Pre-war vehicle numbering in the Canadian Army

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Clive
I have a couple of observations which may be slightly contrary to the article. One of my first CMPs was a Cab 11 1940 F15A serial F10616 (or around that....it's been a few years) and a DND number of 41-1-1063. It belonged to A4 Artillery Training Center which was just over in Brandon MB. I went to the Shilo museum back in the day trying to find any reference to the truck in the unit's records. I spent hours reading through the unit's routine orders, where the only vehicle numbers I could find were with investigations re collisions of DND vehicles. It was interesting to note that while I did not find my specific DND number, I did see several numbers that were in close proximity, being out just a few digits. The other vehicles were not all C15As, and some were even commercial vehicles like a sedan. It made me think that perhaps the DND numbers had been assigned more regionally rather than as the vehicles had been produced or acquired. Also, I had to wonder why the DND number reflected 1941 rather than the build date of 1940.