.Q.
L -31342 Cpl. A. Cheers, Canadian Infantry Corps, Montreal, P.Q.
G.718-3 Bdr. H. R. Cole, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Sussex, N.B.
C.	36656 Cpl. K. D. Currah, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Gelert, Ont.
K. 53112 Cpl. H. M. Dunn, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1416 E. 25th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
B .34631 Cpl. T. E. Dyson, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 174 Rosslyn Ave., N., Hamilton, Ont.
F.	35453 Cpl. J. C. Fisher, Canadian Infantry Corps, Hantsport, N.S.
C.4476 Cpl. J. J. Garrison, Canadian Infantry Corps, Trenton, Ont.
B .37711 Cpl. C. Glencross, Canadian Infantry Corps, 231 Greenwood Ave., Toronto, Ont.
M.9075 Cpl. J. Hayley, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Charlottetown, P.E.I.
L .1569 Cpl. A. H. Hepburn, The Canadian Provost Corps, 614-3rd St., Saskatoon, Sask.
B.46130 Cpl. W. E. Ho-wes, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 65 Willow St., Paris, Ont.
32283-35i
B. 6592 Bdr. J. M. Jackson, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Rosseau, Ont.
M. 16390 Cpl. J. Johnman, Canadian Infantry Corps, 12248-lOilst St., Edmonton, Alta.
B.94008 Cpl. E. G. Johnston, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 52 Monarch Park Ave., Toronto, Ont.
M.54402 Cpl. J. D. Laloge, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Pouce Coupe, B.C.
L.	35111 Bdr. D. A. Lane, The Royal Canadian
Atillery, Kisbey, Sask.
A.	56606 Cpl. W. G. W. Lane, The Canadian
, Provost Corps, 122 Delatre St., Woodstock,
Ont.
D.	6756 Bdr. M. Lapointe, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 744 Bourgeais St., Montreal, P.Q.
G.	7088 Bdr. G. A. Leaman, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 830 Mountain Road, Moncton, N.B.
K.	75717 Cpl. L. J. McKenna, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Ashcroft, B.C.
U.1932 Cpl. R. R. Manning, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Provost, Alta.
M.	9091 Cpl. R. W. Maxwell, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 401 12th Ave., N.E., Calgary, Alta.
B.	94137 Cpl. G. M. Nicholson, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 32
Dagmar St., Toronto, Ont.
H.	35761 Cpl. L. Paquette, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 477 Elgin Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
E.	5741 Cpl. Y. Piuze, Canadian Infantry Corps, 27 Jacques Cartier St., Morency, P.Q.
D.71023 Bdr. C. Robinson, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Montreal, P.Q.
D.21387 Cpl. W. H. Russell. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 2231 Beaulieu St., E., Montreal, P.Q.
B.	89939 Cpl. I. V. Snider, Canadian Armoured Corps. 106 Ward Ave.. Hamilton, Ont.
C.	42039 Cpl. C. Stanyer, The Canadian Provost Corps, 1540 Glenholme Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont.
H.52033 Cpl. L. C. Todd, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. Ninga, Man.
D.	21157 Cpl. H. J. Tooman, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 629 Des Erables, Laval sur le Lac, P.Q.
A.	64136 Cpl. Iv. E. White, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 678 William St., London, Ont.
L.	35169 Bdr. A. B. Wunsch, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 492 River Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
B.	78894 L/Cpl. J. E. Clegg, Canadian Infantry Corps, 973 Eastern Ave., Toronto, Ont.
F.	77087 L/Cpl. W. P. Cochrane, The Canadian Provost Corps, 312 North St., Halifax, N.S.
B.	19024 L/Cpl. F. T. Cross, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Enginers, 138 Julian St. N., Normanhurst, Ont.
F.2699 L/Cpl. A. J. D'Eon, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Pubnico, N.S.
L.	2,241 L/Cpl. W. A. Fodey, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 237 Horton St., London, Ont.
C.	4095 L/Cpl. J. M. Fox, Canadian Infantry Corps, Thomasburg, Ont.
M.	1155 L/Cpl. A. J. Gillis, The Canadian Provost Corps, Margaree, N.S.
A.2293 L/Cpl. P. R. Gunn, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 178 Woodward Ave., London, Ont.
A.28085 L/Bdr. R. Hamilton. The Royal Canadian Artillery, 152 Waterloo Ave., Guelph, Ont.

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
A.29451 L/Cpl. R. 0. Hilhs, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Strath-roy, Ont.
D.21148 L/Cpl. P. R. Holdaway, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 470 Willibroid Ave., Verdun, P.Q.
Ii.83555 L/Cpl. J. Koshevoy, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 1316-llth Ave. W., Vancouver, B.C.	,
K.37112 L/Cpl. G. M. Lightheart, Canadian Armoured Corps, Smeaton, Sask.
D.	118493 L/Bdr. J. Lothian, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 346 Egan Ave.. Verdun, P.Q.
P.4640 L/Bdr. G. J. Mahoney, The Royal Canadian Artillery. 1208 Fort St., Montreal, P.Q.
A.	19432 L/Cpl. W. J. Mitchell, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 492 Highbury St., London, Ont.
M.24059 L/Cpl. G. J. Pelletier, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 309-19th Ave. W., Calgary, Alta.
K.	75088 L/Cpl. G. H. Price. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 1836 E. 13th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
B.	39693 L/Cpl. G. Richard, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 422 Main St., Moncton,

M.41521 L/Cpl. W. T. Robertson, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Clairmont, Alta.
L.	17294 L/Cpl. W. J. Savage, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Chagoness, Sask.
D.91485 L/Cpl. C. Smith, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 1950 Kamouraska Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
II.66706 L/Cpl. B. M. Stuart, The Canadian Provost Corps, Shoal Lake. Man.
M.	42026 L/Cpl. A. L. Taylor, The Canadian Provost Corps, 165 North MacDonnell Street, Kingston, Ont.
H.20823 L/Cpl. J. Todd, Canadian Infantry Corps. Benito, Man.
B.60852 L/Cpl. L. J. Toye, Canadian Armoured Corps, Englehart, Ont.
A.	29486 L/Cpl. A. R. A. Washington, Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Tracey St., St. Mary's Ont.
B.	86017 Pte. (A/Sgt.) E. Atkin, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 67 Strathcona Ave. S., Hamilton, Ont.
C.	3456 Sgmn. (A/Cpl.) W. P. Brennan, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 518 Besserer St., Ottawa, Ont.
G.	17029 Pte. (A/Cpl.) A. C. Miller, Canadian Infantry Corps, Hartland, N.B.
G.52784 Pte. (A/Cpl.) N. Ringuette, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, River Verte,

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
Lt.-Col. C. H. Hillier. Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 36 Grand Ave., London, Ont.
Lt.-Col. A. 3'. Law, D.S.O.. Canadian Infantry Corps, 369 Queenston St., River Heights, Winnipeg, Man.
Lt.-Col. C. U. Letourneau, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 6701 Sherbrooke St., Montreal, P.Q.
Lt.-Col. D. F. McRae, M.C., General List, 214 Pitt, St., Cornwall, Ont.
Lt.-Col. J. E. G. P. Mathieu, E.D., Canadian Infantry Corps, 16 Ramparts St. Quebec, P.Q.
Lt.-Col. J. M. Meldram. Canadian Infantry Corps, 432 Simeoe St., Victoria, BE.
Lt.-Col. E. D. Nighswander, E.D., Royal Canadian Artillery. 9 Swanwiek Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lt.-Col. M. J. Scott. E.D., Canadian Armoured Corps, 5550 Cote St. Luc. Montreal. Que.
Lt.-Col. T. M. Sieniewicz. E.D., The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 52 Mecklenburg, Saint John, N.B.
Lt.-Col. D. G. Worthington. Canadian Armoured Corps, 2635 W. 1st Ave.. Vancouver, B.C.
Maj. (A/Lt.-Col.) F. W. Court, E.D.. Canadian Infantry Corps, 597 Oriol Parkway, Toronto, Ont.
Maj. (A/Lt.-Col.) H. 0. Moran, M.B.E., The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 216 Waverley Rd. Toronto, Ont.	i
Maj. J. H. Adams, Canadian Infantry Corps, Cranbrook, B.C.
Maj. J. G. Armstrong, Canadian Infantry Corps, 211 Rutherford Ave., Peterborough. Ont.
Maj. H. M. A. Baker, The Canadian Provost Corps, 661 Victoria Ave., Westmount, P.Q.
H/Maj. W. F. Bannister, Canadian Chaplain Services, Millbrook, Ont.
Maj. T. S. Baron. Canadian Armoured Corps, Vancouver. B.C.
Maj. W. G. Beamish. The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 585 O'Connor St.. Ottawa. Ont.
Maj. P. W. Bennett, Canadian Infantry Corps, 67 Yonge St., Toronto, Ont.
Maj. W. C. Bowen, Canadian Armoured Corps, 450 Victoria Ave.. Westmount, Que.
Maj. A. G. Bowes. The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 90 Martin Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Maj. K. N. R. Brands, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Riverband, P.Q.
Maj. J. A. Carson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 625 Avenue Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Maj. C. J. Carter, General List, 1172 Avenue Rd,. Toronto, Ont.
Maj. G. M. Churchill, E.D., Canadian Armoured Corps, 789 Preston Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Maj. S. D. Clarke, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Montreal, Que.
Maj. G. J. Cote. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 2395 St. Jacques St., Montreal, Que.
Maj. J. A. D. Craig, M.B.E., E.D., Canadian Infantry Corps, 204 Heath St., Toronto, Ont.
Maj. D. G. Crofton, Canadian Infantry Corps, Ganges, B.C.
Maj. J. L. Dery, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 332 St. Catherine, Outremont, Montreal, Que. Maj. H. E. Dickson, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Catalone Gut, Cape Breton, N.S.
Maj. D. N. Durward, Canadian Infantry Corps, 44 Lome Cres., Brantford, Ont.

Maj. G. R. Flawn, E.D., The Royal Canadian Artillery, 65 Hawthorne St., Dartmouth, N.S.
Maj. N. C. Fraser, Canadian Armoured Corps, 12 South Eight St., Port Arthur, Ont.
Maj. F. P. Griffin, Canadian Infantry Corps, Montreal, Que.
Maj. W. G. Hamilton, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 58 Clergy St. E., Kingston, Ont.
Maj. M. R. Harries, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Grimsby Beach, Ont.
Maj. E. L. Hartley, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 2934 Rosebery, West Vancouver, B.C.
Maj. P. G. Ingram, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 52 Gladstone Ave., St. Thomas, Ont.
Maj. G. L. Lalonde, Canadian Infantry Corps, 5272 Mentana, Montreal, Que.
Maj. J. G. Lamb, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 37 Melgund Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Maj. R. M. Lendrum, Canadian Infantry Corps, Duncan, B.C.
Maj. D. J. Lequesne, Canadian Infantry Corps, 544 Castlefield, Toronto, Ont.
Maj. C. W. MacLean, Canadian Armoured Corps, 244 St. James St., Montreal, Que.
Maj. R. R. MacDougall, Canadian Armoured Corps, 5962 Park Ave., Montreal, Que.
Maj. J. A. MacNaughton, ED, Canadian Infantry Corps, Black River Bridge, N.B.
Maj. C. A. Mair, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 825 Fitzwilliam, Nanaimo,

Maj. J. P. Manion, General List, 8 Delaware Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Maj. G. C. McGarry, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 219 Huron St., Niagara Falls, Ont.
Maj. C. L. McGowan, General List, 127 Rupert's Land, West Kildonan, Man.
Maj. J. C. McKellar, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. 3 Old Park Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Maj. H. E. Miller, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 221 Woodley Rd., London, Ont.
Maj. L. J. Mills, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 34i2 Manor Rd. E., Toronto, Ont.
H/Maj. P. W. Murray, Canadian Chaplain Services, 5591 Bannantyne, Verdun, Que.
Maj. R. B. Murray, ED, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 77 Kensington Ave., Kingston, Ont.
Maj. A. B. Peene, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 145 Emerald St. E.. Hamilton, Ont.
Maj. A. H. Plows, Canadian Infantry Corps, Duncan. B.C.
Maj. H. E. C. Price, Canadian Infantry Corps, 16 Dennis Ave., Quebec, P.Q.
Maj.	H.	A.	Rapsey, The	Royal	Canadian
Ordnance Corps, 425 Avenue Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Maj.	P.	H.	Riordon, The	Royal	Canadian
Artilery, 388 Cote St., Antoine Rd., West-mount, Que.
Maj. E. G. Scott, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 26 Pottinger St., Lindsay, Ont.
Maj. D. C. Shaw, The Royal Canadi an Army Service Corps, Montreal, Que.
Maj. T. E. Sisson. Canadian Infantry Corps, 34 Craighurst Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Maj. C. H. Smith. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 2 Cobalt Ave., Oshawa, Ont.
Maj. F. J. Smith, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Alymer, Ont.
Maj. H. W. Sterne, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 190 Chatham St., Brantford, Ont.
AsPREL 5, 1945
Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
Maj. G. F. Stevenson, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 309 Oriole Parkway, Toronto, Ont.
Maj. P. W. Strickland, Canadian Infantry Corps, Kingsville, Ont.
Maj. E. G. Styffe, Canadian Infantry Corps, Port Arthur, Ont.
Maj. J. A. Tindal, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 49 The Ridgeway, London, Ont.
Maj. H. R. Varcoe, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 627-13th St.. Brandon, Man.
Maj. C. R. Waller, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 57 Prospect St., Sherbrooke, Que.
Maj. L. F. Wass, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 5 Beueastle Garden, Enfield, Middlesex, Eng.
Maj. A. Webster, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 827-16th St., New Westminster,

Maj. W. N. Wickwire, General List., 11 Oakland Rd., Halifax, N.S.
Maj. II. A. Williams, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 21 Stanley Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
Maj. D. M. Wilson, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 14 Gore St., Perth, Ont.
Capt. (A/Maj.) J. S. Aikins, Canadian Armoured Corps, 1712 Cedar Crescent, Vancouver, B.C.
Capt. (A/Maj.) J. E. A. G. G. Beaudry, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1530 St. Mathieu, Montreal, P.Q.
Capt. (A/Maj.) E. R. Bennett, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1300 Redpath Crescent, Montreal P.Q.
Capt. (A/Maj.) C. S. Campbell, Canadian Infantry Corps, 10018-83rd Ave., Edmonton, Alta.
Capt. (A/Maj.) R. A. Cottrill, Canadian Infantry Corps, B301 E. 44th St., New York City, N.Y.
Capt. (A/Maj.) M. R. Dare, Canadian Infantry, 329 Bentick St., Sydney. N.S.	.
Capt. (A/Maj.) E. W. Finlayson. The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 171 Cameron St., Ottawa, Ont..
.Capt. (A/Maj.) J. B. Harris, The Canadian Provost Corps, Prescott, Ont.
Capt. (A/Maj.) J. A. Hutchins, Canadian Infantry Corps, 4967 Dorval Ave., Montreal, Que.
Capt. (A/Maj.) D. A. Keith, Canadian Infantry Corps. 9 Kingsgrove Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. (A/Maj.) P. Labelle, Canadian Infantry Corps, 56 West, St. Joseph Blvd, Montreal, Que.
Capt. (A/Maj.) G. F. Levenston, Canadian Armoured Corps, 21 Claxton Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt.	(A/Maj.)	R.	B.	MacNeill, Canadian
Infantry Corps. 506 Driveway, Ottawa. Ont.
Capt. (A/Maj.) M. Morris. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 19 Yorke St., Glace Bay, N.S.
Capt.	(A/Maj.)	C.	R.	Payan, Canadian Infantry Corps, 5265 St. Luc Rd., Montreal, Que.Capt.	(A/Maj.)	R.	D.	Ramsay, The Royal
Canadian Artillery, 147 Kathleen Ave., Sarnia, Ont.
Capt.	(A/Maj.)	E.	J.	Rider, General List,
Petrolia, Ont.
Capt. H. S. Andrews, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 4519 West 45th Ave., Vancouver,

Capt. H. S. C. Archbold, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1505 Beach Drive, Victoria, B.C.
Capt. H. C. Belcher, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 820 Elias St., London, Ont.
Capt. J. A. Berthiaume, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1220 Morrison St., St. Hyacinithe, Que.
Capt. J. T. Brodie, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Toronto, Ont.
Capt. H. L. Brown, Canadian Armoured Corps, 64 S.t. Clair Ave.. Toronto, Ont.
Capt. A. C. Campbell, Canadian Armoured Corps. 512 Wardlaw Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Capt. D. A. Carmichael, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. Lome, Ont.
Capt. V. H. J. Catling, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 217 Pretoria Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Capt. K. A. C. Clarke. The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 11115-89th Ave., Edmonton, Alta.
Capt. M. S. Cranston, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 43 Burnside Drive, Toronto, Ont.
Capt.	H.	W.	Davis,	The	Royal	Canadian
Artillery, 533 Clarke Ave., Westmount, Que.
Capt.	G.	A.	Donald.	The	Royal	Canadian
Ordnance Corps, 1523 Crescent St., Montreal, Que.
Capt.	W.	A.	Duckett,	The	Royal	Canadian
Artillery, 1225 Bernard Ave., W., Outremont, Que.
Capt.	G.	B.	Duhamel,	The	Royal	Canadian
Artillery. 100 Cameron Ave.. Ottawa, Ont.
Capt. G. V. Eclcenfelder, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Troehu, Alta.
Cant. G. R. F. Filliter, Canadian Infantry Corps, Moncton, N.B.
Capt. G. E. Franklin, Canadian Infantry Corps, Dayspring, NjS.
Cant. J. H. Fraser. The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Cobden, Ont.
Capt. B. E. Ghewy, Canadian Armoured Corps, 5551 Queen Mary Hampstead. Que.
Capt. J. M. Gray, Canadian Intelligence Corps, 112 Bedford Rd., TorontP, Ont.
Capt. R. S. Gray, Canadian Infantry Corps, 2148 Granite St., Victoria. B.C.
Capt. J. F. M. Hall. Canadian Armoured Corps, 133 Rose Park Dr., Toronto. Ont.
Capt. D. E. Harker, Canadian Armoured Corps, 4112-8th St. W., Calgary, Alta.
Capt. D. A. Harper. The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. 105 Beech St., Halifax, N.S.
Capt. A. V. Holland, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 77 Cartwright St., London, Ont.
Capt. E. J. M. Hughes, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 9 McDonald Ave., London, Ont.
Capt. A. II. Innes, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Lakeview, Ont.
Capt. S. E. Jamieson, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 3558 Marlowe Ave,, Montreal, Que.	_
H/Capt. J. P. Kaye, Canadian Chaplain Services. 15 Allston St., Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
Capt. S. P. Lafontaine. Canadian Infantry Corps. 248 William St., Belleville, Ont.
Capt. S. J. Lea, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 3276 West-36th Ave.. Vancouver, B.C.
Capt. J. A. K. Leger, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Newcastle, N.B.

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
Capt. D. E. Lewis, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Calgary, Alta.
Capt. R. A. MacDonald, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Saskatoon, Sask.
Capt. A. R. MacFarlane, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 47 Harmer Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Capt. D. H. Maclean, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Almonte, Ont.
Capt. H. Marantz, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 170 Bartlette Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Capt. R. C. Martin, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 228 Academy Rd., Winnipeg, Man.
Capt. W. J. A. May, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 2354A Yonge St., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. A. B. McFarlane, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 19 Norwood Rd., Hamilton, Ont.
Capt. W. R. Mead. The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Winnipeg, Man.
Capt. A. Mendelsohn. Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Ste. Agathe des Monts, Que.
Capt. J. M. Michaud, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 349 Notre Dame, Thetford Mines, Que.
Capt. A. H. Miller, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 32 Roseberry St., Campbellton, N.B.
Capt. W. H. Morgan, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 4718 5A St., Calgary, Alta.
Capt. J. K. Motzfeldt, Canadian Intelligence Corps, L'Orignal, Ont.
Capt. J. L. Murdoch, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 180 St. Clair Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. C. L. Nelson, Canadian Armoured Corps, Banff, Alta.
Capt. E. H. Palmason, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 236 George Rd., Victoria, B.C.
Capt. J. A. R. Renwick, Canadian Armoured Corps, 46 Collegeview Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. W. H. Robinson, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 430 Daly Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Capt. C. A. Robson, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 101-3rd St., New Westminster,

Lt. L. H. Bartlett, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Edmundston, N.B.
Lt. R. A. Beattie, Canadian Infantry Corps, 468 Walker Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Lt. A. H. Brown. The Royal Canadian Artillery, 656-15t-h St., Brandon, Man.
Lt. A. G. S. Brown, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 5 Patricia Blvd., Timmins, Ont.
Lt. J. T. R. Brownridge, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 10720-107-th Ave., Edmonton, Alta.
Lt. W. R. Buchner, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 855 Wellington St., London, Ont.
Lt. S. D. Cameron, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 11602-97th St., Edmonton, Alta.
Lt. R. E. Christmas, Canadian Infantry Corps, 505 Rosedale Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Lt. A. O. Compton-Lundie, Canadian Infantry Corps, Duncan, B.C.
Lt. M. T. Cooper, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 712 Old Westen Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Lt. H. C. Craig, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Ma-cleod, Alta,
Lt. A. E. Doig, Canadian Armoured Corps, Montreal, Que.

Awards jor Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
Lt. R. J. A. Dorion, Canadian Infantry Corps, 12370 Lefebvre St., Cartierville, Que.
Lt. L. M. Fourney, The Canadian Provost Corps, Lancaster, Ont.
Lt. W. B. Fraser, Canadian Infantry Corps, 240-13th St., Brandon. Man.
Lt. R. Frechette, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 17 Malouin Rue., Levis, Que.
Lt. J. H. Geldart, Canadian Infantry Corps, Sussex, N.B.
Lt. J. R. W. Gerstman, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 960 Broder St., Regina, Sask.
Lt. W. Gilling, The Canadian Provost Corps, Larder Lake, Ont.
Lt. G. E. Good, Canadian Armoured Corps, 829 Tobruk St. N., Vancouver, B.C.
Lt. J. R. Gregoire, Canadian Infantry Corps, 33 Murray Ave., Quebec, Que.
Lt E R. Hoskinson, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 5735 Deom Ave., Montreal, Que.
Lt. P. R. Jack. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers. 126 Albert St., Ottawa, Ont.
Lt. L. D. Johnson, Canadian Armoured Corps, 610 Quebec Ave., Outremont, Que.
Lt. J. L. Johnston, Canadian Infantry Corps, i38 Stirton Ave., N., Hamilton, Ont.
Lt V F. Kilpatrick. Canadian Infantry Corps, i21 - 10th Ave., Calgary. Alta.
Lt. A. P. Ladas. Canadian Infantry Corps, 835 Somerset W.. Ottawa, Ont.
Lt. J. Mackie. The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. St. Anne de Bellevue, Que.
Lt. G. R. Malcolm, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Kincardine, Ont.
Lt. J.' G. Martin, Canadian Infantry Corps, 41 Allen St., Waterloo, Ont.
Lt. J. N. Mathieu, Canadian Infantry Corps, 8467 rue Bellerive, Montreal, Que.
Lt. P. II. McCann, Canadian Infantry Corps, Grand Falls. N.B.
Lt. P. B. McGarrity, The Royal Canadian Artillery, St. Stephen, N. B.
Lt. 0. McKenna, Canadian Armoured Corps, 5962 Park Ave., Montreal, Que.
Lt. H. R. McQiiarrie. Canadian Infantry Corps, 256 Cameron St., Moncton, N.B.
Lt. L. J. McQueen. Canadian Infantry Corps, 672 Fleet Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Lt. T. H. Mitchell. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 729 Dupont St., Toronto, Ont.
Lt. W. W. Niles, Canadian Infantry Corps, 64 Gorham St., Newmarket, Ont.
Lt. D. A. J. Pare, Canadian Infantry Corps, 56 St. Michel St., Quebec, P. Q.
Lt. A. A. II. Parker, Canadian Infantry Corps, 112 Herkimer St., Hamilton, Ont.
Lt. J. Paul, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Linden Manor, Regina, Sask.
Lt. E. M. Peto. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 337 Stanley Ave., St. Lambert, Que.
Lt. D. M. Philn, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 359 Indian Grove, Toronto, Ont.
Lt. W. T. Purkis, The Royal Canadian Artillery. 164 St. Leonards, Toronto, Ont.
Lt. L. N. Ray, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 209-7th St., Saskatoon, Sask.
Lt. J. S. Rogers. Canadian Infantry Corps, 253 Niagara St., Winnipeg, Man.
Lt. C. M. Ross, Canadian Infantry Corps, 484 Maclaren St., Ottawa, Ont.
Lt. S. R. Ross, Canadian Infantry Corps, Duncan, B.C.
Lt. K. C. Rowe, Canadian Armoured Corps, Gardenvale, Que.
Lt. M. E. Savage, Canadian Women's Army Corps, 860 Shaw St., Toronto, Ont.
Lt. R. G. Saville, Canadian Infantry Corps, 84 Palmer St., Guelph, Ont.
Lt. O. H. Taylor, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Bridgetown, N.S.
Lt. R. K. Templeton, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1 Heath St. E., Toronto, Ont.
Lt. R. J. Waldie, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 4139 Crown Crescent, Vancouver, B.C.
K.	52401 WO I (S.M.) A. H. Campbell, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 3494 30th Ave. W., Vancouver, B.C.
L.	25609 WO I (S.M.) W. C. Carbert, Corps Military Staff Clerks, Suite 1, Beta Apt., Regina, Sask.
D.26000 WO I (R.S.M.) J. M. H. Cloutte, Canadian Armoured Corps, 3411 Northcliffe, Montreal, Que.
D.31091 WO I (S.M.) G. A. Griffiths, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 4119 Decarie Blvd.. Montreal, Que.
D.98555 WO I (R.S.M.) E. C. Harper, The Canadian Provost Corps, 5482 Coolbrooke Ave., Montreal, Que.
D.	96015 WO I (Arm. S.M.) E. W. Hoffmann, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 879 Reille Ave., Verdun, Que.
K.37210 WO I (R.S.M.) R. D. Jay, Canadian Armoured Corps, Port Alberni. B.C.
B.	33173 WO I (S.M.) J. D. Mossman. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 3 Kingswood Road, Toronto, Ont.
P.34998 WO I (S/Condr.) E. E. Robinson, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Lakeview, Ont.
C.	15772 AVO I (Condr.) E. F. Saunders, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Carleton Place, Ont.
H .2507 WO I (Condr.) R. J. Vant, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 564 River Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
K.57034 WO II (C.S.M.) (A/WO I, R.S.M.) F. Fisher, Canadian Infantry Corps, 2862 Park View Dr.. Victoria, B.C.
C.	96101 WO II (Q.M.S.) J. W. Armstrong, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, 155 Kent St., Charlottetown, P.E.I.
E.	10027 WO II (C.S.M.) J. R. E. Audet, Canadian Infantry Corps. St. Anselme, Que.
B.23143 WO II (Q.M.S.) B. L. Beechener, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 26 St.
Mary's St., Toronto, Ont.
F.	49602 WO II (R.Q.M.S.) W. P. Beed, Canadian Infantrv Corps, Hillsborough, N.B.
K.75644 WO II (CjS.M.) H. Bridgment, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Bu-rquit-lan, New Westminster, B.C.
G.	22439 WO II (C.S.M.) F. E. Daley, Canadian Infantry Corps, Clifton, N.B.
H.	12003 WO II (R.Q.M.S.) A. Errington, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 632 Maryland St., Winnipeg, Man.
D.	81021 WO II (S.S.M.) R. C. Galley, Canadian Armoured Corps, 334 Elm Ave., Weet-mount, Que.
E.	21801 WO II (B.S.M.) L. A. Hanson, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Loretteville, Que.
B.29053 WO II (C.S.M.) W. A. M. Herron, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 2259 Dorchester, Montreal, Que.
B.83820 WO II (Q.M.S.) E. N. Long. The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Crescent Valley, B.C.

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
A.	61727 Cpl. J. P. Boland, Canadian Infantry Corps, Ailsa Craig, Ont.
C.	51288 Bdr J. C. Cairns, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Napanee, Ont.
D.	26903 Cpl J. L. B. Casey, Canadian Armoured Corps, 2551 Rouen St., Montreal, Que.
M.1026 Bdr. G. A. Grassick, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Blairmore, Alta.
C.20799 Cpl R. A. Henderson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 167 Florence St., Ottawa, Ont.
L.	27630 Cpl W. N. Hicks, Canadian Infantry Corps, Eastleigh, Sask.
K.	100023 Cpl R. E. Hutcheson, Canadian Armoured Corps, 1165 Richards St., Vancouver,

Awards for Gallantry

The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
A.	63321 Pte F. H. Kirkland, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Parkhead, Ont.
E.0280 Gnr A. P. La Couvee, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Gaspe, Que
K.92130 Pte K. Lawes, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 32 Railway Ave, Vernon,

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
Capt. (A/Major) L. P. Coderre, Canadian Infantry Corps, Coderre, Sask.
Capt. (A/Major) J. H. J. Gauthier, Canadian Infantry Corps, 405 St. Hubert St., Montreal, Que.
Capt. (A/Major) E. A. Goodman, Canadian Armoured Corps, 308 Glendys Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. (A/Major) W. B. Hancock, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 626 Selkirk Ave., Fort William, Ont.
Capt. (A/Major) A. C. Logie, Canadian Infantry Corps, 323 Lonsdale Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. (A/Major) I. H. Martin," Canadian Infantry Corps, 251 St. James St., London. Ont.
Capt. (A/Major) J. St. C. Moffat, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 284 Old Orchard Grove, Toronto, Ont.
Capt. (A/Major) H. Popplewell, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 151 Brant Ave., Brantford, Ont.
Capt. (A/Major) L. E. Sarantos, M.B.E., The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Nelson St., Alliston, Ont.
Capt. E. F. Bastedo, Canadian Armoured Corps, 11 Duggan Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. H. L. Beanlands, The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 111 Columbus Place, Halifax,. N.S.
Capt. J. M. Berry, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 30 Windsor Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
Capt. J. W. Blatchford, The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 9215110 Ave., Edmonton, Alta.
Capt. H. E. Bowes, Canadian Intelligence Corps, Ingersoll, Ont.
Capt. E. M. Brown, E. D., The Royal Canadian Artillery, Portage La Prairie, Man.
Capt. J. F. Brown, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Montmartre, Sask.
Capt. G. W. Carnegie, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 2 Bain Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. M. L. A. Chabot, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 125 University Ave., Cobourg, Ont.
Capt. H. H. Chace. M.M., E.D., The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 830 Queen's Blvd, Kitchener, Ont.
Capt. T. F. Chandler, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 199 St. Clair Ave., Toronto, Ont.
H/Capt. J. C. Clough, Canadian Chaplain Services, 463 Armadale Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. A. C. Cluff, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers. 102 St. Maurice St., Thetford Mines, P.Q.
Capt. H. R. Crossley, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, East Saint John, New Brunswick.
Capt. C. R. Daly, Canadian Infantry Corps, 203 Sherwood Ave., London, Ont.
Capt. D. M. Davies, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 410-14th St., Lethbridge, Alta.
Capt. H. P. Deans, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Fergus, Ont.
Capt. R. G. B. Dickson, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 10242 Connaught Drive, Edmonton, Alta.
Capt. D. C. Dingwall, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 375 Niagara St., Winnipeg, Man.

Capt. W. D. Dix, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 1108 West Georgie, Vancouver, B.C.
Capt. M. R. Douglas, Canadian Infantry Corps, 2151 Retallack St., Regina, Sask.
Capt. O. L. Fuson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1102-10th St. W., Calgary, Alta.
Capt. J. J. Garnett, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 14 Garden St., Halifax, N.S.
Capt. V. H. Goad, Canadian Infantry Corps, 95 Lawton Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. M. Gravel, Canadian Infantry Corps, 3447 Park Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
Capt. R. L. Grout, Canadian Infantry Corps, 5186 Westbury Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
Capt. G. L. M. Hanssen, Canadian Forestry Corps, 1216 Connaught Dr., Vancouver, B.C.
Capt. A. M. Hayes, General List, Sarnia, Ont.
Capt. B. W. Howard, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 14 Castleview Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. C. G. Hunter, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 28 Conroy St., Quebec, P.Q.
Capt. F. S. Jenkins, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Mount Herbert, P.E.I.
Capt. N. Kaufman, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 84 St. Louis St., Lachine, P.Q.
Capt. A. C. Kinnear, Canadian Intelligence Corps, 1230 Chapman St., Victoria, B.C.
H/Capt. J. A. Latour, Canadian Chaplain Services, 393 Laurier Ave. E., Montreal, P.Q.
Capt. W. L. Lawson, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 6 May St., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. A. W. Lees, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Chilliwack, B.C.
Capt. J. P. MacNaughton, Canadian Infantry Corps, Brockville, Ont.
Capt. J. B. P. Mahony, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 70 Leonard Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
H/Capt. J. A. Marcoux, Canadian Chaplain Services, Beauport, Est., P.Q.
Capt. A. H. Megill, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 1191 Gladstone Ave., Ottawa, Ont.
H/Capt. T. E. Mooney. Canadian Chaplain Services, Portland, Ont.
Capt. G. A. Nicholas. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 972 Grosvenor Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Capt. R. H. Noble, Canadian Intelligence Corps, 55 Glossop Rd,, Manchester, Eng.
Capt. T. R. O'Donnell, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 660-6th Ave., E., Drumheller, Alta.
Capt. T. Oldford, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Red Deer, Alta.
Capt. K. B. Parkinson, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Thornbury, Ont.
Capt. B. L. Pryce, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 10107-81st Ave., Edmonton, Alta.
Capt. A. L. Richardson, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. Petitcodiac, N.B.
Capt. B. T. Saunders, General List, Courtenay, Vancouver Island, B.C.
H/Capt. N. F. Sharkey, Canadian Chaplain Services, Beachburg, Ont.
Capt. G. D. Sherwood, Canadian Armoured Corps, 1258 Pacific St., Vancouver, B.C.
Capt. M. Shulman, Canadian Intelligence Corps, 222 Dovercourt Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. M. Skelton. The Royal Canadian Artillery, 3421 Grand Blvd., Montreal, P.Q.
Capt. L. E. E. Snelgrove, Canadian Infantry Corps, Preston, Ont.

5S1
Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
Capt. H. Sorensen, General List, 927-6th Ave., Calgary, Alta.
Capt. R. M. Sparling, Canadian Dental Corps, 3 Du Marier Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. J. P. Stewart, The Canadian Provost Corps, 45 Hargrave St., Winnipeg, Man.
Capt. C. L. Stuart, Canadian Infantry Corps, 232 Union Blvd., St. Lambert, North Montreal, Que.
Capt. W. J. Sutherland, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 42 Prospect St., Sherbrooke, Que.
Capt. R. W. Tisdale, The Royal Canadian Army Medical	Corps,	Delhi,	Ont.Capt. D.	W. Turnbull,	The	Royal	CanadianArmy Service	Corps,	372	King	St., East,
Oshawa, Ont.
Capt. A. J. S. Turvey, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 101 Walmsley Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Capt. G. D. E. Warner, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Marcy State Hospital, Marcy, N.Y., U.S.A.
Capt. D. Whiteside, The Royal Canadian Army Service	Corps,	4563 Oxford St.,	Montreal,

Capt. C. L. Wilson, Canadian Armoured Corps, Farnham, P.Q.
Capt. R. H. Yeung, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Duncan, B.C.
Lt. (A/Capt.) D. R. Brown, Canadian Infantry Corps, 12 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Ont.
Lt. (A/Capt.) H. L. Cohen, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Bank St., Renfrew, Ont.
Lt. (A/Capt.) L. N. Davies, Canadian Armoured Corps, Rapide Blanc, P.Q.
Lt. (A/Capt.) J. W. Gross, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 52 Water St., Kitchener, Ont.
Lt. (A/Capt.) J. W. T. Jackson, Canadian Postal Corps, Whitewood, Sask.
Lt. (A/Capt.) J. R. McDonald, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 1939 Portage Ave., St. James, Man.
Lt. (A/Capt.) E. K. McDougall, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 900 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Que.
Lt. (A/Capt.) W. W. McLellan, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Shediac, N.B.
Lt. (A/Capt.) T. D. Murray, Canadian Infantry Corps, 137 Summit St., Halifax, N.S.
Lt. (A/Capt.) J. E. Shell, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 244 Dean St., Simcoe, Ont.
Lt. (A/Capt.) R. A. Spencer, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 5101 Western Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
Lt. (A/Capt.) D. L. Stewart, Canadian Infantry Corps, 4161 Dorchester St. W., Westmount, Que.
Lt. (A/Capt.) D. H. Turner, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 86 Hanson Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. M. L. Baker, Canadian Infantry Corps, 72 St. Albans St., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. H. W. Ball, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Santa Barbara, Califoniia, U.S.A.
Lieut. G. D. Birks, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1469 Drummond St., Montreal, P.Q.
Lieut. K. M. Brown, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Richmond Hill, Ont.
Lieut. K. C. Clarke, Canadian Armoured Corps, 369 Wardlaw Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
Lieut. H. J. Cobbald, Canadian Postal Corps, 308 Euclid Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. J. J. H. Connors, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 180 MacKenzie King St., St. John, P.Q.
Lieut. G. Couture, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Megantic, P.Q.
Lieut. A. P. Dalpe, Canadian Infantry Corps, 119 Maisonneuve St., Hull, P.Q.
Lieut. W. E. Delaney, Canadian Infantry Corps, 127 St. Anne St., Quebec, P.Q.
Lieut. J. H. Derij, Canadian Armoured Corps, 429 Morley Ave., Fort Rouge, Winnipeg, Man.
Lieut. D. F. G. Dreyer, Canadian Infantry Corps, 122 Albert St., New Glasgow, N.S.
Lieut. T. C. Dutcher, Canadian Infantry Corps, Elmvale, Ont.
Lieut. B. F. Engler, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 51 Spruce St., Ottawa, Ont.
Lieut. M. J. Fitzpatrick, Canadian Armoured Corps, 8 Glenholme Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. G. S. Foster, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Tillsonburg, Ont.
Lieut. J. C. Gornall, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 6727 Nisgord St., Victoria, B.C.
Lieut. N. T. Gray, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 356 E. 26th St., North Vancouver, B.C.
Lieut. W. A. Harvie, Canadian Armoured Corps, Hotel Sask., Regina, Sask.
Lieut. S. Hellyer, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 135 E. 51st Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
Lieut. H. F. Henry, Canadian Infantry Corps, 4062 Beaconsfield Ave., Montreal, P. Q.
Lieut. G. E. Irving, Canadian Armoured Corps, 817-6th Ave. W., Calgary, Alta.
Lieut. D. C. Kerr. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 510 Eglinton Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. T. E. Lamb, The Royal Canadian Artillery, London, Gnt.
Lieut. V. L. Leatherdale, General List, 378 Campbell St., Winnipeg, Man.
Lieut. E. C. H. Lowe, Canadian Armoured Corps. 331 Duffield, Moose Jaw, Sask.
Lieut. H. H. Macdonald, Canadian Armoured Corps, 1357 Barclay St.. Vancouver, B.C.
Lieut. A. I. Macmillan, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 153 Wolfrey Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. A. C. McCallum, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 2285 Woodlawn Crescent, Victoria, B. C.
Lieut. E. B. Mann, Canadian Infantry Corps, Summerside, P. E. I.
Lieut. C. W. Marshall. Canadian Postal Corps, 304 Rigby St., Penticton, B. C.
Lieut. R. F. Meredith, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 272-7th Ave. S., Lethbridge, Alta.
Lieut. J. A. S. Alilne, Canadian Armoured Corps, 163 Sellers Ave., Toronto 5, Ont.
Lieut. L. M. Palmer, Canadian Armoured Corps, 533 Percy St., Ottawa, Ont.
Lieut. C. W. Phelps, Canadian Armoured Corps, Winnipeg, Man.
Lieut. P. N. Pitcher, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers. Wells, B.C.
Lieut. M. F. Quinn, Canadian Infantry Corps, 281 Brunswick St., Fredericton, N.B.
Lieut. W. A. Riches, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Aberdeen, Sask.
Lieut. V. L. Robbins, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Vancouver, B.C.
Lieut. C. S. Ross. Canadian Armoured Corps, 133 Dunvegan Rd., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. R. W. Ross, Canadian Infantry Corps, 9761-90th Ave., Edmonton, Alta.

H.	42200 Sgt. W. J. Walsh, Canadian Infantry Corps 496 Walker Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
B.	29064 Sgt. C. G. Van Cise, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 19 Huron St., Collingwood, Ont.
K.	75667 Sgt. A. J. Waddington, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 8438 Osier St., Vancouver, B.C.
D.7509 L/Sgt. R. G. Allen, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 6026 Bannantyne Ave., Verdun. Que.
A.	4217 L/lSgt. W. Boyce, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 15 Paddington Ave., London, Ont.
L.	67859 L/Sgt. F. R. Chapman, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, The Pas, Man.
D. 26281 L/Sgt. A. G. Comer, Canadian Armoured Corps, 330 Ann St., Montreal, Que.
L.	56669 L/Sgt. R. H. Dunkeld, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 1316 Retallack St.. Regina, Sask.
II.37269 L/Sgt. W. B. Forrester, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Flin Flon, Man.
B.	28702 L/Sgt. S. Fulton, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 22 Emerson Ave., Toronto, Ont.
A.2424 L/Sgt. C. H. Harlcness. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 253 Rusholme Rd., Toronto, Ont.
M.	8286 L/Sgt. R. A. Harold, Canadian Infantry Corps, Mossleigh, Alta.

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
M.633 L/Sgt. G. Hughes, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 219 E. 87th Place, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A.
D.46G02 L/Sgt. L. M. Jenne, Canadian Armoured Corps, Compton, Que.
M.36273 L/Sgt. I. E. Klein, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 730 North Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
L.	27983 L/Sgt. L. G. Klughart, Canadian Infantry Corps, 950-18th St. W., Prince Albert, Sask.
D. 139757 Cpl (A/W.O. II C.S.M.) J. E. V. Gauthier, Canadian Infantry Corps, . 1088 St. Dominique, Montreal, Que.
K.	76140 Cpl (A/Sgt) II. II. Burt, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Monte Lake, B.C.
M.	56809 Cpl. (A/Sgt) H. P. Dickie, Canadian Postal Corps, 10554-104th St. Edmonton, Alta.
D.93901 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) S. G. du Fresne, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, 95 Selby St., West-mount, Que.	.
L.	65045 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) W. G. Farwell, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, Assiniboia, Sask.
B.22317 Bdr (A/Sgt) L. G. Furniss, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 203 Torrens Ave., Toronto, Ont.
B. 135019 Cpl. (A/Sgt) R. J. Gowlett, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 486 McNab St., Hamilton, Ont.
A.484 Cpl. (A/Sgt) L. J. McIntosh, Canadian Armoured Corps, Parkhill, Ont.
K.	100022 Cpl. (A/Sgt) J. A. Stevens, Canadian Armoured Corps, 6138 Chester St., Vancouver, B.C.
F.55266 Cpl. F. Andrecyk, Canadian Infantry Corps, Reserve Mines, N.S.
A.	103200 Cpl. N. A. Bethune, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 31 Spruce St., Paris, Ont.
M.	41754 Cpl. S. H. Boyd. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 510-6th Ave., W., Calgary, Alta.
L.	101952 Cpl. J. A. Campbell, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 21 Frost Block, Moose Jaw, Sask.
K.	50481 Cpl. G. J. Carson, Canadian Infantry Corps, 661 West 20th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
B.	85925 Cpl. H. Cunliffe, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, 55 Belview Ave., Hamilton. Ont.
U.1609 Opl. J. W. Durling, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, 302 High Road, London S.W. 16, Eng.
D. 17064 Cpl. W. Dutka, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 5040 Louis-Veui'llot St., Montreal, P.Q.
M.	15665 Opl. R. W. Ellenwood, M.M., Canadian Infantry Corps, Red Deer, Alta.
K.48926 Cpl. H. H. Gardiner, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 309 E. 12th St., North Vancouver, B.C.
B.58498 Cpl. A. J. Glenham, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 87 Garden Ave., Toronto, Ont.
K.53782 Cpl. H. T. Grant, Canadian Infantry Corps, Vancouver, B.C.
F.67763 Cpl. K. J- MacKenzie, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 65 View St., New Glasgow, N.S.
H.70411 Cpl. H. J. MacKerracher, Canadian Infantry Corps, 154 Spence St., Winnipeg, Man.

D. 108087 Cpl. A. Mordente, The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 7732 St. Dominique St., Montreal, P.Q.
D.77214 Cpl. R. Murdoch, Canadian Infantry Corps, 3812 Newmarch St., Verdun, P.Q.
B. 72221 Cpl. R. C. Murdock, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 36 South Bonnington Ave., Toronto, 13, Ont.
L.	7285 Cpl. J. W. Powter. Canadian Infantry Corps, 3257 Norfolk St., Burnaby, New Westminster, B.C.
H.70207 Cpl. L. G. Rei.th, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, 224 Aubrey St., Winnipeg, Man.
M.	41163 Cpl. R. E. Roy, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, 828-3rd Ave., Calgary, Alta.
A.31180 Bdr. H. C. Sehnurr, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Walkerton, Ont.
M.	102650 Cpl. D. A. Scott, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 346-7th St., Medicine Hat,
Alta.
B.83316 Cpl. G. Scott, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 5 Playter Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
M. 100029 Cpl. F. B. Shannon, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 1179 Ross St., Medicine Hat, Alta.
B. 84088 Cpl. W. H. Shearn, The Royal f!nnnrlinn Armv Service Corps, Unionville,
VJilb.	.
A.	59505 Bdr. W. J. Simon, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 224 Waterloo St., Kitchener, Ont.
1) 81091 Cpl. W. G. Steel, Canadian Infantry Corps, 2385 Joliette St., Montreal, Que.
H 38509 Cpl. J. M. Vincent, Canadian Infantry Corps, 92 Smithfield Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
B.	25429 Cpl. J. J. Young, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Preston, Ont.
F.35114 L/Cpl. A. C. Brightman, Canadian Infantry Corps, Five Mile River, N. S.
M.	101621 L/Cpl. R. M. Brown, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Edmonton, Alta.
D. 14029 L/Bdr. D. C. Cooper, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Stanstead, Que.
M.65669 L/Cpl. H. R. Davis, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 11607-68th St., Edmonton, Alta.
F.93535 L/Cpl. M. J. Dixon, The Canadian Provost Corps, 59 Gerrish St., Halifax, N.S.
C.	3014 L/Cpl. L. F. Hammond, The Corps of Royal Canadian Signals, Westboro, Ont.
B.	32415 L/Cpl. W. V. Hance, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 78 Orchard Park Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
W. 15070 L/Cpl. E. D. MacDonald, Canadian Women's Army Corps, 390 Beverley St., Winnipeg, Man.
C.	101760 L/Cpl. R. B. McCracken, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 9 Foster St., Ottawa, Ont.
C.	53315 L/Cpl. E. G. May, Canadian Infantry Corps, 176 Cowan Ave., Toronto, Ont.
D.	118553 L/Bdr. II. T. Mitchell, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 12436 Notre Dame St. E., Pointe-aux-Trembles, Que.
B.43009 L/Cpl. F. S. Nicholas, Canadian Infantry Corps, 54 Gladstone Ave., Brantford, Ont.
M.26561 L/Cpl. T. B. Plunkett, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 2021-7th St., W., Calgary, Alta.
K. 17063 L/Bdr. W. H. Richards, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 1031-16th Ave., W., Vancouver, B.C.

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
H.32062 L/Cpl. D. A. Russell, The Canadian Provost Corps, 234 Belvidere St., St. James, Winnipeg, Man.
K.	37519 L/Cpl. G. L. Simpson, Canadian Armoured Corps, Birch Hills, Sask.
M.41638 L/Cpl. E. C. Slack, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Diamond Apts., Regina, Sask.
H.26167 L/Cpl. C. J. Wesa, Canadian Arm-Corps, Hagersville, Ont.
oured Corps. 1902 Bannatyne Ave., Winnipeg,
B.	45654 L/Cpl. L. A. Webb, Canadian Infantry Man.
A.3290 L/Cpl. R. Wright, The Canadian Provost Corps, 46 Silver St., Paris, Ont.
C.	12642 Pte. (A/Sgt.) B. W. Armstrong, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 99 Gloucester St., Ottawa, Ont.
E.	5968 Pte. (A/Sgt.) E. Lacroix, Canadian Infantry Corps, 438 St. Joseph St., Quebec,

A.	38211 Pte. A. Nieznamy, Canadian Infantry Corps, 199 Courtland Ave. E., Kitchener, Ont.
D.	157688 Pte. (A/Sgt.) P. Perron, Canadian Infantry Corps, Bagot, Que.
L.	9110 Pte. (A/Sgt.) L. P. Rennie, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Codette, Sask.
D.	57848 Pte. (A/Cpl.) M. Bosse, Canadian Infantry Corps, Lae des Aigles, P.Q.
B.	126622 Pte. (A/Cpl.) F. N. Brisebois, Canadian Infantry Corps, 234 Leslie St., Sudbury, Ont.	*
F.	33305 Spr. (A/Cpl.) J. J. Eddy, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 24 Glebe Ave., Sydney, N.S.
C.	5603 Pte. (A/Cpl.) W. E. Hamilton, Canadian Infantry Corps, Parkhead, Ont.
K.	50877 Pte. (A/Cpl.) G. H. Jiekels, Canadian Infantry Corps, North Vancouver, B.C.
F.30736 Spr. (A/Cpl.) G. H. Joudrey, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Chester Basin, N.S.
F.	97037 Cfn. (A/Cpl.) H. L. Mills, The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 94-5th St. Hub., Glace Bay, N.S.
B. 19574 Pte. (A/Cpl.) H. V. Richardson, Canadian Armoured Corps, 156 Elm St., Timmins, Ont.
B.27628 Spr. (A/Cpl.) J. Shedden, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 105 Prospect Ave., Kirkland Lake, Ont.
A.32076 Gnr. C. Baptie, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 626 Lome Ave., London, Ont.
M.	28832 Tpr. M. E. Bergquist, Canadian Armoured Corps, Hardisty, Alta.
E.	49417 Pte. G. Bernard, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Rimouski, P.Q.
L.	35511 Gnr. W. G. Black, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Wawota, Sask.
P.10692 Spr. L. C. W. Blick, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Halifax, N.S.
G.	19189 Pte. C. K. Broad, Canadian Infantry Corps, Woodstock, N.B.
A.	626 Tpr. R. Burns, Canadian Armoured Corps, Parry Sound, Ont.
B.	132969 Sgmn. W. J. Carson, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 140 Byng Ave., Toronto, Ont.
A.	37833 Pte. L. A. Carty, Canadian Infantry Corps, Granton, Ont.
B.	54888 Pte. G. D. Copeland, Canadian Infantry Corps, 11 Gray Ave., Toronto, Ont.
B.59203 Spr. G. E. Cote, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, St. Pierre, Man.
B.	84175 Pte. R. W. Couzens, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 70 Charles St., E., Toronto, Ont.
D.	123070 Tpr. J. B. Curnyn, Canadian Armoured Corps, 42 Gordon St., Traming-ham, Mass, U.S.A.
D.	141864 Pte. J. L. Delage, Canadian Infantry Corps, St. Pie De Bagot, P.Q.
C.	54288 Pte. D. E. Denny, Canadian Infantry Corps, South Lancaster, Ont.
C.	64157 Spr. S. E. Downer, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Omemee, Ont.
B.80745 Pte. F. J. Dubroy, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Timmins, Ont.
II.67677 Gnr. F. Duchnicki, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 912 Gore St., Fort William, Ont.
G.	6139 Gnr. M. H. Duplissea, The Royal Canadian Artillery, St. Stephen, N.B.
M.	104655 Spr. J. J. Edwards, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Taber, Alta.
H.	39024 Pte. E. C. Exchange, Canadian Infantry Corps, 253 Gordon Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
D.	15061 Spr. R. Fisher, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 5639 Waverley St., Montreal, Que.
II.67370 Gnr. J. H. Gamble, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Carberry, Man.
A.	49811 Pte. E. J. Girard, Canadian Infantry Corps, 125 Robertson, Chatham, Ont.
D.	118111 Gnr. A. J. Guillotte, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 3738 Laval Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
G.49316 Cfn. A. J. Haehey, The Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Bathurst,
N.B.	T
B.	103226 Pte. W. R. Holmes, Canadian Infantry Corps, 34 View Point Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
A. 107033 Pte. D. Houghton, Canadian Infantry Corps, 13 Chapman St., Galt, Ont.
A.2381 Sgmn. A. E. Jackson, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 629 Central Ave., London, Ont.
A.35228 Gnr. W. D. Kearns, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 191 Douro St., Stratford, Ont.
A.27111 Pte. W. H. Knack, Canadian Infantry Corps, 40 Fairview Ave., Kitchener, Ont.
G.27937 Pte. J. Landry, Canadian Infantry Corps, Dupuis Comer, N.B.
D. 16826 Pte. O. Lavoie, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 762 Buede College, Montreal, P.Q.
G.	32223 Pte. R. F. McCann, Canadian Infantry Corps, 200 Broadview Ave., Saint John, N.B.
G.3245 Spr. R. P. McCrum, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, McAdam Junction, N.B.
M.28747 Gnr. K. McMahon, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Champion, Alta.
M.57020 Pte. D. Malbeuf, Canadian Infantry Corps, Grand Centre, Alta.
U.1682 Gnr. G. S. Margesson, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 99 Keewatin Ave., Toronto, Ont.
A.	28705 Gnr. L. C. Mills, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Glencoe, Ont.
M.36780 Tpr. J. V. Mulvey, Canadian Armoured Corps, Jasper St., Maple Creek, Sask.
B.	23868 Gnr. L. R. Munce, The Royal Canadian Artillery, 36 Balsam Ave. North, Hamilton, Ont.
B.38736 Pte. T. C. Murray, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Mount Forest, Ont.
L.1732 Sgmn. W. C. Nayler, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Biggar, Sask.

Awards for Gallantry-The Army
Mentions in Dispatches-Con.
Rank and Name-Corps-Address
F.	24350 Pte. J. E. Nicol, Canadian Infantry Corps, Victoria Mines, N.S.
K.	49288 Pte. C. G. Patriquin, Canadian Infantry Corps, 536-14th Ave. E., Calgary, Alta.
L.	107689 Pte. E. M. Paul, Canadian Infantry Corps, Indian Head, Sask.
B.	29190 Spr. E. Pearce, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 84 Riverside Dr., Sudbury, Ont.
G.	22176 Pte. J. B. Pelletier, Canadian Infantry Corps, Culligan, N.B.
E.	35262 Gnr. P. Plante, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Gaspe, P.Q.
C.	33457 Spr. A. T. Reece, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 2 Wood St., Rockland, Ont.
C.	21631 Gdsm. F. P. E. Riendeau. Canadian Armoured Corps, 163 Dalhousie St., Ottawa, Ont.
M.	21083 Pte. W. Rublatz, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 916-5th Ave., N.E., Calgary, Alta.
M.43424 Gnr. L. E. Schultz, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Queenstown, Alta.
M. 102907 Pte. M. L. Silbernagel, Canadian Infantry Corps, Water Valley, Alta.
B. 54209 Pte. L. J. Sipos, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 212 Hughson St. N., Hamilton, Ont.
D.	95781 Pte. J. S. Smith, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 2005 Mansfield St., Montreal, P.Q.
B.23615 Gnr. W. A. Smith, The Royal Canadian Artillery, Malton, Ont.
U.1521 Sgmn J. J. Spearing, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 39 Okelampton Rd. Kinsal Rise, N.W. 10, London, England.
D.21010 Sgmn. A. Stead, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 114 Ordnance St., Kingston, Ont.
H.	82234 Spr. M. W. Suggitt, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 1588 Wolseley Ave., Winnipeg, Man.
G.	18600 Pte. R. J. Swift, Canadian Infantry Corps, Minto, N.B.
F.	20536 Pte. J. R. Cloth, Canadian Infantry Corps, Cole Harbour, N.S.
B.40)176 Sgmn. R. E. White, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Galbraith St. 1, South Porcupine, Ont.
K.57261 Pte. G. H. Wiles, Canadian Infantry Corps, 412 Kerr Ave., Victoria, B.C.
H.	40719 Spr. J. Williams, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Oak Lake, Man.
M. 102502 Spr. S. G. Wilson. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 2430 Jutland St., Xew Westminster, B.C.
M.7076 Spr. N. K. Yerex. The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 9927 Sandison Blk., Edmonton, Alta.
Capt. W. E. McAleese, Canadian Armoured Corps, 553 Carlaw Ave., Toronto, Ont.
Lieut. J. L. Fair-weather, Canadian Infantry Corps, Rothesay, N.B.
Lieut. M. Veness, Canadian Infantry Corps, 777 Charlotte St., Fredericton, N.B.
D.81507 Pte. P. Cormack, Canadian Infantry Corps, 7441 Stuart Ave., Montreal, P.Q.
H.62861 Pte. W. R. LeBar, Canadian Infantry Corps, Port Coldwell, Ont.

Foreign Awards (United States)
Distinguished Service Cross
B.92211 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) J. H. Mclnnis, Canadian Infantry Corps, Indian River, P.E.I.
B.	111439 Sgt. J. T. Barlow, Canadian Infantry Corps, 209-18th Ave. E., Calgary, Alta.
M.3328 Sgt. A. L. Wright, Canadian Infantry Corps, Grande Prairie, Alta.
C.	75979 Sgt. (A/S/Sgt.) R. W. Orr, Canadian Infantry Corps, 131 Oka Rd., St. Eustache, P.Q.
(United States)
Silver Star
Lieut. (A/Capt.) T. C. Gordon, Canadian Infantry Corps, 112 Merritt St. W., Welland, Ont.
M.51553 S/Sgt. R. N. Cuff, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1413-5th Ave. N., Lethbridge, Alta.
B.49301 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) W. A. F. Harris, Canadian Infantry Corps, Collingwood, Ont.
B. 131211 Pte. C. W. Litster, Canadian Infantry Corps, Oro Station, Ont,
D.	119648 Pte. J. J. Griffith, Canadian Infantry Corps, Westmount, Que.
Capt. W. M. W. Wilson, Canadian Infantry Corps, Prince Albert, Sask.
Lieut. J. C. Legault, Canadian Infantry Corps, 330 Clarence St., Ottawa, Ont.
Lieut. C. J. McNair, Canadian Infantry Corps, 10 Monarch Park Ave., Toronto, Ont.
If. 53066. Pte. W. J. F. E. Magee, Canadian Infantry Corps, 167 Pearson Ave., Toronto, Ont.
B.63763 Pte. E. V. Mitchell, Canadian Infantry Corps. 84 Wolfrey Ave., Toronto, Ont.
P.9475 AVO II (CSM) G. II. Lee, Canadian Infantry Corps, 8027 Cote St. Luc Rd., Mont-1*6 al	Q
F.850i4 Sgt. (A/S/Sgt.) G. H. Peppard, Canadian Infantry Corps, 17 Alice St., Truro,

D. 132112 Sgt. A. Gentile, Canadian Infantry Corps, 6834 Bordeaux St., Montreal, P.Q.
L.	41387 Pte. (A/Sgt.) W. H. W. Reeve, Canadian Infantry Corps, Spruce Lake, Sask.
Lt.-Col. R. W. Becket, Canadian Infantry Corps, 269 Queen St., Charlottetown, P.E.I.
S/Sgt. F. L. Elliott, Canadian Infantry Corps, Ermine, Sask.
D.72006 S/Sgt. S. Biblowitz, Canadian Infantry Corps, 601 Chaucer St., Helena, Montana, U.S.A.
A.20717 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) W. F. Hanrahan, Canadian Infantry Corps, 474 Askin Blvd., Windsor, Ont.
A.62067 Pte. R. J. Scully, Canadian Infantry Corps, 351 Hall Ave., Windsor, Ont.
Major S. C. Waters, Canadian Infantry Corps, 10220-129th St., Edmonton, Alta.
M.	34048 S/Sgt. J. L. Knight, Canadian Infantry Corps, Woolford, Alta.
M.35060 Sgt. D. F. Peterson, Canadian Infantry Corps, Cardaton, Alta.
H.2527^ Sgt. T. Prince. M.M., Canadian Infantry Corps, Selkirk, Man.
A.29576 Sgt. G. Rainville, Canadian Infantry Corps, Bonfield, Ont.
D.81272, P.te. C. A. Bowman, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1216 Sussex Ave., Montreal, Que.
D.7744 Pte. C. Murdock, Canadian Infantry Corps, 497 St. Frances Xavier St., Three Rivers, Que.

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Foreign Awards-Con.
(United States)
Bronze Star Medal Rank and Name-Corps-Address
Lieut. W. R. Bennet, Canadian Infantry Corps, So. Potomac St., Hagersville, Md., U.S.A.
M.30931 Sgt. H. E. Webb, Canadian Infantry Corps, Bremner, Alberta.
M.66360 Sgt. G. A. W. Hart, Canadian Infantry Corps, Dawson Creek, B.C.
D.71519 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) T. E. Fenton, Canadian Infantry Corps, 563A Bourbonniere St., Montreal, P.Q.
D. 132238 Pte. (A/Sgt.) W. Malcolm, Canadian Infantry Corps, 6 Bullard St., Magog. P.Q.
M.25848 Sgt. (A/S/Sgt.) R. S. Meiklejohn, Canadian Infantry Corps, 11339-95A St., Edmonton, Alta.
B.80158 Pte. R. G. Briddon, Canadian Infantry Corps, 165 Northcliffe Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
H.40708 S/Sgt. J. A. Playford, Canadian Infantry Corps, Dauphin, Man.
F. 13255 Sgt. J. T. Jamieson, Canadian Infantry Corps, Canso, N.S.
M. 106249 Pte. T. R. Kinch, Canadian Infantry Corps, 12109-112th Ave., Edmonton, Alta.
A.58613 Sgt. G. T. Bundy, Canadian Infantry Corps, 186 Bruce St., London, Ont.
F. 33186 Sgt. L. H. Devison, Canadian Infantry Corps, 628 Roost St., Glace Bay, N.S.
D.72202 Pte. J. Barnett, Canadian Infantry Corps, 3068 Dickson St., Montreal, P.Q.
F.30467 Pte. D. E. Dickie, Canadian Infantry Corps, Truro, N.S.
L.36407 Pte. P. T. Filleul, Jr., Canadian Infantry Corps, 2236 Argyle St., Regina, Sask.
A.	117875 Pte. D. L. Fitzpatrick, Canadian Infantry Corps, 1525 Hall Ave., Windsor, Ont.
B.	53066 Pte. W. J. F. E. Magee, Canadian Infantry Corps, 167 Pearson Ave., Toronto, Ont.
H.	42002 Sgt. W. G. Bagley, Canadian Infantry Corps, 606 Banning St.. Winnipeg, Man.



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Non-Operational Gallantry Awards
George Medal (G.M.)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
British Empire Medal (B.E.M.) Commendations
The George Medal (G.M.)
M.50784 Pte. (A/Cpl.) A. M. Shields. The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. Midlandvale. Alta. Captain H. W. Mulherin. Canadian Infantry Corps, Grand Falls, N.B.
Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
Captain J. E. Fox, Canadian Infantry Corps, 492 Mountain Ave., Westmount, P.Q.
Lieut. A. R. Thomsen, Canadian Armoured Corps, Glen Margaret, N.S.
H/Captain A. P. Silcox, Canadian Chaplain Services, Greenwood, Ont.
Lieut. B. M. Armstrong, M.C., The Canadian Provost Corps, Tees, Alta.
Lieut. L. J. G. Brunelle, Canadian Armoured Corps, 131 Brown Ave.. Quebec, P.Q.
Lieut. E. I. Young, The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, 52 Academy St., Liberty, N.Y., U.S.A.
British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)
B.	57381 S/Sgt. E. Rule, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 33 Long Branch Ave., Long Branch, Ont.
H.6817 Sgt. G. J. Gardiner, Canadian Infantry Corps, 187 Smith St., Winnipeg, Man.
K.57754 L/Cpl. F. H. Jensen, Canadian Infantry Corps, Santa Barbara. California, U.S.A.
C.	25791 L/Cpl. W. Richardson, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 47 William St., Trenton, Ont.
D.	16444 Spr. T. Heavers, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, 6158 Durocher Avenue, Outremont, Que.
B. 128001 Pte. R. Clark, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 136 Cavell Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
K.45923 L/Sgt. D. H. Kenning, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 5519 Melbourne St„ Vancouver, B.C.
D. 123310 Pte. J. R. S. Bourret, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, St. Helene, P.Q.
K.80518 Cpl. G. B. Morgan, The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 228 Pin4 St., Nanaimo, B.C.
K.52216 Pte. F. C. Smalley, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 1638 Marpole Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
F.	49964 Sgt. A. J. Arseneau, Canadian Infantry Corps, Maple St., Springhill, N.S.
G.	436584 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) P. J. Roy, Canadian Armoured Corps, Legere Corner, N.B.
D. 138749 L/Cpl. II. Ashworth, Canadian Infantry Corps, 819 Jean Tallon St. W., Montreal, P.Q.
D.91769 L/Cpl. L. M. Broderick, The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 851 Fourth Ave., Verdun, P.Q.
W.20044 L/Cpl. P. M. Marriott, Canadian Women's Army Corps, 64 Chalmers St., Galt, Ont.
W.20018 L/Cpl. I. Sheppard, Canadian Women's Army Corps, 108 Fontaine St., Hull, P.Q.
B. 117218 Sigmn. (A/Cpl.) T. H. Brogden, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 79 Albany Ave., Hamilton, Ont.
D.62730 Pte. H. G. Lalonde, Canadian Infantry
* Corps, 1 Regent St., Hawkesbury, Ont.
Commendations
H.25059 Sgt. W. J. M. Hunter, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Swan River, Man.
H.82300 Spr. J. S. Fox, The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, Carman, Man.
Lieut. W. H. Powell, Canadian Armoured Corps, 24 Thornwood Rd., Toronto, Ont.
K.52964 Pte. W. A. Zelisney, Canadian Infantry Corps, 79 Supper Ave., Yorkton, Sask.
W.80197 Pte. H. Kovalchuk, Canadian Women's Army Corps, 859 Jefferson Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
W.21831 L/Cpl. G. A. Newman, Canadian Women's Army Corps, Waterford, Ont.
Lieut. J. E. Thomson, Canadian Infantry Corps, Westmount, P.Q.
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At the outset I should like to give a brief outline of the operations of our forces since Dnlay. I realize my own limitations in attempting to do so, but it has been customary in the past and I should like to do it again. As the committee knows, on June 6 our third Canadian division, with the second armoured brigade, landed on the Normandy coast. At that time they were under the command of the British Second Army, with whom they had been training in pre-invasion tactics for some months prior to the assault. Although our troops had no previous combat experience they lived up to the best traditions of the Canadian corps in the last war, and were actually the first unit of the Second Army to reach their objective, for which feat they received the commendation of the army commander. Troops of the first Canadian paratroop battalion were among the first troops to land on the soil of France; and I think it can be a source of gratification to us here in this house that one of our number, our good friend the hon. member for Lotbiniere (Mr. Lapointe) led his company up the Normandy beaches on that first day.
By the end of the month of July all the field formations of the Canadian Army other than those serving in Italy were engaged; and about the last of the month General Crerar, the army commander, assumed command of the eastern sector of the British-Canadian front, having under his command the second Canadian corps and a British corps. The committee will recall that fighting during the month of July was extremely heavy. The gains made were not of a spectacular nature; nevertheless the work our troops were doing, holding the left flank, was exceedingly important. They steadily drew in more and more of the German armour until at one time they had against them some nine divisions, I think; and the splendid work they did was an important factor in permitting the United States forces operating on our right to make a break through into the Brittany peninsula.
On August 7 the second Canadian corps mounted its attack toward Falaise, and as the committee will recall a break through was achieved which contributed materially to the closing of the Falaise-Argentan gap and the destruction of a large German force estimated at some 32,000 killed and 90,000 captured in that pocket. It was during those operations that Major David Currie gained the Victoria Cross, to which I referred a moment ago.
That operation was followed toward the end of August by a rapid advance up the channel coast, the Canadian forces always holding the left flank. There was some opposition met in crossing the Seine, and then a rapid advance was made on the port of Dieppe. I think

the committee will be interested when I tell them that the second Canadian Division made an advance of 62 miles in one day, to Dieppe. To those of us who served in the last war that seems almost incredible. The result was the capture of Dieppe with its harbour facilities almost undamaged. So rapidly was that advance made that they caught the Germans completely by surprise. They were able to spot the demolition charges in the docks because the cement was not dry over the top of the charges. In the result they captured the port intact, and that proved of the greatest importance in the operations which followed. Over 50,000 tons of vitally needed material, principally gasoline and ammunition, were poured in through that little port' in a period of about ten days, and made all the difference in the rapid success of operations up the coast. The committee will remember that the tactics adopted by the Germans were to hold on to the channel ports, preventing us from getting short lines of communication; and incidentally they were very successful in those tactics. Le Havre held out for some time. Dieppe was the only port we captured intact in the fairly early stages.
Our troops continued on up through territory which I am tolji was named by the troops "Doodlebug Alley" because there were so many concrete fortifications of one kind or another. They did not meet very much opposition, with the exception of some rearguard actions along the Somme; and that has a familiar ring to a good many of us here who served in the last war. By that time they were getting up into territory that many of us remember, but there was no serious opposition until the operations around the mouth of the south shore of the Schelte. Those operations were undertaken by the Canadian corps, and, as the committee will recall, were most successful. On October 6 our troops established a bridgehead across the Leopold canal, which was followed by an amphibious landing in the rear of the German forces ih the estuary, which outflanked their canal line. The clearing of the north shore of the estuary was accomplished by a Canadian thrust westward up the neck of the peninsula to meet British troops who had crossed over from the south shore of the Schelte. Actually the Canadian part in the clearing of the estuary was completed on November 4, and by November 28 a large convoy of ships entered the port of Antwerp headed, I think very appropriately, by a Canadian freighter.
Those operations, as the committee knows, were of a very difficult nature and, as I suppose was inevitable under those conditions, our casualties were very heavy. Those

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of us who had some experience in fighting in Belgium under fall and winter conditions in 1917 can have some idea of what conditions were last fall, and I am told by those who were there that Holland is even worse than Belgium.
The clearing of the Schelte released the Canadian Corps for operations elsewhere, and it moved, still holding the left flank, to the Nijmegen area.
The period following that offensive, the end of November, until the offensive to clear the west bank of the Rhine started early in February, was of a relatively quiet character. Through no fault of ours, I suppose, Von Runstedt struck south of our line, and in fact the Canadian corps was not engaged in active operations between the time it finished the job of clearing the Schelte estuary until the commencement of the offensive on February 6, to clear the west bank of the Rhine.
That offensive opened, as I say, on February 6 between the Maas and the Waal rivers against strongly fortified positions and across flooded and rain-soaked terrain. During the first part of the operation the enemy's opposition was not particularly heavy; but as the prepared defences were reached opposition stiffened, and the advance was a slow and particularly difficult one.
The effect of the operation, although it was not spectacular, was important, and drew off a considerable number of enemy divisions. And it was the first blow that ranked with the offensive of the United States Ninth and First Armies across the Cologne plain two weeks later, which resulted in the conquest of all the German territory west of the Rhine and north of the Moselle river.
It is not necessary to review the operations of the army in recent weeks.	They are
familiar to all hon. members in the committee. But, as has been the case since D-day, June 6, the Canadian Army is still operating the left flank.
Coming now to the operations in Italy, and going back just a little bit before D-day, the committee will recall that the first allied troops to enter the city of Rome at the beginning of June was a party of 150 Canadians and Americans forming part of the first forward service force. At the time our troops were mostly concentrated around Cassino, south of Rome, following the breakthrough of the Adolf Hitler line. For a time after the cracking of that line the first Canadian division operated in the Florence area. But about? the middle of August the corps moved over to the Adriatic sector, and took part in that slow, stubborn drive up the east coast of Italy, which brought them to
the Senio river. There was not anything very spectacular in that drive, nothing to attract public attention in the way the operations in northwestern Europe had done. But it was tough, hard going, fighting from one river to another, under conditions which from all accounts were worse than anything any of us knew in France twenty-six or twenty-seven years ago.
For a time after the first of November the corps remained out of the line, but at the beginning of December they went in again, and immediately opened a successful attack over difficult terrain and stiff opposition. During January and February the front in Italy remained static, and operations of the corps were mostly confined to patrol activities under conditions of heavy snow.
Those operations, as I say, were not spectacular, not as spectacular as some others; nevertheless the operations on the Italian front have had the effect of tying up some twenty to twenty-five German divisions which could certainly have been usefully employed in other theatres.
This is rather a bald account I have been giving of the operations and achievements of our troops for the last eight or nine months. In what I have said I have made no reference to the courage, endurance and selfsacrifice of those thousands of young Cana-dans who made these achievements possible. I believe I can best illustrate just what that courage and endurance amounts to if I read to the committee the citation on the granting of the Victoria Cross to Private Ernest Alvia (Smoky) Smith of the Seaforth Highlanders. This is the citation:
The king has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the Victoria Cross to:
K.52880 Private Ernest Alvia Smith, the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.
In Italy on the night of 21-22 October, 1944, a Canadian infantry brigade was ordered to establish a bridgehead across the Savio river. The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada were selected as the spearhead of the attack and in weather most unfavourable to the operation they crossed the river and captured their objective in spite of strong opposition from the enemy.	.
Torrential rain had caused the Savio river to rise six feet in five hours and as the soft vertical banks made it impossible to bridge the river no tanks or anti-tank guns could be taken across the raging stream to the support of the rifle companies.
As the right forward company was consolidating its objective it was suddenly counterattacked by a troop of three Mark Five Panther tanks supported by two self-propelled guns and about thirty infantry. The situation appeared almost hopeless.
Under heavy fire from the approaching enemy tanks, Private Smith showing great initiative and inspiring leadership ltd his piat group of
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two men across an open field to a position from which the piat could best be employed. Leaving one man on the weapon, Private Smith crossed the road with a companion and obtained another piat. Almost immediately an enemy tank came down the road firing its machine guns along the line of the ditches. Private Smith's comrade was wounded. At a range of thirty feet and having to expose himself to the full view of the enemy, Private Smith fired the piat and hit the tank putting it out of action. Ten German infantry immediately jumped off the back of the tank and charged him with schmeissers and grenades. Without hesitation Private Smith moved out onto the road and at a point blank range with his tommy gun killed four Germans and drove the remainder back. Almost immediately another tank opened fire and more enemy infantry closed in on Smith's position. Obtaining some abandoned tommy gun magazines from a ditch, he steadfastly held his position protecting his comrade and fighting the enemy with his tommy gun until they finally gave up and withdrew in disorder.
One tank and both self-propelled guns had been destroyed by this time but another tank swept the area with fire from a longer range. Private Smith still showing utter contempt for enemy fire helped his wounded friend to cover and obtained medical aid for him behind a nearby building. He then returned to his position beside the road to await the possibility of a further enemy attack.
No further immediate attack developed and as a result the battalion was able to consolidate the bridgehead position so vital to the success of the whole operation which led to the eventual capture of San Giorgio Di Cesena and a further advance to the ltonco river.
Thus by the dogged determination, outstanding devotion to duty and superb gallantry of this private soldier, his comrades were so inspired that the bridgehead was held against all enemy attacks pending the arrival of tanks and anti-tank guns some hours later.
Private Smith was from British Columbia, but I take some pleasure in saying that his mother was a French Canadian from Bona-venture county in the province of Quebec.
Thomas Reid: Better keep the record straight: from New Westminster.


Douglas Charles Abbott: These operations which I have reviewed so sketchily and so inadequately have, of course, had their price. As the committee will recall from figures published the other day, casualties which have been sustained by the army since June 6, 1944-D-day -amount in all to 46,866, of whom 11,638 are killed or dead, 537 missing, 2,131 prisoners of war or interned, and 32,560 wounded.
I know the sympathy of the committee will go out to the families of those who have made this sacrifice.
I now propose to give to the committee a brief outline of the organization of the Canadian Army overseas, and the method of reinforcing that army, and the organization of our army in Canada, followed by some figures as to the present strength of the army and

the changes in strength which have taken place over the fiscal year which ended last Saturday.
In view of the wide interest in the subject,
I make no apology for describing the organization of the Canadian Army overseas. I realize of course that a good many bon. members will be familiar with what I am about to say. But it will, I believe, be useful to have the description on the record.
Basically, the Canadian Army overseas is . composed of three infantry divisions, two armoured divisions, two independent armoured brigades, two heavy artillery groups and several specialist groups of engineers and signals, with of course, certain ancillary troops necessary to maintain and service these establishments.
The plan of the Canadian Army adopted in 1942 provided for an army of two corps. Initially, the three infantry divisions and the two armoured brigades were to be grouped in the first corps, and the two armoured divisions in the second corps.
Of course, you cannot merely put two or three divisions together and call the result an army corps. The various divisions have to be held together by a corps headquarters with a corps commander and staff and a variety of service and supply units and formations known as corps troops.
Equally, when two or more corps are combined in an army, there must be an army headquarters with an army commander and similar service and supply units and formations which are known as headquarters and army troops.
In general terms, it may be said that a division is a formation which is normally of a certain definite composition and strength. There,are two kinds of divisions in the Canadian army-the infantry division with three infantry brigades, and the armoured division with one armoured brigade and one infantry brigade; each having the required components of artillery, engineers and the like. The same is not true of an army corps or an army. These of necessity are much more flexible in their composition.
Hon, members will recall that- when we hear that Germany has so many men on the western front it is always measured in terms of divisions, not in terms of corps or armies.
A corps may be composed of two or more divisions, either infantry or armoured as circumstances may require; an army of two or more corps. In a war of movement, it is sometimes essential, for tactical reasons, to transfer divisions from one corps to another. In the present war, it has frequently been

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necessary for the commander in the theatre to transfer whole army corps from one army to another, in accordance with strategic needs and developments. Since D-day every Canadian division without exception has, on occasion, fought under British command, and in northwest Europe every British division but one has at some time fought under Canadian command.
Consequently, when our first division and one of the independent armoured brigades and their ancillary troops were sent to Sicily in July, 1943, they were attached to a British corps in the British Eighth Army. Later on when the decision was taken to send the fifth (armoured) division to Italy, the first Canadian corps headquarters was also sent to Italy. This corps came under command of the British Eighth Army and from time to time was responsible for the handling of the Canadian and of British and other divisions as required by the tactical situation.
The second, third and fourth divisions and the other armoured brigade were regrouped in England as the second Canadian corps. In addition, we had in England, the army headquarters and army establishment which had been created before there was any thought of sending Canadian troops to Italy. What was more natural than to assign a British army corps to serve with the Canadian Army in England? It was simply the counterpart of having a Canadian corps serving with a British army in Italy.
In other words, when we hear about British or Polish troops serving with the First Canadian Army, that does not mean that there are not enough Canadian divisions overseas to make up an army which would be exclusively Canadian. All it means is that, because one Canadian corps has been serving in Italy, an army corps of non-Canadian troops must substitute for it as a part of the Canadian army in northwest Europe.
For a small part of the time since the clearing of the Schelte the First Canadian Army has been made up of more than two army corps. As a consequence, the majority of the troops under General Crerar's command have at times been other than Canadians. But the First Canadian Army is truly Canadian because its commander, its headquarters staff and most of its army troops- that is the whole structure of command and control-are Canadian. The Canadian people have every right to be proud of the tribute to the efficiency of our army headquarters implied in the heavy responsibilities which have repeatedly been assigned to General Crerar and his staff.
From time to time, there is criticism of the decision taken in 1942 to create the First Canadian Army. It is argued that the largest formation Canada should have undertaken was an army corps, such as we had in the last war. I can see no object, at this stage, in taking sides in that argument. The Canadian army exists and it cannot now be changed. But it should, perhaps, be pointed out that five divisions and two armoured brigades, two heavy artillery groups and several groups of signals and engineers would have made a large and cumbersome corps.
Another point has some relevance. The dispersal of the same number of Canadian divisions under non-Canadian command would not have reduced1 and in all probability would have increased the reinforcement requirements. Such a course would also have made almost impossible the organization of adequate Canadian medical, postal and similar services.
One point I wish to make very clear since there has been some misunderstanding in this connection. All Canadian divisions and) other smaller formations overseas have been reinforced exclusively by Canadians. When we hear of British or Polish or American troops in the First Canadian Army what is meant is that a corps or a division of such troops is fighting under Canadian command.
In the recent offensive in the lower Rhineland, only about a third of the troops in the First Canadian Army were Canadian. But this was a very high honour and tribute to Canada. I have been told that at one stage of its glorious history in this war, there were no British divisions serving in the famous British Eighth Army. Yet no one questioned its right to be called a British army.
It would be quite easy to give the committee plenty of examples of regroupings of army corps taken from experience in the present war. The practice of course is not a new one. Many hon. members will recall that during the last war the Canadian formations at the second battle of Ypres formed part of the British Second Army. Sixteen months later, on the Somme, the Canadian corps formed part of the British Fourth Army. At Vimy Ridge, the Canadian corps was part of the British First Army. At Passchendaele, Canadian troops fought in the British second army. Simultaneously, other Canadian troops were fighting as part of the British Third Army.
In my own case the battery with which I was serving was not even attached to the Canadian corps it was attached to the first British corps. I have reason to remember that
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because after we came out on rest after Pass-chendaele I was able to get leave to go to Italy, which was not permitted at that time if you were attached to the Canadian corps.
During the spring of 1918, some Canadian troops were divided between the British First and Third Armies in the neighbourhood of Vimy Ridge, while other Canadian forces were fighting near Amiens with the British Fifth Army. It is also interesting to recall that at Vimy Ridge in 1917, troops of the British fifth division fought with the Canadian divisions as a part of the Canadian corps. I recall these examples both because they are part of the history of Canadian arms and because they illustrate so well the principle applied in the shifting of formations from one army to another in accordance with battle needs.
I am now going to take further liberties with the patience of the committee in order to give a brief description of the organization for handling reinforcements for the Canadian Army in the United Kingdom and in the actual theatres of operations.
The organization in the United Kingdom concerned with the reinforcements for the Canadian Army in the field is called the Canadian reinforcement units. Under one headquarters, there is a group of units each on a definite establishment, designed to hold and to continue the training of reinforcements for each of the arms and services in the army. Naturally, the number of reinforcement units for each arm or service depends upon the umber of reinforcements to be held. There is, for example, more than one unit for the armoured corps and the artillery. There is one unit each for engineers, signals and army service corps. There is a general reinforcement unit for those services which are so small that they do not require a separate unit for their reinforcements.
The organization for holding and training infantry reinforcements is somewhat different in character. It consists of two infantry training brigades made up of infantry training regiments, each of which has a depot battalion to administer the reinforcements and two training battalions to train them as nearly as possible to field conditions. Each regiment holds, administers and trains reinforcements for particular infantry battalions in the field.
Reinforcements are dispatched from Canada to the Canadian reinforcement units in the United Kingdom month by month, according to projected requirements overseas and, of course, to the shipping available. Reinforce-

ments are dispatched to the particular reinforcement unit or infantry training regiment for which they are intended. Upon disembarkation, they proceed direct to these units.
Upon arrival at the reinforcement unit, the state of training of the reinforcements from Canada is assessed. If further training is required, the reinforcements receive such further training before being dispatched to the theatre of operations. If no further training is required, their training and fitness is maintained until they are called forward into the theatre.
Reinforcements are called forward from the United Kingdom by the general officer in charge of the Canadian elements of the lines of communication in the theatre. Perhaps I should explain that for ease of movement and the like, the headquarters which among other tasks has to handle the reinforcements and which is directed by this Canadian general officer to whom I have just referred, is divided into two groups designated 1st and 2nd echelons.
The demands for reinforcements from the United Kingdom are met weekly or more frequently if necessary. These demands are based on estimates of reinforcements which will be required to replenish the pool for each arm or service held in the theatre, and on the casualties which it is estimated will be suffered up to the time the reinforcements will arrive.
In the theatre, there is a Canadian base reinforcement group made up of a number of reinforcement battalions. These battalions are designed to hold reinforcements and1 to maintain the state of training of these reinforcements until they are called forward for action.
In addition to the reinforcement battalions in the group at the base, there is a forward reinforcement battalion normally located in the corps area. This battalion is divided into companies to hold an appropriate number of reinforcements for each unit in each division and in corps troops.
At each divisional headquarters and at corps headquarters, there is an officer who is a representative of the officer in charge of 2nd echelon at the base. This officer receives a copy of the daily casualty reports from the units. On the basis of these reports, , he demands reinforcements from the forward reinforcement battalion and informs 2nd echelon.
By having officers representing the reinforcement agencies attached to the fighting formations, who can make their demands for reinforcements direct to the forward reinforce-

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ment battalion, the movement of reinforcements is expedited and the reinforcements can join the units as quickly as transportation facilities permit. Naturally, their movement forward is dependent upon conditions of battle at the time.
The organization of reinforcements for armoured units is somewhat different. Here it is necessary for reinforcements and replacement tanks to move forward together. While bringing their tanks forward, reinforcement crews have an opportunity to get to know the particular tank they will take into battle. Although the organization differs somewhat, the basic principle is the same. Reinforcements are held well forward and are demanded direct by the fighting formations.
The organization of reinforcements is truly a stream. As reinforcements are called forward into battle, other reinforcements take their place in the forward units, others move from the United' Kingdom to the units at the base, still others from Canada to the United Kingdom.
Because it is flexible, the organization permits of the ready reinforcement of the units in a division. No matter with what corps a division may be serving from time to time, it is able to get its own reinforcements. In this connection, I should perhaps point out that the reinforcing of units in the field is done territorially as far as possible. Except in cases of extreme urgency, reinforcements recruited from a particular part of Canada join a unit from that region in the field. Moreover, except for emergencies, which do arise from time to time in battle, a soldier who has served with a unit and leaves it for one reason or another, and later joins the reinforcement stream, becomes a reinforcement for his own old unit.
Finally, I should perhaps say a word about the difficulties which often arise in moving men forward while a battle is going on, particularly a battle of movement. It is, of course, not possible to replace every casualty the moment the casualty occurs. There is also the problem of absorbing reinforcements into the fighting units, and the effect upon the morale of the unit of such absorption. Every old soldier knows that no unit and no commander is ever satisfied with the reinforcements sent to them when they first arrive. Old soldiers know, too, that if the men are properly selected and properly trained, they can be quickly absorbed into the unit, and before many days have gone by, become veterans all ready to criticize the next batch of reinforcements.
The Army in Canada. Now about the Army in Canada. Canada is the base of operations of the Canadian Army overseas. This country is the source of supply of reinforcements, weapons, munitions, equipment and supplies for the fighting units. Hon. members may be surprised when I remind them that the total effective strength of the army in Canada is some 175,000 men and, in addition, some 13,000 women. Apart from those in hospital or those awaiting discharge, all are engaged in military activities which the government's expert military advisers regard as essential to the prosecution of the war. Most of these activities are in direct support of the army overseas.
In cooperation with the other services the army in Canada has had to provide for the security of our own country and nearby areas, like Newfoundland, against direct assault or raids. As the tide of war has receded, this task has fortunately made smaller and smaller demands on the army's man-power, but there are still coastal garrisons and garrisons for strategic or vulnerable areas which have to be provided, if undue risks are not to be taken.
The main task of the army in Canada is to support the Canadian Army overseas. Men and machinery have to be provided for the enlistment, enrolment, administration and discipline, medical and dental care, and the training and dispatch of reinforcements. Then too the army has the task of providing personnel and machinery to receive, sort out, counsel and discharge those who have completed their military, service. The army in Canada does not itself manufacture weapons, equipment and ammunition, but it has a considerable staff engaged in testing, designing and improving munitions, in receiving them from the manufacturers and arranging for their warehousing, issue and shipment for our own forces overseas, and also to the armies of our allies who are supplied with Canadian munitions.
The army in Canada administers and guards many thousands of prisoners of war. In addition, it provides certain services to the navy and the air force, which represent an overall national saving in m'an-power.
The man-power of the army in Canada is distributed roughly as follows:
1.	Fifty per cent of the total number of men in the army in Canada are directly related to the reinforcement of the army overseas.
(a) Thirty-five per cent of the troops in Canada are themselves in training as reinforcements, destined for overseas service. As this
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number represents men at all stages of training, the number is much greater than the number fully trained and ready for dispatch at any one time.
(b) Fifteen per cent of the troops in Canada form the staffs of the training centres in which overseas reinforcements receive their training. They comprise instructors, administrative, housekeeping and welfare personnel.
2.	About ten per cent of the troops in Canada are employed as operational troops ensuring the security of our national military base. They include soldiers manning coastal defences, anti-aircraft guns, and the like.
3.	Another fifteen per cent of the troops in Canada are employed in recruiting and discharge depots, in working on behalf of the navy and air force, in guarding prisoners of war and internees, and in miscellaneous duties.
4.	The balance, some. twenty-five per cent, of all the troops in Canada, provide the housekeeping staffs for the rest of the army in Canada, including medical and dental care, provost, supply, engineering and mechanical maintenance, pay and chaplain services, and so on.
These figures show that the greater part of the army in Canada is not engaged in what is loosely described as "home defence". The proportion of the total engaged in these operational activities is no%v less than ten per cent and reductions continue to be made. Most of the activities of the army in Canada are essential services being performed for the direct benefit and support of the army overseas.
By far the largest proportion of the soldiers employed in Canada (apart from those being trained as reinforcements for overseas) are in the older age brackets, lower medical categories, or are members of the C.W.A.C. It has long been the policy of the government and the military authorities to withdraw from units in Canada those who are suitable and able to serve overseas as their services are required, and as rapidly as they can be replaced by personnel in lower categories.
It may be as well at this point to mention one fact that seems little realized in the country. That is, that at no time during the present war have more than a third of the soldiers in Canada been N.R.M.A. or so-called "home defence" personnel. Of the numbers at present in the army in Canada, approximately 35,000 are N.R.M.A. and
140,000	general service personnel.

The Strength of the Army. Turning now to the present strength of the army and the changes in the strength which have taken place over the last fiscal year, in the case of the army overseas, security considerations make it impossible for me to do more than give an overall picture, but for the army in Canada and territories adjacent to Canada, I can give a little more detail.
The army overseas, that is, in the United Kingdom and in Europe, has increased during the fiscal year from about 240,000 to about 285,000.
Of the increase of approximately 45,000, nearly one-half has been in personnel employed or held as reinforcements. The remainder is in hospitalized and other noneffective personnel. Increases in these items are to be expected in view of the action in which the army has been engaged over the year.
The increase has been effected by the dispatch overseas of some 80,000 troops. As was stated in the house in February last year, it had been planned to dispatch overseas only 48,000 during the fiscal year. The committee will, I feel sure, appreciate the magnitude of the effort which has been made to bring about, during the fiscal year, the dispatch overseas of two-thirds as many again as the number which had been originally planned.
The army overseas includes some 2,000 nursing sisters and other members of the nursing services and some 1,500 members of the C.W.A.C. Most of the members of the C.W.A.C. are employed in the United Kingdom but some have gone even further afield. The nursing sisters are employed in hospitals both in the United Kingdom and in the theatres of war.
I shall not for the moment give details as to the present reinforcement situation but I shall return to this a little later on in the course of my remarks.
As regards the army in Canada and adjacent territories, the then Minister of National Defence in presenting the estimates to the house in February, 1944, stated that the strength amounted to over 215,000. At the present time the strength of the army in Canada and adjacent territories numbers only about 175,000, plus about 9,000 who, although carried on strength, are on extended leave to engage in agriculture, mining or various essential industries. The decrease of 40.000, that is, from 215,000 to 175,000, is accounted for as follows: 80.000 have been dispatched overseas and about 55,000 have been struck off strength

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for various reasons; a gross decrease of 135,000. On the other hand, there have been nearly 65,000 enlistments and enrolments, and approximately 30,000 returned from overseas, a total increase of about 95,000; leaving a net decrease of about 40,000.
Of the 175.000 now in home army establishments, some 15,000 are in operational units, and some 80,000 are employed in training or other non-operational units. These compare respectively with 55,000 and 75,000 a year ago.
The total of the two is the true basis of comparison since there has been some reclassification of units, formerly considered as operational, to non-operational status. For example, servicing units in the coastal commands were last year almost all classified as operational since their duties were mostly concerned with the maintenance of the operational troops in the infantry and artillery units of the commands. With the reduction of the scale of defences consequent upon the changed strategical considerations, the role of these servicing units is now largely nonoperational and they are now so classified.
The total now employed in operational and non-operational units amounts to 95,000 and is some 35,000 less than the number so employed a year ago.
Attention is constantly being devoted to releasing from service in Canada as many fit men as possible in order that they may proceed overseas as reinforcements. Apart from commissioned officers, the number of men who are of age and physical standard suitable for duty as infantry overseas who are still employed in operational or nonoperational units is now only about 21,000, many of whom have already served overseas. This includes men in certain infantry units which it has not yet been possible to relieve from operational duties either in Canada or in various islands in the Atlantic and in certain units engaged in cold weather tests. As soon as these units can be released the fit personnel will be sent overseas as reinforcements.
The committee will, of course, understand that a certain number of men of the highest physical standards must be retained in Canada for training duties, provost and other special work. Moreover certain warrant officers and specialist tradesmen must be retained even if they happen to be of suitable medical category for service overseas. However, to the extent that such men can be released by replacing them with men returned from overseas they will be dispatched overseas.
The number in the training stream, that is, undergoing training in the numerous training centres and schools across the country
and including men recently enlisted or enrolled in district depots, amounts to about 65,000. As these men complete their training they will go forward as reinforcements to the army overseas. Those who for one reason or another become ineligible for overseas service will be employed in units in Canada according to their qualifications and wherever possible, will be used to release fit men for service overseas.
In the district depots, apart from men newly inducted into the army who are accounted for in the training stream, there are about
15,000	men. These men are in what are known as the appraisal, placement and rehabilitation wings. They include men who have returned from overseas who are posted to district depots while they are on disembarkation leave. When their leave is completed they report back to their depot and are either found suitable employment or may be discharged. Men from units in Canada which are disbanded or men who are found unsuitable for the training or employment in which they are engaged may be posted to depots until further employment is found for them or until they are returned to civil life.
Over and above the 175,000 men to whom I have referred, there are some 1,000 nursing sisters and other members of the nursing service, and some 12,000 members of the C.W.A.C.
The department also employs some 10,000 full time civilians in military establishments These civilians fill many posts which might otherwise have to be filled by high category men.
As I have said, there are among the 175,000 men in the army in Canada and adjacent territories about 35,000 N.R.M.A. soldiers. In addition, 6,000 of the 9,000 men on extended leave are N.R.M.A. men.
The 35,000 N.R.M.A. troops are distributed throughout the various units which go to make up the army in Canada. They are to be found in every training centre in Canada, in every depot and in practically every unit in Canada whether operational or nonoperational and in the numerous units serving in the islands off the Atlantic coast and in the territory of Labrador.
I hope the committee will forgive me for dwelling on this point, but in spite of repeated statements, the misapprehension still seems to exist in some quarters that the N.R.
M.	A. are a separate and distinct body apart from other troops. This is not the case-the
N.	R.M.A. troops are not segregated and con-
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centrated in one camp or in a number of camps, but as I have said, are to be found throughout the army in Canada.
Last November figures of the N.R.M.A. strength were published in considerable detail. In view of the interest in these figures, which I am sure is shared by members of the committee, I have had comparisons made in tabular form of the strength as it then existed with the current strength. With the permission of the committee I will place these tables on Hansard. Thesfe tables, in which the figures have been shown in round numbers, are as follows:
Table I
Strength of N.R.M.A.	Soldiers- those	-Canada and Adjacent on extended leave)	Territories-	-(excludingType of unit Operational	
Non-operational	
Training stream 	
Depots 	30 Sep 44 Total strength 31,100 15,500 11,200 2,200	Numbers suitable for inf.inch 2,600 8,000 8,000	Total strength 7.500 12.500 12.500 2.500	31 Mar 45 Numbers suitable for inf. inch 5.000 5.000 10,000Total	60,000	42,000	35,000	20,000Table II	Strength of NR.M.A.	Soldiers- those	Canada and Adjacent on extended leave)	Territories-	(excludingMilitary district of enrolment 1, 2 and 3-Ontario	
4 and 5-Quebec	
6 and 7-Maritimes	
10, 12 and 13-Prairies	
Pacific command-B.C	30 Sep 44 Total strength 15,000 22,800 4,300 13,800 4,100	Numbers suitable for inf. inch 10,250 16,300 2,600 10,000 2,850	Total strength 8,200 14,200 2,500 8,100 2,000	31 Mar 45 Numbers suitable for inf. inch 4.600 8,000 1,200 5,000 1,200Total	60,000	42,000	35,000	20,000
Table III
Strength of N.R.M.A. Soldiers-Canada and Adjacent Territories-(excluding those on extended leave)
Year of	30 Sep 44	31 Mar 45
enrolment	Total strength Total strength
1941	
6,200	3,2001942	
25,400	13,6001943	
17,900	9,2001944	and 1945	
10,500	9,000Total	
60,000	35,000
Table I shows that the 35,000 are divided roughly as follows: 7,500 in operational units,
12,500	in non-operational units, another 12,500 in the training stream and 2,500 in. depots. Of the 20,000 suitable for infantry there are 5,000 in the operational units, 5,000 in the non-operational units and 10,000 in the training stream. In accordance with policy, the number suitable

for infantry employed in operational and nonoperational units will be reduced still further and the men will go forward as reinforcements.
Table II shows that the present strength is divided as follows: 8,200 from Ontario; 14,200 from Quebec; 2,500 from the maritimes; 8,100 from the prairie provinces and 2,000 from the Pacific command.

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I should mention that these statistics are compiled on a basis of military districts. Thus, the provincial break-down is only approximate because of the part of Ontario included in military district No. 10 and the part of Quebec in military district No. 3.
Table III shows that of the 35,000 at present on strength, 3,200 were enrolled in 1941; 13,600 in 1942, 9,200 in 1943 and 9,000 in 1944 and 1945.
As was stated in the house last year, it was planned to take into the army, both by voluntary enlistment and through the N.R. M.A., 5000 men per month, or 60,000 for the fiscal year ending March 31. This number was obtained, in fact, slightly exceeded.
Although the army has taken in during the fiscal year over 5,000 men per month, the net drain upon our man-power is much less than this, for discharges from the army to civil life have on the average run close to 4,000 per month; thus the net drain upon the civilian economy is only a little over 1,000 per month, or about 15,000 for the year.
Many of those discharged have been lowered in category and some will not be able to resume work as strenuous as that in which they were employed before enlisting. Nevertheless, these 45,000 discharged men constitute an important return to the Canadian working force.
At the beginning of the last fiscal year, we had in Canada over 55,000 operational troops, many of whom could be drawn on if necessity arose as reinforcements for the army overseas.
As the committee knows, that necessity did arise and many of the units were dispatched overseas as reinforcements both before and after the passing of order in council P.C. 8891.
I cannot conclude my remarks with respect to our army here in Canada without making some reference to the role which has been played by the reserve army. That role is familiar to all of us and it is unnecessary for me at this time to say more than that the government fully realizes that it has not been easy for busy men-many of whom are in the older age brackets with family obligations or employed in important and exacting wartime civilian duties-to devote their evenings and holidays to the work of the reserve army. Nevertheless, it is important that they should continue their efforts in support of this force. They are giving valuable assistance in maintaining throughout the country a continued interest in the Canadian Army and its activities, and in military affairs generally, and are setting a very necessary example of preparedness to all citizens, especially to our youths many of whom enlist in the active army after a brief period of service with a 32283-37
reserve unit. Great credit is due to those who have taken part and are continuing to take part in the activities of the reserve army for their splendid contribution to Canada's war effort.
The Reinforcement situation. I now come to the present reinforcement situation and what has taken place in regard to provision of reinforcements since the house met in special session in November and December last.
In open session I cannot state exactly how many reinforcements we have, but I can say that at the present time the reinforcmeent situation generally, and in the infantry in particular, is much better than was forecast in the estimates put before the house in the secret session.
We had at the end of March over 75 per cent more fully trained, fit and available infantry reinforcements in the theatres or in the United Kingdom than was forecast in the projections put before the house in the secret session. Moreover, we also have in training in the United Kingdom more infantry reinforcements than we estimated that we would have.
The principal reason why the infantry situation is better than forecast is, of course, that battle casualties have been lower than estimated, although this has been in part offset by a higher incidence of sickness and other non-battle casualties brought about by the extraordinarily difficult conditions under which our troops have been operating. Notwithstanding the fact that casualties have been fewer, our planned dispatches of reinforcements overseas have been not only fully maintained but substantially exceeded.
I shall now try to tell the committee in some detail what has taken place since P.C. 8891 was passed.
The first step was to select the battalions which would proceed overseas as reinforcements. Certain battalions had to be ruled out, at least as regards early sailings, because they were employed in garrison duty in Jamaica and Newfoundland and others had already been selected for cold weather exercises which have taken place in northern Saskatchewan and northern British Columbia.
Of the units which remained some had, of course, to be retained for operational duty in accordance with the scale of defences which it is necessary to maintain. Thus the decision which had to be made was as to which units should go and which units should remain.
Although some units had to be retained in Canada, the physical standards for these units are not so high as are the standards for operational duty overseas, and to the extent that

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they could be spared, high category personnel from these units were posted to the units proceeding as reinforcements.
The selection of the units was made by the general staff in consultation with the G.O.C.-in-C., Pacific command, in which area most of the units were situated.
To meet the additional 10,000 to be dispatched before the end of January, it was decided that ten units should proceed at a strength of 1,000 each. This is about 25 per cent greater than the normal establishment of an infantry battalion.
The first sailing which left Canada consisted of 14th brigade headquarters, the Oxford Rifles, the Winnipeg Light Infantry, the Royal Rifles of Canada, the St. John Fusiliers and the Prince of Wales Rangers.
On the second sailing, which left a week after the first, there were the 15th brigade headquarters, the Fusiliers de Sherbrooke, the Regiment de Joliette, the Regiment de Cha-teauguay, the Fusiliers du St. Laurent and the Prince Edward Island Highlanders. In addition, there were the Irish Fusiliers and the Midland Regiment.
I should mention that although the names of these various units are of territorial significance, the personnel of the units were actually drawn in every case from several military districts. Since that time, the 31st (Alberta) Reconnaissance Regiment and the Dufferin and Haldimand Regiment have also proceeded overseas.
A unit which had been serving in Newfoundland at the time of the passing of P.C. 8891 has now been relieved by another unit consisting largely of low category men. The unit which had been relieved is now in Canada and will in due course proceed overseas.
Personnel in units engaged in the cold weather tests are also scheduled to proceed overseas in due course. One of these tests has already been concluded, but the other, in which it is planned to study the effects of spring conditions, will continue a little longer.
In all, the numbers in units warned for overseas were nearly 18,000 other ranks, of whom a little over 14,500 were of N.R.M.A. status.
Of those warned to report for the third sailings, 6,311 were reported as not accounted for on January 16. Of these 1,993 surrendered or have been apprehended up to the end of March. A further 639 were found on investigation to have been in hospital or otherwise properly accounted for, leaving a total of 3,679 still unaccounted for.
Of those warned to report for the third sailing, 736 were absentees and not accounted

for at the time of sailing. Of these, 339 have since surrendered or been apprehended, leaving 397 still unaccounted for.
Of those warned to report for the fourth sailing, thirteen were absent and unaccounted for at the time of sailing, and of these, seven since surrendered or been apprehended, leaving a balance of six unaccounted for.
Summarizing what I have just said, this left 4,082 still unaccounted for at the end of March.
The approximate distribution of these by military districts of enlistment or enrolment is as follows:
District of enrolment	Number
1,	2 and 3-(Ontario)	 450
4 and 5-(Quebec)	 2,400
6	and 7-(Maritimes)	
10010,	12 and 13-(Prairies)	
1,000Pacific command	
150Total	
4,100
The details which I have given above refer to the units which are sometimes loosely called N.R.M.A. units. As has been mentioned, about 20 per cent of the strength of these units consists of general service men.
In addition to the N.R.MA. men who have been dispatched overseas in units, reinforcements have also been dispatched from the training stream.
The total number of men of N.R.M.A. status dispatched overseas up to the end of March is 11,836. By military districts these are as follows:
M.D. 1, 2 and 3-(Ontario)	 3,466
M.D. 4 and 5-(Quebec)	 2,391
M.D. 6 and 7-(Maritimes)		888
M.D. 10, 12 and 13-(Prairies).... 3,899 M.D. Pacific command	 1,192
Total	 11,836
In addition, over 2,400 men who were N.R.M.A. soldiers last October have since proceeded overseas as general service soldiers. Thus, the total exceeds the 14,000 additional reinforcements from the N.R.M.A. which it had been expected to dispatch before the end of March.
The total conversion of N.R.M.A. since November 1st has been 10,279 and new enrolments in the N.R.MA. 4,626.
Finally, Mr. Chairman, to round out the statistical data which I have been giving to the committee, I think I should say that total enlistments and enrolments in the Canadian Army since September, 1939, have been over
700,000	all ranks, which includes over 20,000 women. This compares with total enlistments and enrolments in the last war of approximately 619,000.

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In the course of these remarks, I have endeavoured to give the committee as fully as possible the data I believe it may wish to have. But if there are any other figures it is desired should be given which can be given without transgressing security rules, those figures well be forthcoming. I am sorry I have taken so much time. I am conscious of my own limitations in attempting to describe what the army has done and what is the present position. Nevertheless as an old soldier, although a very humble one, I am very proud to have been given the opportunity of speaking for our Canadian Army. It is a magnificant army, of which I think all of us can be proud. It has fully maintained the traditions of the Canadian corps of the last war. It is the army of every part of Canada. Every province, every town, every village and every hamlet are represented in it. A good many people have been responsible for its creation, but perhaps there are two who, more than any others, have made the greatest contribution to the building up of that magnificent fighting force. Those two men are the present Minister of National Defence, Mr. McNaughton, and his immediate predecessor the hon. member for Prince (Mr. Ralston). It certainly is not for me to attempt (to appraise the relative contributions which have been made by these two great Canadians, but I can and do say that they have been magnificent contributions, which have earned for each of them the gratitude of every man, woman and child in this country.


John George Diefenbaker: It is always very
difficult to follow a minister or a parliamentary assistant who has delivered a detailed recital such as we have heard this evening, but I think I speak for all hon. members of this house in complimenting the parliamentary assistant upon the graphic and complete way in which he has placed before us the problems of our army and the reinforcement situation in general.
This evening I am in the position of having no prepared speech, but I wish to ask a certain number of questions that have arisen out of the remarks made by the gentleman, with a view to ascertaining certain matters that have exercised the public mind in recent months and which even now, after the recital of the hon. gentleman, remain unanswered by him.
When he speaks with such pride of the Canadian Army and its exploits he voices the ideas of all of us in all parts of the house. The Canadian Army is performing exploits to-day which have earned the commendation of men in every land of the united nations.
As I listened to him telling the story of the original set-up that was intended for the Canadian Army I express the hope that I did almost a year and a half ago, that in the near future Canada's overseas forces will be in truth a Canadian Army, and that the men of Canada will be united together in one corps, adding to the exploits of Canadians overseas not only in this war but in the last.
I mentioned a moment ago that there are certain matters which have been unexplained, and that there are some things which have disturbed the public mind. The matter of manpower is still of pre-eminent importance, and recent events have intensified the interest with which the people of Canada will study the report given by the hon. member. The Prime Minister's speech of yesterday and the series of events which began in November last all require elucidation to a greater extent than has been done this evening by the hon. member.
I speak in no sense of disrespect, but the continuing in office of the Minister of National Defence after his rejection in the constituency of Grey North; the removal or forced resignation of Major General Pearkes, V.C., one of Canada's heroes; the incidents that have taken place in various parts of Canada, culminating in the recent incident at Drummondville; the serious disregard of discipline as revealed by the fact that even to-day 4,082 of the 18,000 directed overseas remain unaccounted for; the continuance in this country of a policy of inequality of service and of sacrifice-all these and more, cumulatively and individually have aroused serious doubts in the minds of the people of Canada, which only a fuller explanation, if given by the hon. member, will resolve.
One thing of which he did not make mention this evening is the fact that during recent months numbers of men who have been overseas for a period of five years have been returned to Canada on furlough. That is something worthy of commendation. The suggestion originally came from hon. members on this side of the house, when we stated our belief that those who had been overseas the longest should have an opportunity of being restored to their loved ones.
Now I come to. the matter of absenteeism. During recent days questions have been asked respecting absenteeism, and as to what is being done to apprehend these men who have deliberately defied the laws of this countay. There has been no serious attempt at enforcement of the law in this regard,
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and to illustrate what I have in mind I shall refer to a matter which has taken place recently.
My information is that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, while they have received instructions to locate these absentees, and to assure equality under the law in this regard, have at the same time, since an unfortunate incident and trial respecting the apprehending of a man who had broken the law, found themselves faced with a memorandum preventing their carrying out their responsibilities in this regard. I refer to a direction which has been issued, as I am informed, to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, preventing them in effect from carrying out the law in this connection.
This memorandum, as I understand it, was delivered to the mounted police several months ago, and reads as follows:
All members of the force should familiarize themselves with the criminal code and C.I.D. Instruction Book with respect to the use of fire arms in police work. If as the result of the use of arms members of the force are charged in court, the responsibility for their acts and the providing of counsel is entirely that of the member or members concerned. . . .
Now, Mr. Chairman, that is a rather serious matter. These men are asked to line up the absentees in this country and to bring them in; and yet at the same time they are advised that if it becomes necessary for them to use force, through firearms, the responsibility for their doing so falls upon themselves in the matter of the securing of counsel, and meeting the charge.


Ralph Maybank: Is there any difference
between those instructions and the instructions usually given to police officers?


Mr DIEFENBAKER:: These are the instructions that were given, as I say, some months ago, in a memorandum which was sent out.


Ralph Maybank: Are they not the usual
instructions?


John George Diefenbaker: I am endeavouring to make an argument, and if my hon, friends do not agree they will have their opportunity to answer later on.


Mr. CLEAVER:: Why not answer the
question?


Mr. ROSS (Moose Jaw):: Never mind the insinuations; get down to the question.


John George Diefenbaker: I never interrupt
hon. members, I sit here and listen to their arguments, and I ask the same courtesy I invariably give to other hon. members when speaking in the house. Whether or not these

directions are different from or the same as those previously given, this I believe, is the first time directions such as these have been given, and just at a time when the police forces of the country require the undivided support and approval of the people of Canada, and the widest possible power for the carrying into effect of the responsibilities that are theirs.
Mr. ST. LAURENT:	Would the hon.
member tell me from whom he understands these directions were issued? By whom were they given?	-


John George Diefenbaker: They were given
to the mounted police in this country.
Mr. ST. LAURENT:	Would the hon.
member mind telling me what his information is as to the source of these directions?


John George Diefenbaker: The minister asks me the source; I ask the minister were these the instructions?
Mr. ST. LAURENT: I cannot say. There were no instructions given by any one but the commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and any he gave were given on his own responsibility and as a result of his own experience in the administration of the force. The minister responsible to the house did not know until this moment about the instructions my hon. friend has read.


John George Diefenbaker: Regardless of that fact, I have referred to the instructions which I am informed were in fact given. Speaking about the punishment of wrongdoers, does the minister tell me that there has been any serious endeavour to enforce the mobilization regulations of this country having regard to the record of absenteeism which has been revealed this evening by the parliamentary assistant? Can it be said that there has been any serious endeavour to enforce the law when during 1944 only 4,503 men were punished for failure to comply with the regulations, and of those one-half were charged with the comparatively unimportant offence of failing to notify the mobilization authorities of a change in address? In 980 cases the charge was withdrawn when readiness was shown to comply with the law.
I think all of us are in agreement, the minister as well, that if a law on the statute books merits the support of the people of Canada, it merits the support of the law enforcement officials of this country. No information was given by the parliamentary assistant as to what was done with those who were apprehended. In one statement made by General McNaughton he stated that those

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who were wrongdoers were going to be punished, that those who were absent for more than twenty-one days would be punished as deserters. I ask the parliamentary assistant in that connection to place before the house and the country full information regarding the punishments that have been imposed on those men who have deliberately flouted the law of the country.


Douglas Charles Abbott: * We will do that.


Humphrey Mitchell: I might be able to tell the hon. member why we let some of them off.


John George Diefenbaker: The number that got off is certainly unusually high. If the government intends to uphold the law; if the government intends to make sure that delinquency shall be punished, is there any reason why those men who have deliberately flouted the law, who have deliberately defied the law, should not have their names made public to the end that the people of this country may be fully aware of those who are breaking the law? The men who to-day are defying the law should be made to realize that they will be punished when the war is over, regardless of when they are actually located or return home. In other words, the time has come when we should have the assurance that the law will be carried out.
When you look at the degree and extent of absenteeism it speaks volumes for the lack of enforcement; it speaks volumes for the lack of public opinion. In the midst of a war and under circumstances such as they are to-day, of 18,000 men who have been trained for two or three years, 4,082 still remain unaccounted for and 6,300 of the first numbers ordered overseas did not turn up. These things are serious. This matter strikes at the very heart of this country. This is delinquency the like of which few of us could imagine would exist during a time of war.
I have dealt with enforcement and the necessity of having full assurance that everything will be done to the end that the law will be upheld. I come now to one other matter which has been dealt with before in this house. This has to be repeated because, in spite of the protests that have been made in the past, the same course is being followed by the government at the present time and has been followed in recent months. We on this side believe that there is only one way in which this Canada of ours can be united, namely on a basis of equality of sacrifice everywhere in this dominion. I am going to refer to some recent statistics which indicate
that even now there is no serious endeavour to enforce the National Resources Mobilization Act equally and fairly.
This confederation can be cemented in unity only when men all over this country realize that under our citizenship there is equality under the law. I say without hesitation, after listening to the statistics which the hon. gentleman placed before us this evening, that there is not to-day nor has there been since this government came into power, any serious endeavour to assure equality. I pointed out the inequalities of the call-up in 1941, but it could be explained then on the ground that it had arisen innocently. It might have been a coincidence in 1942 that there was then no equality. But when the same state of affairs was repeated in 1943 and in 1944, and in 1945 according to the latest record, namely, "Canada at War", issue 44, February and March, 1945, I say that a course is being deliberately followed by this government with its eyes wide open of not enforcing the law of this country equally, fearlessly and fairly everywhere in this dominion.
When we met in November last and it was announced that under the provisions of an order in council 16,000 men from the N.R.M.A. would be sent overseas, we on this side of the house endeavoured to secure an assurance from the government that there would be equality in the allocation of those men, that the distribution would be fairly applied everywhere. The hon. member for Souris asked General McNaughton, when he appeared on the floor of this house, this question as reported on page 6556 of Hansard:
Mr. Ross (Souris): There has been considerable discussion to-day about the 16,000 men who will be called up under the new conscription policy which has been announced. In choosing those men or any proportion of _ them, will it be done on a per capita basis in the military districts across Canada from which they originally enlisted?
The answer of General McNaughton was this:
Mr. McNaughton: No; they will just be taken from any part of Canada.
Now I ask the parliamentary assistant this question, will he place on the records of the house not only the composition, as he has done, of the numbers that have come from the various provinces, but the percentage that they bear to all who were in the N.R.M.A. forces available for overseas service?


Douglas Charles Abbott: Is my hon. friend suggesting that untrained men should have been sent over?

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John George Diefenbaker: No, but I presume that men who were trained would be trained without regard to province or territory. I would presume that the military authorities would not train some men from one province and not train men from another. I would presume that the training would be done equally, without regard to the locality from which the men came.


Douglas Charles Abbott: That information has already been given in round figures.


John George Diefenbaker: I am asking for the percentages which those chosen from each province bear to the total number available. It can very simply be given; there is no difficulty about that. If the figures reveal that there has been equality, then I for one will be the first to commend the government for having brought that about. I realize that there are those who will criticize or even ridicule it, but the people of Canada as a whole want the assurance from this government that in the administration of the order in council and the sending of those men overseas they have been sent over as nearly as possible equally, in proportion to the population of all sections of this dominion.
The parliamentary assistant by the question that he asked me would indicate that there had been equality. I took the trouble to look up the statistics put out by the government in the February-March jgsue of "Canada at War," the latest returns by provinces, in order to ascertain, first, the percentage of voluntary enlistments in each province, and, second, the percentage of call-ups in the various provinces. According to these statistics the percentages of the volunteers in each province is as follows:
Province	Per cent
Prince Edward Island	 42-4
Nova Scotia	 4T3
New Brunswick	 38'4
Quebec	 16'2
Ontario	 40-9
Manitoba	 39'4
Saskatchewan	 33-3
Alberta	 35-9
British Columbia	 41-1
I repeat:
Those are figures from the official statement issued by the department with regard to volunteers.
Now I come to the matter of call-ups. I cannot understand, unless it is intentional, why it is that the call-up percentages in the various provinces range from 4-7 per cent to 7-2. Why is it that there is that disparity between the provinces in the matter of call-ups? Why is it that in some provinces there is such a low num-

ber called in proportion to the available number, while in other provinces there is a very much larger number called?
There can be no equality unless the callups in all the provinces are as nearly as possible equal, having regard to all the circumstances. Complaint is heard of the shortage of manpower on the farms throughout this country. Let me tell you, Mr. Chairman, that in my own province of Saskatchewan the callup is almost the highest ini the Dominion of Canada, and that call-up is still being operated so far as the farmers are concerned. The call-up in Saskatchewan is approximately 2-3 per cent higher than the lowest call-up in one or more provinces of this dominion. These things the hon. gentleman should explain. He should explain why it is that in the sixth year of war there is still an inequality that we on this side of the house have complained of from 1941 on.
There is some information that I should like to obtain. In November last the hon. member for Prince Albert asked General McNaughton when. N.R.M.A. men could convert and still be regarded as volunteers, or, in other words, would not come within the purview of the order in council. I ask the parliamentary assistant now, has the right to conversion by the N.R.M.A. men been extended beyond the confines of Canada? Has it been extended so that those who are overseas are permitted to convert and thereby take themselves outside the ambit of the order in council?


Douglas Charles Abbott: They have to convert before embarkation.


John George Diefenbaker: According to the figures he has given this evening, 11,836 of the
16.000	covered by the order in council have been sent overseas.


Douglas Charles Abbott: Having that status when they went.


John George Diefenbaker: Having that status when they went, they thereby come within the
16.000	provided for in the order in council.


Douglas Charles Abbott: And approximately an additional 2,400 up to the end of March, because the figures I gave are accurate up to the 8th of March or something like that.


John George Diefenbaker: So that the situation to-day then is that approximately 13,400 of the 16,000 covered by order in council have come forward.


Douglas Charles Abbott: Whatever those two figures add up to; that is right.

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John George Diefenbaker: Having regard to the offensive now in progress on the western front and in Germany, and having regard to the present rate of casualties and anticipated casualties, will the parliamentary assistant say whether or not any further order in council will be required in order to secure the necessary reinforcements? That is a matter upon which the hon. gentleman will have full information. If there is any threatened shortage of manpower required for reinforcements, is it the intention of the government- to pass any further order in council?
Summarizing the questions I have placed before the committee they are: first, what about the matter of enforcement.; second, what is being done to secure equality of service; third, is the reinforcement situation such, having regard to anticipated demands overseas, that any further order in council is expected or at present is being prepared?


Douglas Charles Abbott: I do not know whether my hon. friend wants me to outline in detail the procedure which is followed with respect to apprehending these deserters, but, if so, I would be glad to do so.
First, though, let me deal with his remarks concerning the matter of call-ups and what he refers to as "equality of sacrifice"; and I point out to him, of course, that that is a matter which does not fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of National Defence. We ask the Department of Labour to provide us with so many men a month, and the responsibility of obtaining these men, the call-ups, is on the Department of Labour.
With regard to his other question, as to whether a further order in council will be passed in order to provide reinforcements, I cannot, of course, say whether or not an order in council will be passed; but I can say this, that if it is necessary to pass a further order in council in order to provide reinforcements, such an order in council will be passed.
Now, as to the procedure, the steps which are taken to apprehend absentees and deserters, the steps are as follows: On the eighth day of absence the officer commanding the unit issues a descriptive report showing all details of the man, his physical description, information regarding his home address, places he is likely to visit, and the like. This is circulated immediately, first to national defence headquarters here in Ottawa, second, to provincial and municipal police in the immediate vicinity of the soldier's unit; third, to all active depot units which may be able to assist in locating the man; fourth, to the civil police in the area to which the soldier may have proceeded;
fifth, if it is thought he may have gone to the United States, the military attache at Washington is advised and he attends to the circulation of the description and so on to the federal bureau of investigation; sixth, the deputy assistant provost marshal, district headquarters and so on are advised; and finally, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, by the provost marshal. These are the steps which are taken to advise the various enforcement authorities.
Then as to the steps which are taken toward apprehension; in the first place inquiries are made locally in the areas to which it is thought the deserter may have proceeded. Second, the provost personnel work in close cooperation with the provincial and municipal police and with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Thirdly, the provost companies have special apprehension squads to apprehend absentees and deserters. Fourth, provost personnel may be granted permission to wear plain clothes for the purpose of pursuing their inquiries. Fifth, where considered desirable the next of kin are communicated with and are informed of the consequences of continfted absence and that it will ultimately result in the stoppage of dependents' allowance and assigned pay. Sixth, arrangements have now been made with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police whereby they will actively participate by themselves and in cooperation with the provost personnel in the apprehension of absentees and deserters. Seventh, certain members of special apprehension squads have been appointed special constables under the R.C.M.P. Act for the purpose of apprehending absentees and deserters, and can now execute search warrants for the purpose of apprehending absentees and deserters in the same manner as civil police. Finally, an advertisement relating to the offences of desertion and absenteeism was published in all daily newspapers on or about the 26th or 27th of January. That advertisement recited the appropriate sections of the Army Act, the criminal code, the Militia Act and the defence of Canada regulations relating to absence without leave, desertion, inciting to desert, and the concealing of absentees and deserters. A brief resume of the contents of this advertisement was broadcast over the radio on the same date.
I think my hon. friend asked me for details as to the disposition which is being made of deserters. I have not that information at hand at the moment. I think I should be able to get it and give it to him to-morrow.


Mr. WHITE:: When the parliamentary
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overseas, in addition to the number of deserters or soldiers absent without leave, will he inform the committee how many other
soldiers in the various military districts are absent without leave at the present time?


Douglas Charles Abbott: Yes; I can give my hon. friend the figures as of the 28th February. Those are the latest figures I have. If I remember, the hon. member for Prince stated, in bringing down the estimates last year, that the number then was approximately eleven thousand; and I take it that what my hon. friend wants is the cumulative total to date since the beginning of the war. Is that right?


George Stanley White: Yes.


Douglas Charles Abbott: The total on February 28 was 18,943. That includes all branches of the service, C.W.A.C., everybody; that is the cumulative total from the beginning of the
war.


George Stanley White: Can the parliamentary assistant break down the figures by provinces or
military districts?	*
^Ir. ABBOTT: Yes; I have that break-down here. It -is in two columns, by districts from which absence commenced and by districts of enlistment and origin. I take it that what my hon. friend would like is by districts of enlistments and origins.


George Stanley White: Yes.


Douglas Charles Abbott: The figures are as follows:
Military
district	No.
1		 945
2	(and	Camp	Borden)	
2,0923	(and	Petawawa)	
6024	
7.8005	
3,7130	
2627	
39110	
1,083
18,943


George Stanley White: Would the parliamentary assistant give the committee some information as to the procedure which is followed when a deserter is brought in; whether he is court-martialed, and some idea of the sentence and the punishment; and what is done in regard to missing equipment?


Douglas Charles Abbott: I do not know that I can give my hon. friend a detailed answer on that. I might get a little more information from my officers. But the usual practice is followed. He is brought first before his commanding officer; and perhaps I might say at this stage, with respect to those men who went

absent without leave after receiving notice to go overseas, it was felt, of course, that the purpose for which they went absent without leave or deserted was to avoid service overseas and therefore, if they were tried here and sentenced to detention or other form of punishment, they would accomplish what they had set out to do. So that, broadly speaking, when that class of absentee or deserter is apprehended he is sent to the base camp and shipped overseas as quickly as possible. Most of those cases have been dealt with overseas, the majority summarily by the commanding officers of the units. There have been a certain number of courts-martial, and I have promised the hon. member for Lake Centre to try to have for him to-morrow in greater detail the disposal which has been made of those cases.


Mr. RALSTON:: May I first convey to my hon. friend my sincere congratulations on the most lucid statement he has made and on the way he has handled it. I did not expect that it was coming on so soon. There may be some questions which I shall want to ask. I have had one in my mind for some time, and that is with regard to the matter of the reduced casualties, for which we all thank God. I wonder if there is any objection to my hon. friend giving the committee what might be called the saving in casualties as compared with the estimate which was made at the time the house was in session last November. Certain estimates were made at that time and a certain result was to be arrived at; a certain number of men were expected to be on hand at the end of each month if the casualties occurred as forecast and if the numbers were sent over as planned. I understand from my hon. friend that the number of N.R.M.A. men sent over has been slightly more, and the casualties-I have made up a calculation of my own, but it is a matter which my hon. friend should give-have been thousands less. I wish to know if my hon. friend can give a statement as to how many fewer casualties there have been approximately up to the end of March than the number forecast at the November sitting.


Douglas Charles Abbott: I cannot see the slightest objection to giving the information. I do not have it before me at the moment but I assume it is easily obtainable. I will get it and give it to the committee. On the question of casualties, my hon. friend has brought to my mind a point I had really intended to cover in my opening remarks. I do not wish to single out any particular branch of the service for special commendation, but one of the reasons why our casualties have been lower in this war than in the last has been, among

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other things, the splendid work done by the medical corps. They are operating in the forward areas, doing major surgery at forward dressing stations; and incidentally the nursing sisters are operating well forward in this war under gunfire. With the use of aeroplane evacuation and the new drugs we have, and with prompt blood transfusions-and in this the civilian population has contributed largely in providing plasma-the result has been that deaths following wounds have been very much lower than in the last war. I am glad my hon. friend brought this up, because I did want to pay this special tribute to the work done by the medical services in the army. I will get the information asked for.


James Layton Ralston: Of the 11,800 N.R.M.A. men sent over up to the end of February plus the 2,400 up to the end of March, how many were trained infantry men?


Douglas Charles Abbott: I cannot give that accurately at the moment, but a very large proportion of them were. If I can I will get the exact figures and give them to-morrow.


James Layton Ralston: My hon. friend will have in mind that there were a certain number of trained infantry planned to be sent over, and I should like to know whether or not that number has been exceeded. If it is a fact that the number of trained infantry are over the number planned, remembering the figures given last November with respect to the number of casualties forecast, and knowing the casualties which have been published in the newspapers so far, there must be thousands more overseas than were planned on. I would ask whether consideration has been given to substantially increasing the number of men coming back on rotation leave.


Douglas Charles Abbott: Consideration has been given to that and I think we have about 4,000 back already on rotation leave. Consideration is being given to increasing that number.


Mr. FREDERIC DORION (Charlevoix-Saguenay) (Translation):: Mr. Chairman, the few remarks which I intend to make will be of a general character because we have before us the entire resolution in which we are requested to vote a sum of two billion dollars for the purposes mentioned.
As has been the case with most of the resolutions introduced by the government, I notice in that resolution things that are, to my mind, almost conflicting. In fact we are asked to vote two billion dollars towards defraying any expenditures that may be incurred for the security, defence, peace, order and welfare of Canada; secondly, for the conduct of naval, military and air operations in 32283-38
or beyond Canada; thirdly, for promoting the continuance of trade, industry and business communications, whether by means of insurance or indemnity against war risk or in any other' manner whatsoever.
In this connection I wish to say a few words. Of course, if we were to vote an appropriation for the purposes mentioned under paragraph (c) of the resolution, no one could object. Indeed, I believe we should, as far as possible, "promote the continuance of trade, industry and business communications by means of insurance, or indemnity or in any other manner whatsoever." If, in this resolution, the objects and the amounts desired had been grouped; if, for example, we had been requested to vote a billion dollars for military purposes and another billion for the objects enumerated in paragraph (c), I do not hesitate to say that, as far as the purposes of paragraph (c) are concerned, no objection could have been raised. However, as I said a moment ago, in the present resolution, as in almost every motion submitted to us, the government has included certain items that are acceptable, while all the others are not. That is why I wish to state briefly the reasons which motivate my opposition to this resolution.
It is clear that we are now requested to pass war appropriations for the seventh consecutive year, as the first was adopted at the time of the declaration of war, in 1939. It is equally clear that this year, when the turn of events indicates that we are quite rapidly approaching the end of the war, the Canadian people were entitled to expect a certain lightening of the tax burden and a lowering of expenditures for war purposes.
Now, we have before us an appropriation comparable to those we voted during the last few years, that is in 1942, 1943 and 1944. Therefore, at the present time, when all cam hope for an early conclusion of the war, when Canadian citizens who have been staggering for many years under a crushing burden of taxation could have anticipated early relief, the government offers us no prospect for the materialization of that hope which the whole population of Canada has so long entertained.
Under the circumstances I cannot see why we should have again to vote such considerable sums if we have only the occupation of Germany to deal with. It has been said that our forces should remain in Germany for some time, but on that score it would be rather easy and pretty logical, and also in accordance with past experience to have such occupation expenditures defrayed by the enemy, that is by the occupied country rather than by ourselves. As a matter of fact, in
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view of the war effort that Canada has achieved, the maintenance of all those occupation forces should be paid for by those countries which we shall occupy.
Another matter which gives me the greatest concern and which probably also explains why the appropriation is as large this year as in the last few years, is that we wish to pursue, as we have done in the case of Germany, the war against Japan. This afternoon the right honourable the prime minister (Mr. Mackenzie King) warned the house that the claim of some newspapers to the effect that he wanted to wage war against Japan on a moderate scale, was not correct, and he quoted what he had said in order to emphasize that when he mentioned a moderate effort, he was referring to moderation not in the war against Japan, but as regards the army of occupation in Germany. Therefore, it means that we are launching against Japan a war that will lead us no one knows where and which will cost us in munitions, men and money probably as much as the war in Europe If we take such a course nobody knows what the outcome will be.
This is the very thing I want to oppose. I claim we have no reason to send expeditionary forces across the Pacific and we should not mobilize any troops to wage war on Japan when, in Asia there are whole populations anxious to fight that country; in China, for example, hundreds of thousands of men are ready to march against the Japanese as soon as they are supplied with the necessary weapons and ammunition. After five years of war in Europe, it would be only logical, just and reasonable that we refrain from sending troops-to the Pacific, being content to supply weapons and ammunition to those who ask nothing better than to settle scores with Japan.
I said a moment ago that the present appropriations leave no hope to the Canadian people of a lightening of their burden, contrary to the general expectations.
I shall also make a few remarks concerning certain controls that have been irksome for too many years.
At the approach of the end1 of the war, and this is the present situation, it seems to me that the government could have released our people from some of the present restrictions.
I shall deal more particularly with the motor truck control which, in my constituency, as in all others, I suppose, make conditions more intolerable and calamitous than ever. The main industry of Charlevoix-Saguenay is forestry, which is of paramount importance. Indeed, my constituency supplies large quantities of wood for paper-making, fuel and other gen-

eral commercial purposes. Well, last year, a good proportion of this useful wood was never taken out because the motor truck controller refused to grant permits for the purchase of trucks. It would seem that this year, at least during the few months that I have been making numerous personal calls on ithe controller, things have become even more worse than last year. Our people are refused permits to purchase the trucks they need while the dealers are running advertisements in the press offering trucks for sale. It is therefore evident that some of these vehicles are on the market, but our people are not allowed to buy them and, therefore, next winter, large quantities of wood will still remain in the bush, impending trade in general, whether of fuel wood or other forest products.
I shall bring a special case to your attention to show that these controls are often administered in a strange manner.
In the parish of Saint-Tite des Caps, county of Montmorency, there lives a certain Ludger Duclos, owner of two butter factories. Well, last summer, while production was set at the highest level, as this man could not sell his butter without taking in ration coupons in compliance with instructions from the wartime prices and trade board, he built up a large stock of this product. He then went to Quebec to reserve space in the cold storages, both those operated by the government and those owned by private concerns; but, unfortunately, nowhere could he find room for his surplus stock. Now, instead of going back home and destroying a large quantity of butter which he was unable to sell because his customers could not give him the necessary coupons, he did what every sensible man would have done under the circumstances: he disposed of his butter without asking for the required coupons. I have here a statement made under oath, showing that if he had to do that, it was on account of the fact that it was utterly impossible for him to find in Quebec an appropriate place for storing the surplus butter he had. Some time later that gentleman was arraigned before the Quebec police court, on a charge preferred by the wartime prices and trade board, and he was sentenced to pay a $500 fine.
It seems to me that, as the end of the war is in sight, those controls could have been eliminated so that our people might have sold their products on the domestic market without having to comply with the often absurd formalities of that board.
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nothing but the voluntary system of enlistment is contemplated, and we could see in the papers to-day, under large headlines, that in the war against Japan, volunteers only will be called. Now, if volunteers only are to serve in the war against Japan why should the Mobilization Act that was passed in 1940, be kept in force? That act, which is chapter 13 of statutes 3 and 4, George VI, has a preamble which reads as follows:
Whereas by reason of the developments since the outbreak of the present war a special emergency has arisen and the national safety of Canada has become endangered; and
Whereas it is, therefore, expedient to confer upon the governor in council special emergency powers to permit of the mobilization of all of the effective resources of the nation, both human and material, for the purpose of the defence and security of Canada, and
Whereas it is expedient that the said powers should be conferred upon the governor in council during the continuation of the state of war now existing,-
And so forth, and so on. The act was passed. Therefore, are there to-day such reasons as perhaps existed then-which I do not admit-and that could be thought to exist in 1940?	'
To any observer it becomes evident, as we now expect the war in Europe to end soon, that the question of internal defence and security of Canada is no more of importance for the present; it is clear that even if Canada was subject to attack in the past, this threat has now disappeared. Therefore, the repeal of the 1940 mobilization act is now in order.
If we mean to be sincere in saying that volunteers alone will take part in the war against Japan, let us repeal the 1940 mobilization act, so that no more of our young men, as at present., will be dragged handcuffed from their homes and led to the training camps. Disguised conscription still exists to-day perhaps more so than ever and, as already stated in this house, the soldiers needed to fight Japan in Asia will be drawn from the ranks of these conscripts.
For this reason, I submit that to be honest with the Canadian people, the 1940 mobilization act. must be repealed. If, at the present time farmers were only granted leaves to work on their farms, I claim that it might then be feasible, at least temporarily, to suspend the enforcement of the 1940 mobilization act to avoid a situation which, in some instances, is really calamitous. Indeed, here is a case among possibly a hundred that I could bring to your attention. It constitutes a patent proof that our farmers' sons cannot get the necessary leaves of absence to work on the farms.
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I wish to refer to the case of private E. Villeneuve whose regimental number is E-463443. This young man was serving in the army and last year he was given leave to work on his father's farm. Last fall, relying upon the instructions and notices published in the newspapers and' even in the offices of selective service registrars, this young man left the farm in December to work for two or three months in the bush. It is a well known fact that generally speaking in winter a farmer who has only a few head of live stock in the stable, does not need as much help as at- seeding time, in the spring, or in the summer and fall. In any event, a month after going to work in the bush, he received a notice that his leave ended on January 15, 1945 and that he was required to return to the training camp because he had not remained to work on the farm, in fulfilment of the object of his leave. I then got in touch with the Department of National Defence, and even with the minister himself, and I shall read an excerpt from the correspondence which passed1 between us at the time to show that if, in theory, the Department had the right to cancel the leave granted to this soldier, it is obvious from the correspondence which I have here, that this young man was justified in believing that he had the right to work in the bush for two or three months during the winter. I have here a notice dated December 21, 1944, issued by the Department of National Defence from which I quote the following. .
In some cases, soldiers on compassionate farm leave have inadvertently received notices from the N.S.S., Department of Labour, that if the work on the farm is completed, they may be given employment in the woods or in the lumbering industry. These cases have been drawn to the attention of the Department of Labour.
This was on December 21. It is readily seen by this notice that there were differences of opinion in the Department as to whether these young men who had received leave of absence to work on farms would be allowed to work in the bush during the winter. After making representations, I received, on February 12, 1945, a letter from the private secretary of the minister of National Defence which reads as follows;
I have your letter of 23 January, 1945, with further reference to Private Villeneuve.
No instructions have been issued by the Department of National Defence that soldiers who were granted compassionate farm leave could remain on such leave during the winter months and accept employment with the lumbering industry. It recently became apparent that an erroneous impression was prevalent in farming and lumbering circles that such changes in employment were permissible.
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Mr. LACROIX:: Paragraph (b) of the
resolution reads:
(b) the conduct of naval, military and air operations in or beyond Canada.
Will the minister tell me if the National Resources Mobilization Act, as amended by bill No- 80, will be the legal authority for the application of paragraph (b) ?


Douglas Charles Abbott: I do not know that I
quite understand my hon. friend's question.
Mr. LaCROIX (Translation): Here is my question: Paragraph (b) reads as follows:
(b) the conduct of naval, military and air operations in or beyond Canada;
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Will the implementation of this part of the resolution be carried out by resorting to the mobilization act as amended by bill No. 80?


Douglas Charles Abbott: (Text) A bill will be founded upon this resolution granting $2;000/100,000 to His Majesty, and a portion of that amount will be used to pay the costs of the conduct of naval, military and air operations in and beyond Canada. I cannot see what connection there is between the National Resources Mobilization Act and bill No. 80 and the financial provisions which will be made in the bill to be founded on this resolution. Perhaps my horn, friend could elaborate a little.


Édouard Lacroix: You have to apply this
item.


Douglas Charles Abbott: My hon. friend has been in the house much longer than I and he knows that following the adoption of this resolution, if it is adopted, an appropriation bill will be introduced to provide a vote to His Majesty of $2,000,000,000 for the purposes to be set out in the bill. Those purposes will be substantially the purposes indicated in the resolution.


Gordon Graydon: I understand that the
Canadian Pharmaceutical association has been in touch with the three branches of the service from time to time over a period of I suppose, one or two or three years. Memoranda have been brought to the attention from time to time of the heads of the three armed services, particularly the army, having to do with the status of pharmacists in the armed forces, and a suggestion has been made by the association looking, toward the setting up of a pharmaceutical unit in the army. I have copies of the correspondence which has been sept to me in connection with the memoranda of the association, and I would ask the parliamentary assistant before his estimates are disposed of to explain what the policy of the government will be in connection with that application. It would be an imposition to ask him in his present position to reply now, tout after consultation with the officials of his department perhaps he would outline to the committee just what the situation is and what the policy of the government will be.


Douglas Charles Abbott: As the committee knows,
I have not been associated with the department very long and I was not aware that these representations had been made. I shall inform myself on this subject and endeavour to give my hon. friend an answer to-morrow.


George Stanley White: Were any officers or policemen injured or killed in the recent riot at Drummondville?


Douglas Charles Abbott: I know that none was
killed and I do not know that any were injured. I shall make inquiries and hope to be able to inform my hon. friend to-morrow. I think a statement was issued by the department shortly after the incident.


George Stanley White: Has the department given
any consideration to increasing the pay of troops once they proceed overseas, and has any consideration been given to granting what is known as long-service pay?


Douglas Charles Abbott: I do not know whether
such consideration has been given but I shall be glad to inquire and give my hon. friend the information later.


Gordon Graydon: There arises out of overseas mail I received this afternoon a matter which might properly be drawn to the attention of the parliamentary assistant. I have heard this complaint before, but I did not think it had attained such prominence in the minds of those overseas as this letter would indicate. The letter was dated March 22, which would indicate that the mail service was not seriously delayed, and my correspondent, a man from my own town, writes me as follows:
One thing we would like to know is why aren't we issued with Canadian cigarettes in our rations, instead of British smokes?
He goes on to say:	.
The English fellows say that ours are much better than their own.
This is a matter which I do not apologize for bringing before the committee because it has often come to my attention before, but this letter is so recent that, as the opportunity is now afforded for questions and answers in committee, I would ask the parliamentary assistant to look into this complaint and let the committee know what the real situation is and what possibility there is of remedying it. This is perhaps one of those little things that nevertheless loom large in the minds of the boys overseas and I would appreciate it if the parliamentary assistant would tell us if anything can be done about it.


Douglas Charles Abbott: I shall certainly make
inquiries and give my hon. friend a reply. I have heard from friends of my own who have been overseas that the supply of Canadian cigarettes was pretty fair over there, that there are substantial supplies available. Why the issue consists of British cigarettes

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rather than Canadian I do not know, but I shall be glad to make inquiries and give my hon. friend an answer.


Douglas King Hazen: 
Douglas Charles Abbott: I regret that I cannot give my hon. friend an answer to that question for reasons that he will probably appreciate.


James Arthur Ross: When the estimates of the other two branches of the service were before the committee there was considerable discussion of the clothing allowance deduction that is made in respect of men who have been let out of the air service or the navy and have enlisted in the army. A deduction is made from their pay. A great many of these chaps consider that a hardship, and considerable feeling has been aroused in the country over the way in which this matter is handled. I think this is the proper department to give an explanation, since the deduction is made by the army.
Before I sit down I should like to add my congratulations to the parliamentary assistant who, after such a short period in his present position, has given to-night such a lucid report on the affairs of the department.


Douglas Charles Abbott: The question of the clothing allowance is now under consideration and I would ask my hon. friend to allow me to defer discussing it this evening. I may be in a position to say something to-morrow.


Ernest George Hansell: I do not think the parliamentary assistant answered satisfactorily the question asked a little while ago by the hon. member for Quebec-Montmorenfcy. I do not think' the parliamentary assistant avoided the question; perhaps he did not quite understand it. Perhaps I do not understand it either. But my impression of the question is that it was this. Under the National Resources Mobilization Act, as amended by bill 80, no authority is given to the government to send men into the Japanese theatre of war. Under clause 6 of the resolution the conduct of naval, military and air operations in or beyond Canada involves the voting of an appropriation for, in all probability, the sending of men into the Japanese theatre of war. But how can this resolution be made to apply when, under the National Resources Mobilization Act, the government has no authority to do that? I think I have the answer in my own mind; but perhaps that will throw some further light on the question.


Douglas Charles Abbott: My hon. friend wants an answer now?	-


Ernest George Hansell: Yes.


Douglas Charles Abbott: The answer, of course, is very simple. The government has full authority to send the military forces of Canada who are enlisted on a voluntary basis anywhere it sees fit to send them, and the moneys under the war appropriation which are voted can therefore be used to defray the expenses of a volunteer force anywhere in the world.


Ernest George Hansell: And that the National Resources Mobilization Act as amended applies to those forces that are conscripted for overseas service?


Douglas Charles Abbott: That is correct.


Clarence Gillis: I, too, wish to pay tribute to the parliamentary assistant for the manner in which he handled a very difficult job tonight. It just goes to show that all of the brains are not on the front benches.


Douglas Charles Abbott: Or in the maritime provinces.


Clarence Gillis: He has done an excellent job, and made things so clear that there is little room left for criticism; that is, if one is honest about it.
I should like to ask a question with respect to the application of gratuities. If one may judge from what has taken place in the last few weeks, this is the department which will have the handling of that problem. Has anything been done with respect to bringing the auxiliary services within the scope of the gratuity regulations? I am particularly interested in one classification. The Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the ex-minister of
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national defence will remember that at the last session I raised the question of the St. John ambulance sendee, and the information I got at that time was to the effect that they would not be included. Now I still pursue it because I cannot understand why a decision of that kind was made. To begin with, the St. John ambulance service is attached to the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and to all intents and purposes its members are performing exactly the same service as the nursing sisters. Take the ones in Canada, they are enlisted, subjected to military discipline, given a clothing grant, work in the hospitals, have charge of a floor, do exactly the same work as nursing sisters who-are classed as officers- and come within the scope of all the regulations. I cannot understand why the distinction should be made, with the V.A.D; attached to the army medical corps, subject to rations, discipline, and what goes with the military set-up.


James Layton Ralston: Rations, discipline, and
"quarters," which is the word the hon. member is looking for.


Clarence Gillis: That is right. I cannot understand why nothing has been done to iron out what I consider an injustice. There is also the case of the fire-fighters and the Canadian Legion war services. Some of these latter went in on D-day, set up their equipment right outside Caen, put on shows, were in the thick of the fighting, underwent all the hardships, and have trailed the troops clear across the country up to the Rhine. When the gratuity is applicable to people who stayed back here in Canada I cannot see how the government can justify refusing it to people who have crossed the water and gone through all the hardship and danger which have been undergone by the auxiliary services who went overseas. I urge that the St. John ambulance corps personnel who are attached to the army medical corps, and perform practically the same duties as nursing sisters, should be in the same category for this purpose.


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: Possibly my hon. friend was not in the house when I explained that all these classes to which he has referred were dealt with in a brief statement I made to the committee during the course of these discussions, and they have been under the general supervision of the committee on demobilization and reestablishment and subcommittees dealing with every single class he has mentioned. The matter is definitely under consideration at this time with regard to the auxiliary services, the supervisors, and the firefighters. The whole matter is receiving re-
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peated consideration, and as yet there has been no conclusion or determination. I can assure the hon. member that it has not been forgotten.


Clarence Gillis: Does that include the St.
Johu ambulance corps?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: I should think so; I am not very sure. But it includes the auxiliary services, supervisors and fire-fighters.


Mr. GRAHAM:: Since this will probably be the last opportunity, or almost the last opportunity, that we members of the present parliament will have to bring to the attention of those in charge of the department matters of great interest, I have thought it well to draw to the attention of the parliamentary assistant one thing which I am aware he already knows. It will be a matter of great concern, and the very strong desire of our men in Europe, once the struggle over there is ended, to return to their homes. I know the government must take care of the necessities which will present themselves when the organized struggle there is over, but I hope that every department of government which is concerned will keep in mind the very natural desire of our soldiers serving overseas to return to their native soil, and will have constantly before them the necessity of accomplishing that object as quickly as is possible under all the circumstances.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: I think the parliamentary assistant deserves the compliments which have been passed around; and if he finds to-morrow morning that his hat is a little small for him, I am willing to "chip in" ivith half a dollar toward buying a new one.


Douglas Charles Abbott: I accept the hon. member's offer; I need one.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: The parliamentary assistant mentioned that at the front wonderful facilities are available for looking after the wounded. The other day I received a letter from a boy who was bom on a farm a few miles from where I live, and in it he says:
I have recovered to some extent from my wounds, but I am not well as yet; I still have bandages on, but I am back in the front line.
Is that the custom, that they should be sent back?


Douglas Charles Abbott: Most definitely not. I cannot understand it, and if my hon. friend will give me the particulars of the case I shall have it investigated. That is not the practice.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: That is not the first case I have of the kind. I know the boy would not write to his wife

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in that way unless it was so. I will check up on the number-I have it in my office- and let the minister have it.
I do. not think the department have that close cooperation with the selective service department which it should have. I say that for this reason. A boy in Peterborough was engaged in essential work and got one postponement and, since he could not be replaced, being an expert in his line, his employer wrote to the registrar asking that the postponement be continued for another term. He did not receive a reply from the registrar, and so about a week before the first postponement was up, he telephoned to the registrar and told him of the case. He was informed that since no decision had yet been made in regard to the boy the registrar could not say anything, but he suggested to the employer that he keep the boy on at his work. Before the postponement was up, the boy was called into the selective service office. The employer went with him, and the selective service officer told the boy that no decision had been made but he did not think the boy would get another postponement. But he never said that the boy would have to report. The boy went back and continued at his work. His postponement was up on a Saturday, and twenty-one days after that, although the selective service knew that the boy was working at this man's plant -there was no doubt about it-the officers went to the boy's house at three o'clock in the morning, took him out of bed and put him in the clink in the training camp at Peterborough. At eleven o'clock the next morning, owing to the fact that representations had been made to the authorities, the boy was let out on the understanding that he would return to the training camp by two o'clock in the afternoon and sign for active service. When this boy was given postponement the first time he was quite willing, if necessary, to go and sign for active service. He lived seven or eight miles from town, and before he got back, before two o'clock, when he was a few miles from town, he was picked up by the authorities when making his way to the training camp, and was put in the clink again. However, he was taken out and told that all charges against him would be cancelled. When he got to the military camp, however-I am not sure which one, but it is on record in the Minister of Labour's department-he was told, "You did not report for duty and we are docking your first month's pay twenty-one days."


Douglas Charles Abbott: That is the first point where my hon. friend's criticism can apply to the army.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: But
the military came in when they took the boy out at three o'clock in the morning. That is why I say there is no cooperation between selective service and the military, because selective service should have told them about the case.


Douglas Charles Abbott: If the hon. member will give me the name I shall have the case investigated, but the responsibility for deciding whether a man would be taken in or not rests with selective service. I presume selective service in this case informed the army authorities that this man had been called for service and had not reported and asked them to go and pick him up.


Gordon Knapman Fraser: But selective service knew where he was. They knew where he was working and they knew he was not trying to dodge anything. He was willing to sign up in the first instance.


Douglas Charles Abbott: On the facts given, the
action appears to be arbitrary. If my hon. friend will give me the name of the case I shall look into it.


Norman James Macdonald Lockhart: I want one or two
points cleared up in my mind) in case there are more extended remarks I desire to make later on. The Minister of Veterans' Affairs spoke about consideration being given, and I wish to ask a supplementary question having regard to two or three accidents that occurred to fire-fighters overseas. What provision is made to compensate them? Perhaps the results might be serious in such cases. They do not get gratuities. Will the minister amplify that?


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: In all these cases I have mentioned, if they suffer injury while on duty overseas they are pensionable, but they are not yet entitled to the various other benefits of rehabilitation.


Norman James Macdonald Lockhart: That clears that point.


Ian Alistair Mackenzie: May I amend that by adding, except those who are in receipt of pensions. Then they are entitled to rehabilitation.


Norman James Macdonald Lockhart: One other question.
Has any list been compiled covering army personnel who have returned to Canada, from the point of view of the different theatres of war; I refer to men of four and five years' service? Have lists been compiled in that way?


Douglas Charles Abbott: I cannot say whether lists
have been compiled in that way. I doubt whether they have specific lists made up as to men serving in different theatres.
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Ian Alistair Mackenzie: We get complete records in regard to length of service.


Douglas Charles Abbott: But the hon. member is
asking about different theatres of war. I will make inquiries.


Norman James Macdonald Lockhart: Have notices been sent to men who have returned on rotation leave- that would mean men with four years' service anyway-specifying the date when they will be called back for service overseas.


Douglas Charles Abbott: No, I do not think so.


Norman James Macdonald Lockhart: Are you quite sure of
that?	[DOT]


Douglas Charles Abbott: The policy is that men
returning on rotational duty are not sent overseas unless they express a desire to that effect.


Norman James Macdonald Lockhart: You feel sure of that?


Douglas Charles Abbott: I am confident of that. It is possible that inadvertently a man may have been ordered to report back to a depot which he thought was one that would send him back overseas, but the policy is that long-service men returning on rotational duty are not sent back overseas unless they express that desire.


Mr. CHURCH:: The government should
be prepared with a programme for after the war so far as the army is concerned. The mother country has a plan; Washington has a plan, and we must never again leave this country in the defensive position which it occupied when the war broke out. While no country that I know of can carry on in peace time an establishment compared with that kept up during war, at the same time we must have a national system and the government should be prepared to bring forward a plan for the army.
Progress reported. .


[Stage Direction]
At eleven o'clock the house adjourned, without question put, pursuant to standing order.
Friday, April 6, 1945