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Canadian Army Loan Officers
Canloan Officers were junior officers in the Canadian Army who were surplus to Canadian requirements. However, at the same time (autumn 1943) there was a shortage of officers in the British Army, mostly because it was fighting on so many fronts around the world. With the prospect of a European invasion by the Allies in Europe looming, which would stretch the British Army even further, the Canadian government agreed to lend some officers to Britain. Under the code name "Canloan", the Canadian government asked for volunteer officers to serve in the British Army. Some 670 officers stepped forward and were sent to various British Army regiments. Their serial numbers were prefixed "CDN".
24th Apr 1944 Postings
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Those known to have served with Canadian Army Loan Officers during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Brown Gordon McGowan. Lt. (d.30th of July 1944)
- Gauthier DSO, LOH. Jean Henry . Capt.
- Hemelryk MC. Joseph. A/Major. (d.14th Apr 1945)
- Rodger William Stewart. 2nd Lt.
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Want to know more about Canadian Army Loan Officers? There are:1 items tagged Canadian Army Loan Officers available in our Library
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A/Major. Joseph Hemelryk MC. 1st Btn. Royal Canadian Infantry Corps (d.14th Apr 1945) Joseph Hemelryk was my uncle. He emigrated from UK to Canada in 1936, enlisted in the Canadian Infantry Corps in 1941 and was seconded to the City Of Glasgow Regiment in April 1944 as a CANLOAN officer. He was killed in action after crossing the Rhine.
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2nd Lt. William Stewart Rodger 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment Stu Rodger was a CANLOAN officer and served with 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment
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Lt. Gordon McGowan Brown (d.30th of July 1944) Gordon Brown would have been my uncle if he had survived WW2. He was attached to the 2/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers from the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps when he was killed, aged 21 years, on 10th of July 1944. He is buried in Ryes War Cemetery in France. Son of George Alexander Brown and Margaret Ann Brown of Humber Bay, Ontario, Canada.
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Capt. Jean Henry "John" Gauthier DSO, LOH. Battalion HQ Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Major Jean Gauthier was in the Canadian Army before the war. He volunteered in the CanLoan officer program and was integrated as a British Army Captain with the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry as an intelligence officer.
He went ashore on D+? and was tasked numerous times to make contact with the French resistance behind German lines to guide the advancement of the brigade (for which he was awarded the French Legion of Honour after the War).
He reached the Rhine with the British forces at the end of the war. After demobilization he remained as a career officer in the Canadian Army where he was commanding officer of the third (or fourth?) battalion of the Canadian Guards and saw more action in Korea.
He was 2IC of the UNMOGIP in Kashmir/Pakistan as a Colonel. He finished his military career as Military Attache to the Canadian Embassy to France in Paris. His last posting was head of VIP security for the Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67. He passed away in France in early 1999 at the age of 81.
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