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Old 30-08-12, 06:15 PM
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hi all,

found this colour film from 1977 about the canadian army cadets.lots of good views of badges etc

however i see they are wearing a red cloth mapel leaf with rCac.being on this side of the "pond" i always assumed this badge was the royal canadian armoured corps .

am i right or wrong? can somebody tell me when it changed.? and could it be mistaken for the armoured corps badge

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Old 30-08-12, 06:56 PM
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Hi Philip, the RCAC was to my knowledge always for the cadets. I was one in 1966 and I wore the red maple leaf.It was never for the armoured corps CAC (Canadian Armoured Corps) the title "Royal" being given in 1945.
I have seen photographs of cadets in 1940s wearing the maple leaf.

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hi jo,

many thanks for the quick reply.

must be just me and i have picked it up wrong ,again

many thanks

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The armoured corps was supposed to be RCArmdC but RCAC came into use...there is occasionally some confusion with the Army Cadets.
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Grrr...ghastly unification uniforms on the CF members, but good to see the battledress still in use by the cadets in '77.
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Ok, post-whoring, but noticed the capt. instructor still wearing the CSofC cap badge almost 10 years after the branch was rebranded the CIL and incorporated the Air and Sea elements.
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Aged 16 and on the train from Ottawa to Montreal in cadet uniform. I tried to convince the barman that RCAC was for Armoured Corps and that he should serve me the beer I ordered. Turns out he was a tanker in Korea and didn't buy into my story.
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Aged 16 and on the train from Ottawa to Montreal in cadet uniform. I tried to convince the barman that RCAC was for Armoured Corps and that he should serve me the beer I ordered. Turns out he was a tanker in Korea and didn't buy into my story.
I was an army cadet aged 14-15 in Calgary in the 1980's and we were affiliated with and badged for the PPCLI. Curses that I never thought of using that to get a beer!
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See this thread for more information on the RCAC on maple leaf

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See this thread for more information on the RCAC on maple leaf

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