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The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun), CASF, mobilized for active service on 1 September 1939. It was
redesignated as the 1st Battalion, The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun), CASF, on 7 November 1940, then as
the 1st Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Saskatoon Light Infantry), CIC, CASF, on 1 May 1943 and finally as the
1st Battalion, The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun), CASF, on 1 July 1944. The battalion embarked for Great
Britain on 8 December 1939. It participated in the expedition to raid the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen on 25
August 1941, landed in Sicily on 10 July and Italy on 3 September 1943 as part of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division.
The unit landed in France on 4 March 1945, on its way to the North-West Europe theatre of operations in which it
served until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 October 1945. On 1 June 1945 The
Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun) mobilized three cannon companies for active service with the Canadian Army
Pacific Force, which disbanded on 1 November 1945.
War In Afghanistan[edit]

The regiment contributed an aggregate of more than 20% of its authorized strength to the various Task Forces which
served in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2014.

SaskCulture Museum Grant Program follow-up reports are all up online and can be accessed by logging in to the
Online Granting Platform. It will be the same process as how the last Interim Reports would have been completed.
Reports are due 90 days after the fiscal year end, so most museums won’t have to worry about submitting a report
until the spring (i.e. museum’s with a Dec. 31 year end will need to submit a report for March 31, 2020). If you have
any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Catherine Folstad, Grants Administrator by phone at 306.780.9431 or
by email at cfolstad@saskculture.ca .