February 1, 1968
The personnel and organization of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force were unified into a single organization, the Canadian Forces.
Committee Bio: Steve Irwin
BGen Irwin was born in Sackville, New Brunswick. His father was an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force and he, therefore, attended schools in England, Ottawa and Toronto. He entered the Royal Military College of Canada in 1969 and graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree.
Carrying Logs // Transport du bois
Members of the Canadian Forestry Corps carry split logs across the Souchez River in France.
Des membres du Corps forestier canadien transportent des billots fendus de l'autre côté de la rivière Souchez, en France.
Building Tracks // Construire des voies ferrées
Canadian railway troops forage the ruins of a house for raw supplies for railway building supplies.
Des membres des troupes ferroviaires canadiennes fouillent les ruines d'une maison à la recherche de matières premières pour la construction de voies ferrées.
Building a Light Railway // Construire un chemin de fer
Canadian troops repairing or building a light railway near the firing line. Dependable rail supply maintained the army's fighting capability. Railway troops were often exposed to shellfire and, from the spring of 1917 until the war's end, the Canadian Railway Corps suffered 1,977 casualties.