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2nd Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corps [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1917-1919

Reference:

R611-161-2-E, RG9-III-C-4

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

182482

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Ministry of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada fonds

Canadian Expeditionary Force sous-fonds

Machine Gun Corps historical records

2nd Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corps
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Sub-series includes:

378 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1917-1919

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.5 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of records created and/or maintained by the 2nd Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corps, and document many aspects of its activities.
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Canada. Canadian Army. Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd

Canada. Armée canadienne. Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd
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Canada. Canadian Army. Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd : The 2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, (CMGC), was organised in France on 21 March 1918 as a result of the reorganisation of the 2nd Canadian Divisional Machine Gun Battalion, which was composed of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 14th Canadian Machine Gun Companies.

The 2nd Battalion CMGC was authorised by War Office letter of 22 February 1918 and was commanded by Lieutenant-colonel J.G. Weir. The 2nd Battalion, CMGC was demobilised at Toronto in May 1919 and was disbanded by General Order 209 of 15 November 1920.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a typed list consisting of volume number, file number, title and outside dates. 9-38-35 Excel (90: Open)

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RG9-III-C-4
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG 9 III-C-4] 4353--4360

[Consultation 90 Open]

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