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1869.03.05 |
six volunteer
companies formed at St. John, NB |
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1869.04.23 |
St. John
Volunteer Battalion
companies regimented with HQ at St. John |
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- No. 1 Company
at St. John
- No. 2 Company at St. John
- No. 3 Company at St. John
- No. 4 Company at St. John
- No. 5 Company at St. John
- No. 6 Company at St. John
- No. 7 Company at Woodstock, raised
27 Mar. 1869
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1869.11.05 |
62nd The
St. John Volunteer Battalion |
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1871.08.04 |
disbanded |
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1872.03.22 |
62nd "St.
John Battalion of Infantry"
reorganised with HQ and six companies re-enrolled
at St. John |
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1882.04.14 |
62nd Battalion
"Saint John Fusiliers" |
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1898.12.01 |
No.
7 Company at St. John regimented from
independent status (raised 8 July 1862 as The New Brunswick Engineer
Coy; converted 13 Jan. 1882 to rifle coy) |
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1900.05.08 |
62nd Regiment
"St. John Fusiliers" |
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1914 |
62nd Regiment
(St. John Fusiliers) |
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1920.03.15 |
The St. John
Fusiliers |
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1921.01.10 |
reorganised
to perpetuate CEF: |
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- 1st Battalion, perpetuating 26th
Battalion CEF
- 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, perpetuating
115th Battalion CEF
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1925 |
The Saint
John Fusiliers |
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1936.12.15 |
The Saint
John Fusiliers (M.G.)
absorbed HQ and HQ Sqn, The
New Brunswick Dragoons, and A Coy, 7th
Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC; HQ and four coys at Saint John |
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1939 |
reorganised
for war: |
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- [1st Battalion], mobilised 1 Jan.
1941; demobilised 10 Jan. 1945
- 2nd Battalion, formed in Reserve
Army
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1946.08.31 |
amalgamated
with The New Brunswick
Rangers, to form The
South New Brunswick Regiment |
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1939.09.01 |
details
mobilised at St. John |
local
protective duty |
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1941.01.01 |
bn
mobilised |
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1943.08.16 |
Kiska
(C Coy) |
13
Inf Bde Gp |
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1944.01.06 |
Canada |
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1945.01.02 |
at
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1945.01.10 |
disbanded
in UK |
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scarlet; facings:
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headdress: sealskin cap without plume; blue forage cap |
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