1st Battalion, The Grey and Simcoe Foresters (August 7, 1941 – February 7, 1942) Lake Superior Regiment (August 11, 1941 – February 5, 1942) The Irish Regiment of Canada (August 14, 1941 – December 1, 1941) 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division (October 4, 1941 – August 21, 1942) The Fort Garry Horse (October 1941 – November 9, 1941) 16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse (November 20, 1941 – April 9, 1942) The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles) (November 1941) Princess Louise Fusiliers (January 30, 1942 – April 6, 1942) The South Alberta Regiment (January 1942 – August 1942) The Elgin Regiment (March 18, 1942 – August 20, 1942) 14th Anti-Aircraft Battery (April 9, 1942 – June 1942) 18th Anti-Aircraft Battery (April 20, 1942 – June 28, 1942) 24th Anti-Aircraft Battery (April 28, 1942 – June 2, 1942) 27th Anti-Aircraft Battery (April 28, 1942 – June 22, 1942) 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) (June 1942) Lake Superior Regiment (June 24, 1942 – August 20, 1942) The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (June 1942) Princess Louise Fusiliers (August 9, 1942 – October 26, 1942) Le Régiment de Québec (August 26, 1942 – August 7, 1943) Le Régiment de Montmagny (August 28, 1942 – September 30, 1943) 3rd Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles (September 27, 1942 – August 15, 1943) 3rd Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada (September 28, 1942 – June 16, 1943) 2nd/10th Dragoons (September 30, 1942 – January 4, 1943) Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke (September 30, 1942 – October 13, 1943) The Windsor Regiment 7th division (October 1942) 7th Canadian Infantry Division (1943) Le Régiment de Joliette (January 6, 1943 – February 1943) The Algonquin Regiment (February 1943 – June 10, 1943) No. 2 Port Company, RCASC (March 18, 1944 – November 30, 1944) No. 2 Transit Camp (August 1, 1944 – March 31, 1946) 1st Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery (August 7, 1944 – September 21, 1945) No. 1 Ordnance Ammunition Depot (October 1, 1946 – November 16, 1947) No. 31 Ordnance Ammunition Depot (November 17, 1947 – June 1965) 3rd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1948–1958) 12th Regional Ordnance Depot (1948–1958) 31st Ordnance Ammunition Depot (1948–1965) Royal Highland Regiment of Canada (1950–1952) 720 Communication Squadron (1964 – October 3, 1985) RCAF Station Debert In the fall of 1938 the Royal Air Force (RAF) purchased land for constructing an aerodrome on the north shore of Cobequid Bay near the