LAV3 Monument program

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Originally Posted by Darrell Zinck

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And I am not a naysayer but rather just wondering why a town in close proximity to a large CAF Base needs a reminder that Canada has a military! As well, there is a move to have Fredericton receive a Leo I C2 soon. Part of RCAC 75th this year.

regards
Darrell

Coming late to the party, but there are strings of communities across Canada which were once unassailable hosts to major (and minor) defence installations, which are now no more.

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi

Couldn't really get a good picture this winter!!

Anyways, this i s what I snapped today.

regards
Darrell

[Robin Craig]

Is that in on a DND site or public land?

[Perry Kitson]

The 1ST Hussars here in London dedicated a LAV III in Sarnia last fall to the tune of $62,000. That was an all in price for the LAV, pad, transport, crane and a fund to provide for future paint and upkeep. All the parts that are removed are carefully controlled and destroyed, lest some miscreant gets his hands on one and takes over the world.

Perry

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi Robin

I guess the town owns the land, not sure. Not Base property as far as I know.

It is in the field beside the war memorial and post office , across from the mall.


Hi Perry

Where did they put it? At the Armoury? Is the Sherman "Calamity" still in Sarnia?

Current locations of these monuments:

http://lavmonument.ca/en/monument-locations/index.html

regards
Darrell

[Robin Craig]

Darrell, the reason I ask is, from what I understand, these monuments are outside the DND asset system that people call "The DA" or Distribution Account.

There is a policy that only item on the DA are allowed as monuments on DND property.

As a result there is an administrative bun fight ongoing in eastern Ontario between DND and a LAV monument. The monument has been in the area for over a year and the fight continues.

I would however say that if I were in that fight I would use the M74 monument as my leverage to the the LAV installed.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Robin Craig

Darrell, the reason I ask is, from what I understand, these monuments are outside the DND asset system that people call "The DA" or Distribution Account.

There is a policy that only item on the DA are allowed as monuments on DND property.

As a result there is an administrative bun fight ongoing in eastern Ontario between DND and a LAV monument. The monument has been in the area for over a year and the fight continues.

I would however say that if I were in that fight I would use the M74 monument as my leverage to the the LAV installed.

We have two concurrent systems within our museum for holding of artifacts. There is the "DA" (although that is no longer the official term) and a parallel system of our accessions list, which is for artifacts acquired outside of the official DND system. Either system's assets can go on display here. Small arms, for instance, donated from civilians are to be brought onto charge in the DND system.

DHH's loan system also runs two separate systems, one for DND and one for civilian loans. The DND stuff goes on the "DA". Our museum often holds vehicles and guns which have since been loaned to other bases, armories or museums, often without the transfer being done on the "DA". The loans are generally open ended which can cause problems when the artifacts are reloaned, transferred or somehow disposed of and we start to lose track of them. There is nothing like seeing your museum's accession numbers on an ebay item. To that end, a phone call every couple years to confirm the artifact is still there goes a long way to reminding the borrower who owns what.

[rob love]

CFB Shilo purchased one of these monument LAVs, which I had the pleasure of dressing up a bit before it went to it's dedication ceremony. Looks better than the standard slabside monument version. The site is still awaiting permanent fencing around the vehicle, but for now the ropes at least define a boundary.

Shilo lost 20 members to the Afghanistan conflict. My hope was to re-construct the LAV in such a way as to invoke memories, both good and bad. Several of the speakers at the ceremony said exactly that.