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Headquarters, Military District No. 1, Canadian Army, Peacetime Organization
3 September 1939
 
HEADQUARTERS, MILITARY DISTRICT No. 1
(London, Ontario)
District Commanding Officer BG   D.J. MacDonald  
General Staff
    General Staff Officer MAJ   H.O.N. Brownfield  
    General Staff Officer, 3rd grade 1LT   M.P. Bogert R.C.R.
Attached to General Staff
    District Intelligence Officer CPT   W.D. Wishart R.C.C. of S.
    District Signal Officers CPT   W.D. Wishart R.C.C. of S.
Administrative Staff
    Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General    
    Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General    
Services and Departments
    District Engineer Officer MAJ   W.E. Andrewes R.C.E.
    District Supply and Transport Officer MAJ   C.S. Jones R.C.A.S.C.
    District Medical Officer CPT   J.V.A. Cavanagh R.C.A.M.C. (actg.)
    Deputy District Medical Officer MAJ   T.L. Towers R.C.A.M.C. (N.P.)
    District Ordnance Officer CPT   M.W. Merrikin R.C.O.C.
    District Paymaster 1LT   D. O'Brien R.C.A.P.C.
    District Veterinary Officer    
In 1939, Military District No. 1 comprised the following area: Counties of Bruce, Elgin, Essex, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington in Ontario.
This list is based on information (corrected generally to 30.06.1939) supplied by the Goverment of the Dominion of Canada,
as well as: Defence Forces List Canada — Naval, Military and Air Forces — Part 1, November 1939 (Corrected to 10th November 1939).
 
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