LOOKING FOR David (Dave)Clarke was in Can.Army in 1941..?

Question

This person may have returned from the war. He is a lost part of my family. Could also be residing in Mattawa.

Answer 1

This is the information from the Canadian Army's website section on locating veterans-


Q: How can I find more information about a veteran, such as a family member?

A: There are several resources where you can find information about veterans, depending on what sort of information you need and in what era the person served.

Canadian Post War Military & Dependant Graves Web Site
http://admieapp.forces.gc.ca/pwg-tag/index.asp?lang=e

The Royal Canadian Legion site
http://www.legion.ca/

The Veterans Affairs Canada site
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/

The Directorate of History and Heritage
http://www.forces.gc.ca/hr/dhh/engraph/home_e.asp

The National Archives of Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/

First World War personnel records: http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/10/100906_e.html
Personnel records after 1918: http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/10/100907_e.html

Visit the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (http://www.virtualmemorial.gc.ca/This site contains a registry of information about the graves and memorials of more than 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served valiantly and gave their lives for their country. Included on this site are the memorials of more than 100 soldiers who died in service to Canada since the Korean War, including peacekeeping and other operations.

More than 100,000 Canadians who died in the First World War and Second World War are buried overseas in Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries. Useful information might be found in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web site at http://www.cwgc.org/

The Lost Trails section 'helps to locate veterans, military personnel, RCMP and their families'. The address is Legion Magazine, 407 359 Kent St., Ottawa, ON K2P 0R6; fax [phone]; email [e-mail], Web site www.legionmagazine.com/.