32 Service Battalion (32 Svc Bn) is a reserve combat service support (CSS) unit within the

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to include: vehicle technicians, weapons technicians, cooks, financial service administrators, human resource administrators, material management technicians and mobile support equipment operators. It is located at LCol George Taylor Denison III Armoury in Toronto, Ontario.

History

Formation

32 Service Battalion traces its roots from No. 2 Company Canadian Army Service Corps (CASC),

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. The Canadian Army Service Corps was formed under General Order 141 on 1 November 1901 with four companies No. 1 (London), No. 2 (Toronto), No. 3 (Kingston), and No. 4 (Montreal). A second Toronto Company was formed in February 1907 as No.12 Company (Toronto). On 1 January 1965, No. 2 Company (Toronto) and No. 12 Company (Toronto) were reformed into Service Battalions bringing together several corps into one organization as a new service support concept, which was adopted nationally in 1968. 1st Toronto Service Battalion was lodged at the Denison Armoury in North York, the former home of 5 Column RCASC, under the command of LCol Bruce J. Legge. It consisted of 134 Company RCASC, 12 Ordnance Company, 45 Technical Squadron, and 2 Company C Pro C. As part of the 1965 reorganization, a second Service Battalion was also formed as 2nd Toronto Service Battalion under the command of LCol Joe Hansen (originally lodged at Falaise Armoury, but moved to Moss Park Armoury when it first opened in 1966). It consisted of 136 Company RCASC, 13 Ordnance Company, 46 Technical Squadron, and 7 Company C Pro C. 1st Toronto Service Battalion merged with 2nd Toronto Service Battalion on 1 April 1970 to form the Toronto Service Battalion and in 1975 Service Battalions were numbered geographically with Toronto Service Battalion becoming 25 (Toronto) Service Battalion. The unit was later renamed 32 Service Battalion on 13 May 2010.

Role

The role of 32 Service Battalion is to force generate trained soldiers to support Canada's operational requirements domestically and abroad. 32 Service Battalion provides combat service support capabilities to domestics operations such as floods, forest fires, and other domestic crises such as the COVID pandemic. The soldiers of the battalion are part-time soldiers from technical fields plus a small full-time cadre (Regular Force) that facilitates the day-to-day operations of the unit.

Order of Battle

Overview

32 Service Battalion is a combat service support battalion with 300 soldiers based out of Denison Armouries in Toronto, Ontario. It has an Administration Company, a Maintenance Company (45 Technical Squadron), and a Logistics Company (135 Logistics Company).

Companies

Deployments

International

* Operation ATHENA * Operation ATTENTION * Operation IMPACT (2020-2021)

Domestic

* Operation LENTUS * Operation LASER 20 (2020)

Leadership

Commanding Officers

* 2019–present: LCol K.M. Perry

Regimental Sergeant Majors

* 2019–present: CWO A.G. Gliosca

Honouraries

Honourary Colonels

* 2016–present: HCol H. Panday

Honorary Lieutenant Colonels

* 2010–2016: HLCol H. Panday * 2021–present: HLCol T. Carnegie

Affiliated Cadet Corps

2754 (32 Service Battalion) Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps

References

External links

Official 32 Service Battalion Website
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