Directorate of Movements
Available reels: 191
Document Record
- Title
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Directorate of Movements
Directorate of Movements : Rail files
Directorate of Movements : Air files - Identifier
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lac_mikan_135140
150441
147812
135164
135165
150440
RG 24 C 24
Military
Government
oocihm.lac_mikan_135140 - Document source
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
- Language
- English
- Description
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The Directorate of Movements (or DMove, as it was also known) was responsible for the movement by land, sea and air of troops, stores and animals required by the military during the Second World War, both in Canada and overseas. During the course of the war, this directorate coordinated the movement of more than 650,000 Canadian service personnel to the United Kingdom, as well as countless thousands of tons of cargo and military stores. DMove was under the authority of the Quartermaster General (QMG) and was centred at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa. However, it had a number of field offices at ports and railway termini in Canada.
This collection consists of records created and maintained by the Directorate of Movements (DMove) between 1939 and 1948, and involves the marine, rail and air activities of DMove.
Researchers should note that while the files were roughly filmed in file order, there are some anomalies and the next file in sequence may be located on a reel subsequent to or beyond the one being looked at. - URL
- https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_135140