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57th Independent Field Squadron
Royal Canadian Engineers

Major Headquarters

Location

Dates

Canada

25th Canadian
Infantry Brigade

Squadron raised at
Camp Chilliwack.
O.C.: Major D.H. Rochester

14 Aug 1950

United States

25th Canadian

Infantry Brigade

To Fort Lewis, Washington for training with the U.S. 115th Engineer Group

4 Nov 1950

25th Canadian
Infantry Brigade

Embarked on
USNS Marine Adder in Seattle bound for Korea

17 Apr 1951

Korea

25th Canadian
Infantry Brigade

Landed at Pusan Harbor, South Korea

4 May 1951

25th Canadian
Infantry Brigade

Took part in
attack on Chail-li

30 May 1951

28th Field Engineer Regiment

Joined the regiment

18 Jul 1951

28th Field Engineer Regiment

Bridging and ferry operations on the Imjin and Hantan Rivers

Jul – Sep 1951

28th Field Engineer Regiment

Took part in OPERATION COMMANDO: An attack of fixed Chinese defenses near Hill 187.

3 Oct 1951

28th Field Engineer Regiment

Road maintenance work near Pintail Bridge

4-14 Oct 1951

28th Field Engineer Regiment

Squadron stands down (out of line). Major Rochester reassigned to Canada

15 Oct 1951

28th Field Engineer Regiment

Back in line on road maintenance work near Sami-ch’on

10 Mar 1952

28th Field Engineer Regiment

Squadron stands down in preparation to return to Canada

9 Apr 1952

28th Field Engineer Regiment

Squadron replaced in the regiment by the 23rd Field Squadron

3 May 1952

Canada

Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering

Squadron returned to Camp Chilliwack. Ceases as a functional field squadron

May 1952

Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering

Preparations for deployment to Germany

May 1953

Militia

At St.-Hilaire, Quebec
O.C.: Major S.B. Duke

1964

Militia

Squadron disbanded

31 Mar 1965

REFERENCE:

HOLMES, K.J. The History of the Canadian Military Engineers, Volume III to 1971. Military Engineering Institute of Canada, Toronto, 1997.

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