This cabinet highlights the crucial role of the Service Battalion, which provides combat service support to a brigade group and its elements. The 17 (Winnipeg) Service Battalion was established on January 1, 1965, at Minto Armouries in Winnipeg. This unit brought together five essential corps: the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and the Canadian Provost Corps. In April 2010, the Winnipeg unit joined forces with Service Battalions from Saskatchewan and Thunder Bay to form the 38 Service Battalion, strengthening its capability to support military operations across a larger region.

Cabinet

Artifacts

  • Armband - image1

    Armband

    An armband is a piece of material worn around the arm. It may be worn to mark the wearer having a status, for example, an official position. Historical Note: The outbreak of the Second World War saw a rush of men volunteer for the Canadian Active Service Force (CASF). Procurement of the necessary uniform items could not keep pace with the …

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    Armlets

    An armlet is a band or bracelet worn around the upper part of a person’s arm. This “wheel” armlet is for a combat service support transportation NCO (enlisted ranks) with loadmaster qualification. Loadmasters are responsible for properly loading, securing and escorting cargo and passengers before any flight. Transportation specialists coordinate, monitor, control, and supervise the movement …

  • Art, Trench  - image1

    Art, Trench 

    Trench art is any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences. It offers an insight not only to a soldier’s feelings and emotions about the war, but also the surroundings and the materials available to them. Not limited to the World Wars, …

  • Artillery, 25 Pounder - image1

    Artillery, 25 Pounder

    This British-designed howitzer is one of the world’s classic artillery pieces. The 1.8-ton gun was issued early in the Second World War as a replacement for the earlier 18-pounder of First World War vintage. During its service, in addition to barrage, the gun was used in an anti-tank role and as a self-propelled unit. The …

  • Badge, Cap  - 5 - Copy

    Badge, Cap

    The last thing a soldier or officer does when they leave their accommodation or quarter is put on their beret and on that beret is the cap badge. It identifies the soldier as belonging to one of the Army’s regiments or corps. Canadian Armed Forces – Uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces Headdress The Canadian Armed Forces utilize a …

  • GARRISON BELT (Supply & Transport)_image_1

    Belt, Garrison

    A Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) Garrison Belt The garrison belt, also known as a ‘fair leather belt’, was a piece of enlisted kit that was introduced around the First World War. Its formal design meant it would often be seen in parade or barrack settings and styled with dress uniform. However, soldiers sometimes chose …

  • Calendar [Supply & Transport]

    Calendar, Training

    A 2005/06, pocket-size, unit training calendar, including key unit contacts and a seasonal kit list, to be carried by team leaders in the Service Battalion. Supply and Transport Cabinet

  • Casings, shell - additional anmo

    Casings, shell

    Additional casings added to the cabinet ~ 30mm autocannon anti-material or armour-piecing ~ 20mm ammo, Yugoslavia, 1959 ~ 7.62 mm ball, Yugoslavia, 1978 ~ 30.06 Springfield cartage ~ Primer assembly DM 64, Germany Supply and Transport Cabinet

  • Extinguisher, Fire - image1

    Extinguisher, Fire

    In 1910, The Pyrene Manufacturing Company of Delaware filed a patent to use carbon tetrachloride (a liquid in fire extinguishers) to extinguish fires. The liquid vaporized and extinguished flames by inhibiting the chemical chain reaction of the combustion process (it was an early 20th-century assumption that the fire suppression ability of carbon tetrachloride relied on oxygen removal). …

  • Gauge, and Patch, Tire - image1

    Gauge, and Patch, Tire

    Tire flats happen. Nails, screws and other sharp objects puncture tires. Since Scottish inventor John Dunlop invented the pneumatic rubber tire (air-filled) in 1888, people have been repairing them. Before the tubeless tire (a rubber tire designed for use without an inner tube), people patched the inner tube, removed the offending item from the tire …

  • Gun, .50 Calibre, Browning  - image1

    Gun, .50 Calibre, Browning

    The Browning .50 calibre machine gun was, like the Browning .30, first used by Canadians in the Second World War as a vehicle mounted weapon, though it was not nearly as common in Canadian service as it was in American service. It was not used in a dismounted (“infantry”) role until after the Korean War, …

  • Lamps, Carbide - image1

    Lamps, Carbide

    Carbide lamps became widely used by the 1920s. They were used for automobiles, lighthouses and even bicycles, but were most popular among miners because of the quality of light provided and because acetylene gas produced a fair amount of heat from a relatively small flame. Carbide lamps, or acetylene gas lamps, are simple lamps that produce and …

  • License Driver revised (Supply & transport) 2

    License, Driver

    The Department of National Defence (DND) 404 driver’s license, issued on behalf of the DND, is a legal driver’s licence under the Canadian Driver’s License Agreement. The licence permits DND employees, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and other approved and qualified drivers to operate specific DND vehicles. It is not necessary to have a civilian drivers’ …

  • Manuals, Driver - image1

    Manuals, Driver

    Tire Maintenance 1942. During the second world war, rationing was a large part of life on the home front. Tires were the first items to be rationed. To ensure enough rubber for military and vital civilian purposes, rationing of tires and rubber goods was started on January 5, 1942. The program ran through December 31, …

  • Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) - image1

    Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT)

    The Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) Mk I was a British man-portable, anti-tank weapon developed during the Second World War. The PIAT was designed in 1942 to respond to the British Army’s need for a more effective infantry anti-tank weapon and entered service in 1943. The PIAT was based on the spigot mortar system (see below), and projected (launched) a 2.5 pound (1.1 kg) shaped charge bomb …

  • Rounds, Ammunition  - image1

    Rounds, Ammunition

    The 20 mm calibre shell is a specific size of popular autocannon ammunition. It is typically used to distinguish smaller-calibre weapons, commonly called “guns”, from larger-calibre weapons such as “cannons” (e.g. a machine gun vs. an autocannon). All 20 mm cartridges have an outside projectile (bullet) diameter and barrel bore diameter of 0.787 inches (20.0 mm). Weapons using this calibre range from anti-materiel rifles and anti-tank rifles to aircraft autocannons and anti-aircraft guns. They …

  • Stamp, Commemorative, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Diamond Jubilee - image1

    Stamp, Commemorative, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Diamond Jubilee

    The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) Diamond Jubilee (1903-1963) stamps celebrate 60 years of the Canadian Ordnance Corps (COC). Stamps on the left are in the CSS Museum. The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army. The RCOC traces its roots back to the Canadian Stores Department. Formed in 1871, the Canadian Stores Department …

  • Glow Stick Supply & Transport

    Stick, Glow

    A glow stick, also known as a light stick or chem light, is a self-contained, short-term light-source. It consists of a translucent plastic tube containing isolated substances that, when combined, make light through chemiluminescence. The light cannot be turned off and can be used only once.Glow sticks are often used for recreation, such as for …

  • Tool, Remover, Frost Shield  - Stearns%2B2

    Tool, Remover, Frost Shield

    When temperatures drop to or below freezing temperature, military vehicles are no different than a family car. Vehicle windows form a layer of ice on the inside from freezing condensation preventing one from driving. The area where frost shields used to be installed kept the windows clear. Car shields were plastic rectangles with a raised …

  • Tools, Horse, Grooming and Cleaning       - image1

    Tools, Horse, Grooming and Cleaning

    Horses were widely used before and during the First World War by Cavalry, Artillery and Service Corps personnel before mechanization. Approximately 25,000 horses and mules were used overseas by Canada in the 1WW. Keeping a horse’s hooves cleaned was an important part of keeping a horse healthy. If a horse’s shoes were filled with twigs, …

  • 17 Service Battalion Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) in tan uniforms, Minto Armouries, circa 1990

    Transport and Supply Miscellaneous

    Cloth shoulder title for a “SERVICE BATTALION” – Blue with yellow lettering. Cloth shoulder title for the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (R.C.A.S.C.), the Transport component of a Service Battalion. Blue with White Lettering. A Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) desk plaque, donated by former Supply Officer LCol Reg Churchward. 17 Service Battalion Non-Commissioned Officers …

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