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Looking for help with my Canadian father's military record
Hi,
The only definitions of military-unit abbreviations I have found are: 3 CACRU = 3rd Canadian Armoured Corps Reinforcement Unit and 1 CARU = 1st Canadian Armoured or Artillery Reinforcement Unit. Does anyone know if my guesses for other abbreviations are correct: 2 CGRU – 2nd Canadian Group Repatriation Unit? 11 CDN Repat – 11 Canadian Repatriation Unit? 3 Repat – 3rd [Canadian] Repatriation Unit? 4 CRD – 4th [Canadian] Repatriation Unit? There’s a hand written entry on one page of his record, dated 31st Aug 1945, which I think says "Awarded forfeiture of 10 days pay" – a significant sum. Can anyone suggest what sort of 'crime' might justify such a penalty? Last question. My father's military record shows: = he was a Trooper and qualified as a Driver i/c Class 111 (T), = arrived in the UK on 17th March 1945, = moved in and out of the groups indicated by the abbreviations above, = in between times was in the Canadian Military Hospital at Bramshott, Hants, for a week, no reason given, = and departed for home on 12th November 1946. One of his Canadian daughters has shown me a photograph of him in uniform in Brighton, Sussex. His cap badge states Royal Canadian Ordnance Corp. I would like to find out where my father was, where and how he met my mother and the circumstances of my conception and subsequent abandonment (I don't hold a grudge, in fact I consider myself to have been fortunate, but I would like to know - as do his other very surprised children, by another woman, in Canada). Would anyone possibly have his regiment's service file or know how I might make progress? Thanks, in anticipation. Chris |
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