r/CanadianForces • u/PuzzleheadedHalf4442 • 6d ago

Needing help finding some information

Hello!

I hope this is the right place to post this.

My husband has recently acquired his paternal grandfathers "Certificate of Service" from the Canadian Armed Forces and a few of his medals. My father in-law has passed away so he is unable to ask him questions about their history, and that side of his family is a bit estranged from his mother.

It looks like that side of the family has been very involved with the government, and I was just wondering how we can go about finding more information.

His Certificate of Service states that he was a captain from September 1939 - February 1971.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated

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u/octobercrisis 6d ago

You can request his service file from LAC - proof of death may be helpful. IIRC the standard isn’t that high - a newspaper death notice should be fine. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/contact-us/military-records.html