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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Canada Lookup Request => Topic started by: brian57 on Friday 18 December 15 11:33 GMT (UK)
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My wife's birth father who she never knew was a Canadian soldier called Joseph Senak. He passed through Newhaven, Sussex in 1944 where my wife's mother met him. His regiment no. was D137699 & he was a lance corporal. Does this number help identify where he was & what he or his regiment did during WW2. I assume he went over to France in 1944.
Many thanks for any advice
Brian
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Hi,
All military records created before 1918, including the service files for those who served in First World War 1914-1918, and the service files for those killed in action during the Second World War 1939-1945, are open records and no access restrictions apply.
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Pages/obtain-copies-military-service-files.aspx
For all other military service files 1919-1997, including Second World War (not killed in action), access restrictions apply.
Sandra
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NO way of telling if this is the same Joseph but it is an unusual surname - there was a Joseph Psenak appearing on the Canada Voters List in Waterloo Ontario. Joseph also appears on the OCFA (Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid)
Joseph Psenak - Mountview, Cambridge (Galt) (Section 7) Waterloo Dumfries North WA-4495
http://ocfa.islandnet.com/ocfa-search.php
Also Maria Psenak
Maria Psenak - Mountview, Cambridge (Galt) (Section 7) Waterloo Dumfries North WA-4495
So that looks like the same Joseph Psenak who immigrated 1934 (shown below)
Sandra
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Canadian Passenger Lists showed a Joseph Psenak born about 1921 Czechslovakia and aged 13 years travelling Le Havre France to Montreal arriving 30 April 1934 on the Ausonia - also travelling mother Maria Psenak aged 35 years and sister Maria aged 7 years - Batora Frank was listed as the father of Maria and grandfather of Joseph and Maria. Husband of Marie Josef Psenak, Gently Road, Langueril Quebec.
Sandra
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Thanks Sandra,
I already knew about the burial in Galt, Ontario but can't seem to get a burial date or any other info without paying the Ontario Gen. Society a ridiculous amount for the cemetery transcript.
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The Psenak family mentioned above still showed on Canada Voters List in 1974. Listed with a son and a daughter.
Have you tried the nearest public library to see if someone could do a search for you ??? Or tried to locate the son "M" in Cambridge Ontario - by using http://www.canada411.ca/
Sandra