Pure speculation here. RCEME personnel were tradesmen with technical skills. But, in the fall of 1944 there was a desparate shortage infantry reinforcements, and especially Francophone reinforcements. Other corps were scoured for reinforcements, and many artillery, service corps, ordnance etc were redirected into the infantry reinforcement streams. French speaking personnel were espcially short, and this may have been the reason for his transfer to the infantry.
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