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in Canada. Considering the relatively small
number of oral health care providers, this
represented an immenseeffort.
When thewar endedonNovember 11, 1918,
the CADC had increased to 223 officers and
459 other ranks serving in stationary hospi-
tals, field hospitals and field ambulances in
Great Britain, France and Belgium. Among
CADC personnel, 7 officers and 10 other
ranks haddied in action. In addition, 4med-
als for Meritorious Service and 10 Orders of
the British Empire were awarded to CADC
personnel.
The demobilization of 60000 soldiers with-
in amonth following thewar presented the
Corps with the challenge of returning these
soldiers to the state of dental fitness they
had prior to embarkation. The result was a
short-lived increase in the strength of the
Corps. Oncedemobilizationwas completed,
theCADCwas disbanded.
However, it wouldn’t be long before the
CADCwould be reformed as a corps in the
Non-permanent Active Militia, authorized
by Special Army Order No. 4 on January 11,
1921. In reality, from the end of thewar until
1939, the Dental Corps became little more
than a number of individual dental officers
scattered thinly throughout the units of the
Medical Corps. It was not until the start of
World War II that the Dental Corps would
have an opportunity to again provide sup-
port tooperations.
a
CDA isplayingacentralrole incommemoratingthe
100thanniversaryoftheRCDC inMay2015,reflecting
CDA’srole inestablishingamilitarydentalservice in
CanadaandtheclosepartnershipbetweenCDAand
RCDCsincethattime.
Allied soldiers line
up ina "dental sick
parade" duringWorld
War1. (c.1915).
Picturedbelow, the
Badgeof theCanadian
ArmyDentalCorps,
1915–28.
