Canadian Forces School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Weapons Section
Borden, ON, Canada

LeSueur Brodie Building
(Official Opening - 14 October 1989 by Mrs. Althera Brodie)
[Official Turning of the Sod - 6 May 1988]

The LeSueur Brodie Building houses the Armament and Small Arms cells of Artisan Company Weapons Platoon. The building provides almost 2,000 square meters of floor space including 12 classrooms and a large workshop area with a 15 ton overhead crane capable of lifting a tank turret. The floors of the building and the compound, have been especially designed to support the weight of heavy armoured vehicles. The addition of the annex and security containers' training area, on the 28 of May '93, has added an additional 193.6 square meters (2,084 square feet) to the total area available for training.

The building is used to train the EME Weapons Technicians, both Regular and Reserve Students from Qualification Level 3 through Qualification Level 6A. Subjects taught include small arms, ancillary equipment, electrical and hydraulic systems, Leopard Main Battle Tank (MBT), M-109A4 155mm self-propelled Howitzer, Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (AVGP), TOW Under Armour Turret (TUA), C3 105mm Towed Howitzer, GIAT LG1 Light Towed Howitzer (105mm), LAV 25 (Coyote), Wolf mount, sight mounts, Locks and Security Containers. A cadre of 12 Regular Force soldiers, occasionally supplemented by Regular and Reserve Force incremental staff instructs the students.

front left of school showing annexright side of school - main entrance

DEDICATION
Lieutenant-Colonel LeSueur Brodie, ED, RCEME (13 Apr 1905 – 7 May 1988)

Lt Col Brodie - picture in main hall

Lieutenant-Colonel Brodie was born in Montreal on the 13 of April 1905. He read engineering at McGill University where he joined the OTC, and later studied for his MBA at the University of Toronto. He was employed with Bell Canada for 44 years at Montreal, Toronto and Bradford.

In 1936 he joined the Militia as a Lieutenant in the 4th Division Supply Column RCASC in Montreal. Two years later he was promoted to Captain in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals.

He was called to active service in September or 1939 and during World War II he served in North America and England. In September of 1941 he transferred to the Regular Army and was posted to NDHQ. In September of 1942 he was transferred to the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. In August of 1944 he was transferred to RCEME.

At the end of the war he returned to Reserve Status and in the post war years served in HQ RCEME 2nd Armoured Division, and was Commanding Officer of the 4th Technical Regiment RCEME. During this period he was awarded the Clasp to the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the War Medal and the Canadian Efficiency Medal.

In 1945 Lieutenant-Colonel Brodie took up the appointment of Honorary Secretary Treasurer of the RCEME Association, which he held through the changes from LORE to LEME until 1975, when he became Honorary Secretary. In 1963 he was appointed Chairman of the Conference of Defence Associations.

He was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada in December of 1976. He was invested as : " An engineer who has rendered distinguished services to Canada in war and peace, and whose interest in military history has found expression in his many gifts to various museums in Canada".