The 7th Division was mobilized in the spring of 1942. At the time is was assumed it would consist of volunteers and proceed overseas. By the summer of 1942 it became obvious that there would not be enough volunteers, so NRMA (National Resource Mobiliztion Act) conscripts we assigned to the regiments of the Division to bring their numbers up the war establishment strength. This meant that the Division could only be used for home defence, unless Parliament ruled that conscripted men could be sent overseas. Two Brigades were assembled in the early Fall of 1942 in Camp Debert NS with the third at Camp Sussex NB. Canadian Forces Station Debert (also CFS Debert) was the location of a Canadian air force, army, and military communications facility in Debert, Nova Scotia. ...
It is also known as the Canadian beach, as it was assigned to the 3rd CanadianInfantryDivision (with the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade).
In the west, infantry from the Royal Winnipeg, the Canadian Scottish and the Regina Rifles, supported by tanks from the 1st Hussars from London, Ont., are told their objective is a small fishing town named Courseulles at the mouth of the Seulles River.
Canadian soldiers are on the beach in all sectors.
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