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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Canada Lookup Request => Topic started by: tishm on Wednesday 08 July 09 16:37 BST (UK)
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Hello, new to this chat thing so sorry if long winded and blundering. I have been trying to get my grandfathers war service records from the Library and Archives Canda for the last 6 mths but have heard no reply have called and they say fax again. I have his Attestation documents from their web site but can not get the info I need such as what regiment was he in (I know he was a driver have pictures of him we believe to be in Passendale on a horse and cart and general photos in a drivers uniform) and where did he serve etc. Can any one help me please. :-*
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All of the details that you need to order a copy of his file should be where you found his attestation papers at the LAC website. The information is located on the same page as the links to the images of his attestation papers and should include:
Name: _________
Regimental number(s): _________
Reference: _________
Date of Birth: ________
Here is a link to the instructions on how to order the file:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/06nn/
If you have anymore difficulties finding the information then post his name and we can copy out what you need for you. Including his date of birth will help if there is more than one person with the same name.
Jacquie
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Thanks I have looked at this it does not give these and I have sent 2 written requests to Canada and 2 fax requests for these paper files but 6 months on I still have no reply I can not go to the records as I am in the UK
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Are you sending a credit card number for payment? The normal turn around for a set of military files is 1 month, so seems odd that you are having troubles?
Karen
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What was your grandfather's name? Was he an officer?
Jacquie
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Thanks for replying his name was Arthur Mason he was born here in Staffordshire England signed up in Canada but lived the rest of his life after the war in his wifes childhood home here in Staffordshire England.
He was a driver we don't believe he reached anything above this the only clue we have is a postcard addressed by his wife to Driver A Mason Reg No 768 2nd Cadaian Aux Army Horse Corps though this is difficult to make out. I found his sign up papers on the Library and Archives of Canada but they do not list this regiment and requests have not forth comming of his service records.
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Sorry forgot to say his name was Arthur Mason DOB 31/May/1890 Place Staffordshire England Married to Florrie Mason Son of John William Mason enlisted CEF December 8th 1914 Montreal. On returning from the war he settled back into his wifes childhood home here in Staffordshire until his death in 1954. His medals and the only postcade from Florrie to Arthur stated Driver 768
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Link to his attestation papers at Library and Archives Canada:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/06nw/
This is the information needed to order his file:
Name: MASON, ARTHUR
Regimental number(s): 768
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6007 - 55
Date of Birth: 31/05/1890
As Karen mentioned, you have to give them a credit card number before LAC will make copies and send it. You can also order the file online at this link:
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/copies/secure/005010-5100-e.php
The order site is secure.
Jacquie
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Thanks I have resubmitted using this form fingers crossed. Thank you for all your help. Lets see if I can piece a bit more of the family tree together. :-*
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Hello again everyone thank you all for your help. I now have the files but they are very hard to read. I can make out that he returned to England on the SS Scandiavian in June 1915 spent time at Newingate Kent and went to France/Belgium in Feb 1916 attached to CORCC which I have found to be the Canadian Oversea's Railway Construction Corps but can not find where this was. He was then attached to 2nd Reserve Park CASC again I can not find where these were in France/Belgium. I am geting a good picture that he drove horse and cart supplies to and from depot to front line and he was awarded a Good Conduct Badge in 1917 and a list of his grant of leave and the fact he had defective teeth as he spent 4 days in hospital in France to fill 4 and extract 5 but no placing and there are no war diaries I can find for any of these mentioned units. Please help again thanks Tx
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Hello,
We are researching our Kennedy family history from London, Ontario, which leads us to Vernon Camp, Vernon, British Columbia and we’re looking for the headstone for our Vern(on) Willard Kennedy's. Vern’s WW1 1915 Attestation Papers indicate he signed his papers at Vernon Camp, BC September 24, 1915 after being a Vol’s? in the military for 5 years.
So, we contacted the 54th Battalion and they sent us a ship record showing Vern coming back from overseas the month of April 1919 and then we see Vern being married the month of November 1919 in Penticton, BC, but we don’t think the marriage worked out, because we later she his wife married to the surname Bright and living in the USA.
We then discover the 1931 obituary for Vern’s mother, which says she is survived –only by two daughters, which means Vern died before 1931. The children were two brothers and two sisters; all accounted for except Vern.
Before Vern’s mother passed away she moved to Lethbridge, Alberta to live with her daughter after her husband and son both died a month a part back in Ontario in 1909; one daughter to Montreal. There’s a handwritten note on the side of Vern’s Attestation Papers indicating Vern wanted his pay forwarded to a Lethbridge Bank; banker is husband of the sister / daughter in Lethbridge.
Would anyone have some suggestions of where to look for Vern’s death date or his headstone?
1915 Attestation Papers Kennedy, Vern Willard
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=f9ck27n4ejp4oeuul8ong630f2&q1=kennedy&q2=vern&q3=&interval=20
54th Battalion Web Site (Vernon Camp, BC)
http://www.54thbattalioncef.ca/index.htm
Regards,
Dan Kennedy
London, Ontario
Canada
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Hi Dan,
Have you ordered his full military file from Library and Archives Canada?
Karen
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I emailed Library and Archives Canada to see if they'll look in Vern's service files for a death date and cemetery location entry / add on. I'm waiting for their reply (a few weeks likely). Did the Forces keep track of deaths? The 54th Battalion said it's quite possible Vern's headstone is a white military type headstone(but is he buried in Canada?). In the mean time, I was wondering if someone knew another route to look for Vern's headstone. If in Canada and it likely is, the most probable locations would be BC, Lethbridge AB and Hamilton, ON (?). The Canadian Legion suggested I contact LAC too. Are there LAC / 1915 Expiditionary lookups?
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I just received an email from LAC and a "snippet" of their email is here below. They found found Vern! Minnie is mom. That was fast too.
LAC writes- When Veterans Affairs was notified of the death of a First World War veteran, a death card was created and those cards are now in the custody of Library and Archives Canada. A search of that collection produced a reference to Kennedy, V.W, regimental number 522879. Unfortunately, the date of death was not indicated but Veterans Affairs was notified 7 October 1927 means that he might have died in 1927. The next-of-kin is listed as Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, his mother, 410 – 141R St. South Lethbridge, Alterta.
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Hello again everyone thank you all for your help. I now have the files but they are very hard to read.
I can help you with that, as we do hundreds of SERVICE RECORD REPORTS. If you can e-mail or post a digital version of the service record, the rest will follow. There is no charge for this, the CEFSG members do this as their hobby.
Some examples are here:
http://cefww1soldiername.blogspot.com/
In exchange we ask that we can add your soldiers digital file to the data base. You are also most welcome to write up a report and add it to the Blog Site.