5th Pioneer Battalion

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Component:

5th Canadian Pioneer Battalion

Active Dates:

July 15, 1916 - March 1918

Contributors:

rlaughton

Theatre of Operations:

Major Battles:

Location of War Diaries:

	Library and Archives Canada (WD Link)
	CEFSG War Diary Transcription (in progress = IP)

Background:

Stewart reports that the 5th Pioneer Battalion (Quebec City, Quebec) was organized in July of 1916 and was absorbed into the Canadian Engineers in March of 1918. Meek does not discuss the Pioneer Battalions in his text. Love provides details on page 202 as to the details of the reorganization of the Pioneer Battalions and the Canadian Engineers. He reports that the 5th Pioneer Battalion was broken up and absorbed by new engineering battalions from the 5th Division, which itself was subsequently broken up (see 5th Division details).

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Primary References:

	Nicholson, G. W. L. 1962. Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Queens Printer and Controller of Stationary, Ottawa, Canada.
	Stewart, C. H. 1970. "Overseas" The Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 -1919. Little & Stewart, Mission Press, Toronto, Canada.
	Love, D. W. 1999. "A Call to Arms" The Organization and Administration of Canada's Military in World War One. Bunker to Bunker Books, Winnipeg & Calgary, Canada.

Secondary References:

Livesay, J. F. B. 1919. Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11, 1918. Thomas Allen, Toronto. (Available on the Internet as an Archive Download)

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