Hi Anthea ... have been thinking about your Sargent Thomas Donaldson's age if he were born about 1910 (if aged 35 in 1945) then he'd be about 98 if still living. If not, and he stayed around Kingston area, then there must be an obituary somewhere, possibly family with the surname, and more research needed to narrow down search to years/place etc.

1) I think that if Thomas has been deceased more than 20 years that anyone can order his service records files from the National Archives of Canada, which means YOU should be able to order them if you want to, they will cost about 40 cents per photocopied page. IS this something you'd like to check into right now, or keep the option for future reference? I'll find the info and post for you about how to order records from the archives. Sound like you might want to find out more info first though before you spring for records if you aren't yet sure of relatedness?

2) Maybe someone in here has a book that just happens to have names of enlisted people in the RCASC and can do a lookup if his name is on the list, for you, which would verify he was with them.

Oh ... I just did a search for his name in the Legion Magazine onlines LAST POST and none of the names were him. It only goes back so many years though, but I thought it worth a shot http://www.legionmagazine.com/lastpo...Name=Donaldson


All for now.