about a canadian unit
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about a canadian unit
I got a question: Do you know anything about a canadian unit of whichever kind which had a buffalo as symbol and the code "82" which served in Italy in 1944-45?
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Merry christmas
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The info at https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/vehicl ... rkings.htm might help you get started.
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Vehicle markings are definitely not my area, but a look in Bouchery shows '82' with two units in British Divs;
Armoured Division - 82 on green/red - Divisional Transport Company
Infantry Division - 82 on black - Field Dressing Station
I couldn't see an '82' listed on the Canadiansoldiers.com page, and obviously the Canadian Army wouldn't necessarily follow the same system as the British, but it's the closest to it.
Gary
Armoured Division - 82 on green/red - Divisional Transport Company
Infantry Division - 82 on black - Field Dressing Station
I couldn't see an '82' listed on the Canadiansoldiers.com page, and obviously the Canadian Army wouldn't necessarily follow the same system as the British, but it's the closest to it.
Gary
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forgive my ignorance: what is a "Field Dressing Station"?
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It's a medical post. Each battalion had a medical officer who was in charge of the unit's medical post, which I think was called the Regimental Aid Post. From there a casualty requiring further attention would be sent up the medical evacuation chain to next medical unit, and I think that this is where the Field Dressing Station would be. I think that it was operated by the Brigade's medical unit, called the Field Ambulance, which operated more than one Field Dressing Station. The next stop to the rear would be the Field Hospital, I think.
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Slightly different, in that the Field Dressing Station was a separate unit to the Field Ambulance from 1942. Previously the Fd Amb would set up what was called a Main Dressing Station (MDS) for the treatment of the more severe casualty cases. This role was passed to the FDS when it was created as part of a mid 1942 reorganisation of Inf Div medical units. The Fd Amb set up an Advanced Dressing Station (ADS) to receive casualties from the Inf Bn RAPs under both systems. Each Fd Amb had two Bearer Coys that would evacuate casualties from the RAPs to casualty collection posts (also run by the Bearer Coys), and from there to the Fd Amb or FDS as required. Next stop would normally be the Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) from Corps level, then onto something such as the Field Hospital.
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Hi thereLupo Solitario wrote: ↑25 Dec 2018, 19:52I got a question: Do you know anything about a canadian unit of whichever kind which had a buffalo as symbol and the code "82" which served in Italy in 1944-45?
Thanks for any hint
Merry christmas
I was wondering what the original source of this information is from. Is it from a photograph? An account?
The reason I ask is to see if it is possible that this somehow refers to the US 92nd Infantry division which fought in Italy and whose divisional symbol was a buffalo
.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/92nd_In ... ed_States)
Just a wild guess as a possibility due to closeness of the unit number, the location and the Buffalo symbol
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Hi,
Don't know if you've found an answer to your search. I did find a Canadian unit in Italy that used 82 as it's vehicle code. The 5th Canadian Armoured Divisional Transport Company (Royal Canadian Army Service Corps). I don't know if they used a buffalo as their symbol. As far as I can tell, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division in Italy medical units used the code 40 (in response to Gary Kennedy's suggestion, although the 4th Canadian Armoured Division in NW Europe also used 82 for it's Divisional Transport Coy).
Source: Vol 3 Marchpast of the Corps and Regiments of the Canadian Army Past and Present (Hughes, GW)
Don't know if you've found an answer to your search. I did find a Canadian unit in Italy that used 82 as it's vehicle code. The 5th Canadian Armoured Divisional Transport Company (Royal Canadian Army Service Corps). I don't know if they used a buffalo as their symbol. As far as I can tell, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division in Italy medical units used the code 40 (in response to Gary Kennedy's suggestion, although the 4th Canadian Armoured Division in NW Europe also used 82 for it's Divisional Transport Coy).
Source: Vol 3 Marchpast of the Corps and Regiments of the Canadian Army Past and Present (Hughes, GW)
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interesting…. thanks