Dear Fellow Sappers, Wives and Friends,
Welcome to the 49th Annual Retired Sappers Reunion, 2023. As always, your reunion committee is gearing up and looking forward to the challenges of putting together your Annual Retired Sappers Reunion.
This Year we will have a mixed Meet and Greet. All events other than Golf will take place at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 295 5661 Vedder Road, Chilliwack, BC. Golf at Kinkora Golf Course. Accommodations will be available at the…
In this Issue
President’s Report
Exercises
Remembrance Day
Depart With Dignity
Deaths
Membership
39 CER Association Contacts
President’s Report
Hi all, as we can see by reading this newsletter that things are back to normal with Sappers conducting some pretty good training. There have also been some members of the Regiment that have retired or moved on with various Departure with Dignities. It also with sadness that we acknowledge the loss of one of former members. 2022…
In This Issue
President’s Report
Honours and Awards
Exercises
Sapper Appreciation Dinners
Honourary Colonel
2022 CMEA Bursaries
Robbie Burns Dinner
Membership
39 CER Association Contacts
President’s Report
Happy New Year to all.
You will be able top see that 39 CER rounded out the year with dinners to honour the Sappers and Soldiers that serve 39 CER! In addition, Ex PALADIN RESPONSE carries on and gets better every year. As you all know a lot of hard work by full time and…
On 10 December, MGen Daniel Benjamin, presented CME Commendations to Sgt Frederik Marion and Cpl Neeham Khalid at the 34 CER Christmas Dinner for their exceptional service as co-leads of the Component Transfer project. Both NCOs displayed the highest level of expertise in the development of numerous informational tools to assist the CME Branch leadership to provide component transfer information to retiring Regular Force members. Their exceptional professionalism and…
The CMEA awarded nine memorial bursaries for $2000 each this year. These are the winners:
Lauren Gale: Lauren, daughter of LCol Joe Gale, was awarded the Corporal James Hendry GC Bursary. Lauren is attending school at Algonquin College in Ottawa. Presenting the certificate an cheque is LCol Sylvain Neveu, President of the NCR Chapter (Photo 1)
Audrey Quiron: LCol Sylvan Neveu, President of the NCR Chapter, presented the Col Edward Churchill OC, CD CMEA…
IN THIS ISSUE
President’s Report
Honours And Awards
Exercises
Meet The New CO Evening
Depart With Dignity
Deaths
Membership
39 CER Association Contacts
Sgt Tremblay was awarded a CJOC Coin recently for his response to a fire in Camp Canada in Kuwait. The citation reads:
Sgt Tremblay – Task Force Fire Marshal, Op IMPACT
Throughout the night of 09 November until 14 November 2022, Sgt Tremblay displayed excellent technical and leadership abilities while dealing with a fire and the aftermath in the accommodation building. Sgt Tremblay initiated a quick response, fought the fire and coordinated the scene with the USA…
Sapper Brian Collier was killed in Afghanistan while serving with 2 CER on 20 July 2010. Bradford's hometown hero was honoured last week at the Highway of Heroes tree-planting event in Whitby, Ontario.
Seven years ago the Highway of Heroes Tree Campaign, a national charity, set out with a goal to plant two million trees to honour every Canadian who served in the country’s Armed Forces and the 117,000 who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
The full story has…
While exact statistics are difficult to determine, the rate of Indigenous participation in Canada's military efforts over the years has been impressive. These determined volunteers were often forced to overcome many challenges to serve in uniform, from learning a new language and adapting to cultural differences.
The 107th (Timber Wolf) Battalion was recruited from Winnipeg starting in November 1915 and embarked for England on 19 September with a strength of 32 officers…
