POST WORLD WAR TWO - THE KOREAN WAR, THE COLD WAR and UNITS IN CANADA
References: Canadian Army Orders and Canadian Army Journal
The KOREAN WAR
No. 1 Movement Control Group
No. 2 Movement Control Group
As part of the 1st Commonwealth Divisional Column
- 54 Canadian Transport Company
- 38 Motor Ambulance Company
- 58 General Transport Company (previously 57 Company)
(Commonwealth Base Area Kure, Japan)
- Number 23, 56 and 3 Transport Companies rotated through Korea
The COLD WAR
In Canada
- HQ RCASC 1st Canadian Infantry Division Column, RCASC
- 1st Canadian Infantry Division Transport Platoon
- No. 4 Transport Company (Divisional Troops)
- No. 1 Airborne Platoon, RCASC (part of Mobile Striking Force)
In Germany
- No. 55 Transport Company (27 CIB, 51-53)
- No. 54 Transport Company (1 CIBG, 53-55)
- No. 5 Transport Company (2 CIBG, 55-57)
- No. 1 Transport Company (4 CIBG, 57-92)
UNITS IN CANADA DURING THE 1950'S AND THE 1960'S
UP TO THE EVE OF UNIFICATION AND INTEGRATION
HQ and Static Units
Army HQ - Director of Supply and Transportation - Director of Movements
HQ RCASC Eastern Command
HQ RCASC Quebec Command
HQ RCASC Central Command
HQ RCASC Prairie Command (absorbed by Western Command in 1959)
HQ RCASC Western Command
3 MC Gp
4 MC Gp (absorbed by 4 CIBG HQ 1960)
RCASC School, Camp Borden
Army Bulk Supply Depot, Montreal
Canadian Joint Air Training Centre, Rivers Manitoba
1 Company RCASC (London)
2 Company RCASC (Toronto)
3 Company RCASC (Kingston)
4 Company RCASC (Montreal w/det at Goose Bay)
5 Company RCASC (Quebec City/Valcartier)
6 Company RCASC (Halifax)
7 Company RCASC (Fredericton then Gagetown)
8 Company RCASC (Petawawa)
9 Company RCASC (Ottawa)
10 Company RCASC (Winnipeg)
11 Company RCASC (Chilliwack w/det in Victoria and Jericho Beach)
12 Company RCASC (Regina)
13 Company RCASC (Calgary - to Edmonton 1961 w/dets in Calgary, Wainwright, Cold Lake and Resolute Bay)
14 Company RCASC (Edmonton - dormant 1961)
15 Company RCASC (Borden)
16 Company RCASC (?)
17 Company RCASC (?)
18 Company RCASC (Fort Churchill, Manitoba)
19 Company RCASC (Whitehorse, Yukon)
20 Company RCASC (St. John's)
Field Units
1 Transport Company RCASC (Germany)(4 S&T Company)
(formerly #45 and #23 Transport Companies and 1 S&T Company)
2 Transport Company RCASC (Borden then Petawawa)(2 S&T Company)
(formerly #54 Transport Company)
3 Transport Company RCASC (Gagetown)(3 S&T Company)
(formerly #55 Transport Company)
4 Transport Company RCASC (Winnipeg then Calgary)(1 S&T Company)
(formerly #56 and #5 Transport Companies)
56 Canadian Transport Company RCASC (UNEFME)
No. 1 Helicopter Transport Platoon RCASC
Militia Units - RCASC(M)
Eastern Command
1 Column RCASC (Halifax)
- 110 Company (Halifax with a platoon atCharlottetown, PEI)
- 111 Company (Sydney with a platoon at Saint John's NFLD)
- 112 Company (Saint John)
- 113 Company (Moncton)
Quebec Command
2 Column RCASC (Quebec City)
- 120 Company (Quebec City)
- 121 Company (Quebec City)
3 Column RCASC (Montreal)
- 122 Company (Montreal)
- 123 Company (Montreal)
- 124 Company (Montreal)
- 125 Company (Independent)(Sherbrooke)
- 126 Company (Independent)(Trois Rivieres)
Central Command
4 Column RCASC (London)
- 131 Company (London)
- 132 Company (London)
- 137 Company (Kitchener)
5 Column RCASC (Toronto)
- 134 Company (Toronto)
- 135 Company (Toronto)
- 136 Company (Toronto)
- 130 Company (Independent)(Ottawa with a platoon at Kingston)
- 133 Company (Independent)(Hamilton)
- 138 Company (Independent)(Port Arthur)
Western Command
6 Column RCASC (Winnipeg)
- 140 Company (Winnipeg)
- 141 Company (Brandon)
- 143 Company (Winnipeg)
- 142 Company (Independent)(Regina with a platoon at Moose Jaw)
7 Column RCASC (Calgary)
- 150 Company (Calgary)
- 151 Company (Red Deer)
- 153 Company (High River)
- 154 Company (Independent)(Edmonton)
- 152 Company (Independent)(Abbotsford, formerly Drumheller)
- 155 Company (Independent)(Victoria, formerly Abbotsford)
- 156 Company (Independent)(Vancouver)
