_14th BRIGADE, C.F.A._
[Illustration:
LT.-COL. J. L. M‘KINNON.]
The 14th Brigade, C.F.A., was organized in the spring of 1916 and was
part of the 4th Division Artillery, which trained at Petawawa in the
summer of 1916. The 14th Brigade, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel
John L. McKinnon, of Halifax, N.S., was composed of the following Units:
Headquarters, 7 officers, 40 men, recruited in Nova Scotia. Batteries,
55th and 56th, recruited in Guelph, Ont.; 58th, recruited in New
Brunswick; 66th, recruited in Montreal. Brigade Ammunition Column, 3
officers, 120 men, recruited in Nova Scotia.
In addition to the O.C., Lieutenant-Colonel McKinnon, the following
other Nova Scotia officers proceeded Overseas with this Brigade: Capt.
G. C. Oland, Halifax, Adjutant; Capt. C. V. Trites, Liverpool, Medical
Officer, both attached to Brigade Headquarters; Major S. C. Oland, in
command of 66th Battery; Lieut. J. Vickery, 58th Battery; Brigade
Ammunition Column, Capt. F. S. Burns, Lieut. Herbert Stairs, Lieut. W.
M. Ray, Lieut. T. D. Farquahar.
The 4th Divisional Artillery, consisting of the 12th, 13th, 14th and
15th Brigades, and Divisional Ammunition Column, left Canada on
September 11, 1916, and completed training in England.
In the fall of 1916 the Imperial authorities for the Imperial Army
adopted the formation of six-gun Batteries instead of four-gun
Batteries, reducing Brigades in each Division. The Canadian authorities
followed in January, 1917, and from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions in
France a new 4th Divisional Artillery was reconstituted, and the old 4th
Divisional Artillery became 5th Divisional Artillery, which later became
Corps Artillery.
On the formation of the Nova Scotia Regimental Depot, Lieutenant-Colonel
McKinnon was given command and was later appointed Deputy Judge Advocate
General, Canadian Forces Overseas.