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Description
Mr. Champoux explains the difference between Platoons, Brigades, Regiments and Divisions, while describing his own allegiance to the 13 platoon (Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa).
Transcription
See when we went to France, our, our platoon, number thirteen platoon was attached to the seventh brigade. A brigade has three regiments, three compact regiment individual, they are not all together. Their different fronts and everything. Now, we, we serviced the Winnipeg Rifles which were in number seven, the seventh brigade. And we attached to the Winnipeg Rifles and we went all through the war with them, when we were on the continent.
Interviewer- And seventh brigade was part of which division?
The 3rd Division. Yeah we landed the 3rd Division all the Canadians were in the, the three brigades were to, to form a division you need three brigades.