Canadian Information Sources

Who to contact:

National Defence Headquarters:

Privacy Section (DCA-4)
National Defence Headquarters
OTTAWA, Ontario
K1A 0K2

NDHQ can be contacted for information about current or recently released members of the Canadian Military.

Military File - National Archives of Canada

You can request the complete military file for the person your interested in by writing to:

Personnel Records Unit
Researcher Services Division
National Archives of Canada
395 Wellington Street
OTTAWA, Ontario
K1A 0N3

Fax: (613) 947-8456

Or you can obtain Regimental War Diaries and related information by writing to:

National Archives of Canada
345 Wellington St.
Ottawa, ON
Canada
K1A 0N3

The National Archives are quite busy and will caution you that a reply will take from 120 to 160 days. National Archives states that "There are no restrictions placed on information relating to an individual who has been dead for more than 20 years, however, proof of death is still required if the individual did not die while in service." Provide them with as much known information as possible. (Name, date of birth, date of death if known, serial number (regimental number), unit, birth place, parents names, etc.)

The Regimental Historian

Specializing in Canadian Army History

John R. Grodzinski
Chief Researcher

-- Pristinae virtutis memores --

175 Skyridge Ave
Lower Sackville, NS
Canada
B4C 1R8

Fax: 902-427-0203
EMail: COS@fox.nstn.ca

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Capt R. Hay, CD
Regimental Adjutant
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Wolseley Barracks
London, Ontario
N5Y 4T7

Phone: (519)660-5173
Fax: (519)660-5344

E-Mail: rhq.thercr@onlinesys.com

Capt Hay is the secretary of the Regimental Association and has direct access to the "retired" lists, and has direct acess to the master locator of all the serving members of the Regiment.

Second Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment

2nd Battalion
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Combat Training Centre Gagetown
Oromocto, NB
Canada
E0G 2P0

E-Mail: 2bnrcr.mi.net

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

The archivist for the PPCLI:

Sergeant M. D. Atwood
c/o Museum of the Regiments
4520 Crowchild Trail S.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
T3E 1T8

Phone: (403)240-7901

Merchant Marines:

Merchant Navy Registry
P.O. Box 7700
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
C1A 8M9

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Canadian Agency
Suite 1706 - 66 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0P4

Phone (613)992-3224
Fax (613)952-6826

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission can help locate graves from both the First and Second World Wars.

Canadian Forces CSO Database Search

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