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Headquarters, Military District No. 4, Canadian Army, Peacetime Organization
3 September 1939
 
HEADQUARTERS, MILITARY DISTRICT No. 4
(Montreal, Province of Quebec)
District Commanding Officer BG   F.L. Armstrong  
General and Air Staff
    General Staff Officer, 1st grade MAJ   F.C. Hanington R.C.A.
    Air Staff Officer SqnLdr   E.A. McGowan R.C.A.F.
    General Staff Officer, 3rd grade CPT   C. Chauveau R 22e R
MAJ   A.G. Routier R 22e R
Attached to General Staff
    District Intelligence Officer 1LT   D.A. Kellough R.C.C. of S.
    District Signal Officers 1LT   D.A. Kellough R.C.C. of S.
Administrative Staff
    Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General COL   W.G. Hagerty  
    Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General MAJ   J.W.G.H. van den Berg P.P.C.L.I.
Services and Departments
    District Engineer Officer MAJ   A.J. Kerry R.C.E.
    District Supply and Transport Officer MAJ   M.J. Joyce R.C.A.S.C.
    District Medical Officer LTC   R.M. Gorssline R.C.A.M.C.
    Deputy District Medical Officer LTC   A.E. Lundon R.C.A.M.C. (N.P.)
    District Ordnance Officer LTC   S.V. Cooke R.C.O.C.
    District Paymaster MAJ   L. Lacroix R.C.A.P.C.
    District Veterinary Officer LTC   J.R.J. Duhault R.C.A.V.C.
In 1939, Military District No. 4 comprised the following area: Counties of Abitibi, Argenteuil, Arthabaska, Bagot, Beauharnois, Berthier, Brome, Chambly, Champlain, Chateaquay, Deux-Montagnes, Drummond, Hochelegu, Huntingdon, Iberville, Jacques-Cartier, Joliette, Labelle, Laprairie, L'Assomption, Lavel, Maskinonge, Missisquoi, Montcalm, Napierville, Nicolet, Papineau, Richelieu, Rouville, Shefford, Sherbrooke, Soulanges, Stanstead, St. Hyacinthe, St. Jean, St. Maurice, Terrebonne, Vandreuil, Vercheres and Yamaska and that portion of the province of Quebec to the north of the County of Abitibi and to the west of the 74th meridian.
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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