Honorary Colonels

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Honorary Appointments for units of the Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS)

Honorary Colonels / Honorary Lieutenant Colonels

National Level Units

CFHS Training Centre

Robert Francis

CF H Svcs Centre (Ottawa)

Jack Kitts
Alain-Michel Sekula

Canadian Medical Equipment Depot

Vacant

1 Canadian Field Hospital

Vacant

1 Health Services Group

1 Health Services Group HQ

Louis Francescutti

CF H Svcs Centre (Pacific)

Ross Brown

1 Field Ambulance

Ruth Collins-Nakai

11 (Victoria) Field Ambulance

Vacant
Vacant

12 (Vancouver) Field Ambulance

Robert Watt
Vacant

15 (Edmonton) Field Ambulance

Vacant
Steinke

16 (Regina) Field Ambulance

Vacant
Vacant

17 (Winnipeg) Field Ambulance

Laurencelle
Menkis

18 (Thunder Bay) Field Ambulance

Edward Meijer
Vacant

4 Health Services Group

CF H Svcs Centre (Atlantic)

John Haggie

24 CF H Svcs Centre (Trenton)

Amber Hayward-Stewart

25 e Centre des SSFC (Bagotville)

Luc Vandal

33 CF H Svcs Centre (Kingston)

Alice Aiken

5e Ambulance de champagne

André Vézina
Louis Hébert

23 (Hamilton) Field Ambulance

Michael Sanderson
Vacant

25 (Toronto) Field Ambulance

Virginia McLaughlin
Ian Sutherland

28 (Ottawa) Field Ambulance

Vacant
Anthony Di Monte

33 (Sydney) Field Ambulance

Vacant
Heather MacKinnon

35 (Halifax) Field Ambulance

Ronald Stewart
Vacant

51e Ambulance de campagne (Montréal)

Markus Martin
Robert Boily

52e Ambulance de campagne (Sherbrooke)

Michel Carpentier
Paul Kaeser
55e Ambulance de campagne (Québec)
Jean-Robert Leclerc
Frederic Jaques

Updated: November 27, 2018

NOTE: Honorary Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels are appointed in accordance with Guidelines for Canadian Forces Health Services Honorary Appointments.

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