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Vehicles of the 1st Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade moving to the Rockcliffe Ranges, Ottawa.

This photograph depicts six vehicles of the 1st Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade moving to the Rockcliffe Ranges, Ottawa, for inspection by the Governor General. All variants of the 20 trucks purchased from the Auto Car Company of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, can be seen.

Left to right: Donated ambulance, mobile workshop, fuel lorry, utility vehicle, armoured autocar, and a liaison/staff car.

This photograph was taken by the Surveyor General's Office in Ottawa.

Armoured vehicle from 1st Automobile Machine Gun Brigade

This photograph depicts an armoured vehicle from the 1st Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, which was commanded by Brutinel. The vehicle is manned by two drivers in the front and four gunners in the back with the Colt "Potato Digger" machine guns.

All eight armoured autocars are visible, along with other vehicles of the brigade. This photograph was taken by the Surveyor General's Office at the Rockcliffe Ranges near Ottawa.

General Worthington drives the last armoured autocar past Centurion tanks, 1956

This photograph depicts the armoured vehicle designed by Brutinel in 1914 driving alongside a 1956 tank. General F.F. Worthington is driving the armoured vehicle. A caption reads "Quarante-deux ans se sont ecoules entre le char blinde Canadien de Brutinel de 1914 et le char d'assaut de 1956" (Forty-two years have elapsed between the Canadian armoured tank of Brutinel of 1914 and the tank of 1956.)

Brigadier-General Raymond Brutinel fonds

  • CA MHM 2014.22
  • Fonds
  • 1882 - 2011

The fonds consists of photographs and postcards, Brutinel's personal papers, documents related to his properties, his family papers, and research material about his life. The photographs and postcards depict Brutinel, his family, his properties, and the Canadian Motor Machine Gun Corps. Brutinel's personal papers include records created during his lifetime, 1882-1964, which include general correspondence, operation reports from WWI, manuscripts and histories of the Machine Gun Corps, related newspaper articles, military and civic honours and certificates, and photographs. There are also legal and financial documents, maps and plans, and correspondence about purchase and sale of properties, Chateau de Couloume and Chateau de Bordaberry. Family papers include condolence letters and a collection of Brutinel's obituary from different newspapers. The research materials include different biographical sketches and manuscripts about Brutinel, genealogical research, and the Brutinels' marriage and divorce information. This fonds is arranged into five series: Photographs and postcards, Personal papers, Property, Family papers, and Research.

Brutinel, Raymond, Brigadier-General

Military parade of armoured vehicles

This photograph depicts a parade of the armoured vehicles of the Motor Machine Gun Brigade along Rideau Street in Ottawa, going in front of Chateau Laurier where the first recruits were enrolled in 1914. This photograph was taken by the Surveyor General's Office in Ottawa.

Photographs and postcards series

This series consists of photographs, postcards, and slides depicting Brutinel, his family, the 1st Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, and Brutinel's properties in France (Chateau du Couloume, Chateau de Bordaberry, and the La Hutte villa). The series contains 2014.22.01 to 2014.22.102.

Family papers series

This series consists of condolence letters written to Pierre Brutinel at the death of his father and a collection of newspaper clippings of obituaries for Brutinel, 1964. There is also correspondence between the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Pierre in 1978 regarding his father's gravestone. This series is comprised of file 2014.22.111.

Property series

This series consists of correspondence, legal documents, and maps and plans related to Chateau du Couloume and Chateau de Bordaberry. The series is arranged into two files: Chateau du Couloume (2014.22.109) and Bordaberry (2014.22.110).

Fuel vehicle from 1st Automobile Machine Gun Brigade

This photograph depicts a fuel vehicle from the 1st Automobile Machine Gun Brigade. which was commanded by Brutinel. Two men are sitting in the front seat and the back of the vehicle holds six oil drums. Stencilled on the side of the car is "1st A.M.G.B., Ottawa, Fuel" This photograph was taken by the Surveyor General's Office in Ottawa.

Vehicle from 1st Automobile Machine Gun Brigade

This photograph depicts a vehicle from the 1st Automobile Machine Gun Brigade. which was commanded by Brutinel. Two men are sitting in the front seat and two men in the back seat. Stencilled on the side of the car is "1st A.M.G.B. Ottawa, A Battery O.C." This photograph was taken by the Surveyor General's Office in Ottawa.

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