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1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; War Medal 1939-1945; and Canadian Forces' Decoration, GRVI (CAPT. W. BLANE). Naming is officially engraved on the reverse of the suspension bar of the CFD, the others are un-named. Court-mounted, original ribbons, dark patinas on the exposed areas, leaving the overlapping areas underneath each medal with their original tones, better than very fine. Accompanied by copies of his Service Records, Application for the Award of the Canadian Forces' Decoration and Province of British Columbia Certificate of Death.
Footnote: William Blane's original name was William Burriss Engelbrecht. He had it changed in April 1941, to the more Anglicized name of "Blane" and also named Anne Dunlop Blane as his next-of-kin, which was later changed in 1947 to Mrs. Monica Winifred Blane. He enlisted as a Gunner with the 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, Royal Canadian Artillery, Canadian Active Service Force on July 4, 1940, then transferred to the 58th Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery at Victoria, British Columbia the following month, for the next nine months. He spent two months at No. 11 District Depot in Vancouver, British Columbia, attached to various units (April 1941 to June 1941), where he also qualified as Clerk Group "C" on March 17, 1941 and was attached to the 13th Light Field Ambulance for Research and Development. He was then posted to the Corps of Military Staff Clerks, 11th Detachment, Section "A" in Victoria, for ten months (June 1941 to April 1942) and seeing a promotion to Sergeant. While with the CMSC, he was promoted to Lance Corporal (September 1, 1941), Acting Sergeant (October 27, 1941) and qualified as a Stenographer Group "B" (December 10, 1941). He was placed at the Officers Training Corps (WC) for three months (April to July 1942) and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on July 10, 1942. He was transferred to A-23 Royal Canadian Artillery (TC) for three months (July to October 1942), promoted again, this time to Lieutenant and posted to the 27th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery in Halifax, Nova Scotia for eleven months (October 1942 to September 1943), where he also qualified as a Driver, Class III on September 1, 1943. He was attached to the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, attending the CWIC (FS Officers) Course for two months (September to November 1943), where he qualified successfully at the Canadian War Intelligence Course, F.S. Wing, RMC, Kingston, Ontario, then transferred to IO Esquimalt Fortress, Pacific Command at Esquimalt, British Columbia for one month (November to December 1943). Blane departed for the European theatre, disembarked on January 22, 1944 in the United Kingdom, reporting to duty with 1 Canadian General Reinforcement Unit for the next month (January to February 1944). He also saw service with 12 Canadian Field Security Section for two months (February to April 1944), attached to Canadian Military Headquarters for one month (April to May 1944), then with 15 Canadian Field Security Section for two months (May to July 1944). He was with 5 Canadian Field Security Section when he embarked the United Kingdom for Continental Europe on July 27, 1944, arriving in France on the 3rd. After a brief return to the United Kingdom, he returned to North West Europe with them for four months (July to November 1944), embarking the United Kingdom on November 3, 1944 and disembarking in North West Europe on the 4th. He was transferred to IO 1 Army Intelligence Officers Pool for three months (November 1944 to February 1945), then transferred to IO, attached to GS Headquarters, 2nd Canadian Corps for two months (March to May 1945). He was transferred to GSO 3 (Intelligence) GS Br Headquarters, 2nd Canadian Corps for one month (May to June 1945) and named Acting Captain, then transferred for an additional month to GSO (Intelligence) GS 14 Incr Headquarters, 1st Canadian Army (June to July 1945). He was promoted to Captain while at his next posting at 3 Canadian Area Section Officer, Canadian Army Overseas Force, the posting lasting ten months (July 1945 to May 1946). Blane returned to Canada and was posted to No. 11 District Depot in Vancouver for two months (June to August 1946), then attached to Headquarters, at Military District No. 11 for one month (August to September 1946), where he was accepted for the Interim Force on June 29th and issued with the War Service Badge GS Class, number 1064787. Blane was released from the Regular Army on October 1, 1946 and appointed to the Canadian Army (Active Force). He was transferred to S/L DMI A Headquarters for the next two years and three months (October 1946 to January 1948), splitting service between Ottawa and Washington, D.C., then attended 3 Canadian Active Service Force at the Royal Military College in Kingston for ten months (January to November 1949), completing nine periods of the Basic Counter-Intelligence Course USA and successfully passing his 1948 Staff College Entrance qualifying examination, before being posted to GSO 3 Headquarters Prairie Command in Winnipeg, Manitoba for one year and nine months (December 1949 to September 1951). Blane returned to Europe, embarking Port of Wolfe's Cove, Quebec on October 20, 1951, arriving in the Port of Rotterdam, Holland on the 31st. He proceeded to The Hague for Temporary Duty on November 12th, later to see service in Germany at Hamburg, Hohne and Luneburg with the 2nd Field Security Section 27, Canadian Infantry Brigade for the next year and three months (September 1951 to December 1952). After his tour of duty, he returned to the United Kingdom, embarking for Canada on December 6, 1952, arriving in Canada on the 14th. He saw his final promotion, this time to Major while he was at HL 4 PD for one month (December 1952 to January 1953) and was then transferred to GSO 2 (Intelligence) Headquarters Quebec Command at Montreal for the next two years and six months (January 1953 to July 1955), before closing out his Army career at GSO 2 DMI in Ottawa, serving another two years and seven months (July 1955 to January 15, 1958). He is credited with having served in Canada, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, receiving the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945. It is worthy to note that much of his war service has been blacked out in his service records. His Application for the Award of the Canadian Forces' Decoration was filled out September 4, 1952 while he was with the 2nd Field Security Section. At that time, his service incorporated the period from July 4, 1940 to September 3, 1952, advancing over the years from Gunner to Captain in the Canadian Active Service Force and the Canadian Army Active Forces. He retired with the rank of Major in 1958 and was forty-seven years removed from his military career, when he passed away at the age of 96, on June 10, 2005, in Kelowna, British Columbia.
1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; War Medal 1939-1945; and Canadian Forces' Decoration, GRVI (CAPT. W. BLANE). Naming is officially engraved on the reverse of the suspension bar of the CFD, the others are un-named. Court-mounted, original ribbons, dark patinas on the exposed areas, leaving the overlapping areas underneath each medal with their original tones, better than very fine. Accompanied by copies of his Service Records, Application for the Award of the Canadian Forces' Decoration and Province of British Columbia Certificate of Death.
Footnote: William Blane's original name was William Burriss Engelbrecht. He had it changed in April 1941, to the more Anglicized name of "Blane" and also named Anne Dunlop Blane as his next-of-kin, which was later changed in 1947 to Mrs. Monica Winifred Blane. He enlisted as a Gunner with the 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade, Royal Canadian Artillery, Canadian Active Service Force on July 4, 1940, then transferred to the 58th Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery at Victoria, British Columbia the following month, for the next nine months. He spent two months at No. 11 District Depot in Vancouver, British Columbia, attached to various units (April 1941 to June 1941), where he also qualified as Clerk Group "C" on March 17, 1941 and was attached to the 13th Light Field Ambulance for Research and Development. He was then posted to the Corps of Military Staff Clerks, 11th Detachment, Section "A" in Victoria, for ten months (June 1941 to April 1942) and seeing a promotion to Sergeant. While with the CMSC, he was promoted to Lance Corporal (September 1, 1941), Acting Sergeant (October 27, 1941) and qualified as a Stenographer Group "B" (December 10, 1941). He was placed at the Officers Training Corps (WC) for three months (April to July 1942) and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on July 10, 1942. He was transferred to A-23 Royal Canadian Artillery (TC) for three months (July to October 1942), promoted again, this time to Lieutenant and posted to the 27th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery in Halifax, Nova Scotia for eleven months (October 1942 to September 1943), where he also qualified as a Driver, Class III on September 1, 1943. He was attached to the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, attending the CWIC (FS Officers) Course for two months (September to November 1943), where he qualified successfully at the Canadian War Intelligence Course, F.S. Wing, RMC, Kingston, Ontario, then transferred to IO Esquimalt Fortress, Pacific Command at Esquimalt, British Columbia for one month (November to December 1943). Blane departed for the European theatre, disembarked on January 22, 1944 in the United Kingdom, reporting to duty with 1 Canadian General Reinforcement Unit for the next month (January to February 1944). He also saw service with 12 Canadian Field Security Section for two months (February to April 1944), attached to Canadian Military Headquarters for one month (April to May 1944), then with 15 Canadian Field Security Section for two months (May to July 1944). He was with 5 Canadian Field Security Section when he embarked the United Kingdom for Continental Europe on July 27, 1944, arriving in France on the 3rd. After a brief return to the United Kingdom, he returned to North West Europe with them for four months (July to November 1944), embarking the United Kingdom on November 3, 1944 and disembarking in North West Europe on the 4th. He was transferred to IO 1 Army Intelligence Officers Pool for three months (November 1944 to February 1945), then transferred to IO, attached to GS Headquarters, 2nd Canadian Corps for two months (March to May 1945). He was transferred to GSO 3 (Intelligence) GS Br Headquarters, 2nd Canadian Corps for one month (May to June 1945) and named Acting Captain, then transferred for an additional month to GSO (Intelligence) GS 14 Incr Headquarters, 1st Canadian Army (June to July 1945). He was promoted to Captain while at his next posting at 3 Canadian Area Section Officer, Canadian Army Overseas Force, the posting lasting ten months (July 1945 to May 1946). Blane returned to Canada and was posted to No. 11 District Depot in Vancouver for two months (June to August 1946), then attached to Headquarters, at Military District No. 11 for one month (August to September 1946), where he was accepted for the Interim Force on June 29th and issued with the War Service Badge GS Class, number 1064787. Blane was released from the Regular Army on October 1, 1946 and appointed to the Canadian Army (Active Force). He was transferred to S/L DMI A Headquarters for the next two years and three months (October 1946 to January 1948), splitting service between Ottawa and Washington, D.C., then attended 3 Canadian Active Service Force at the Royal Military College in Kingston for ten months (January to November 1949), completing nine periods of the Basic Counter-Intelligence Course USA and successfully passing his 1948 Staff College Entrance qualifying examination, before being posted to GSO 3 Headquarters Prairie Command in Winnipeg, Manitoba for one year and nine months (December 1949 to September 1951). Blane returned to Europe, embarking Port of Wolfe's Cove, Quebec on October 20, 1951, arriving in the Port of Rotterdam, Holland on the 31st. He proceeded to The Hague for Temporary Duty on November 12th, later to see service in Germany at Hamburg, Hohne and Luneburg with the 2nd Field Security Section 27, Canadian Infantry Brigade for the next year and three months (September 1951 to December 1952). After his tour of duty, he returned to the United Kingdom, embarking for Canada on December 6, 1952, arriving in Canada on the 14th. He saw his final promotion, this time to Major while he was at HL 4 PD for one month (December 1952 to January 1953) and was then transferred to GSO 2 (Intelligence) Headquarters Quebec Command at Montreal for the next two years and six months (January 1953 to July 1955), before closing out his Army career at GSO 2 DMI in Ottawa, serving another two years and seven months (July 1955 to January 15, 1958). He is credited with having served in Canada, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, receiving the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945. It is worthy to note that much of his war service has been blacked out in his service records. His Application for the Award of the Canadian Forces' Decoration was filled out September 4, 1952 while he was with the 2nd Field Security Section. At that time, his service incorporated the period from July 4, 1940 to September 3, 1952, advancing over the years from Gunner to Captain in the Canadian Active Service Force and the Canadian Army Active Forces. He retired with the rank of Major in 1958 and was forty-seven years removed from his military career, when he passed away at the age of 96, on June 10, 2005, in Kelowna, British Columbia.
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Item : C3829
A Second War Canadian Group To Captain Blaine Who Was With The Canadian Field Security Section
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