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.

The National Archives of Canada

• National Archives of Canada
• Military and Civilian Personnel Records

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

Services available: Research, presentations, study packages, source location, proofreading, editing and some formatting of publications. I am also an acknowledged guide for battlefield tours dealing with the Seven Years' War in North America, the War of the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and Canadian military operations in Italy during the Second World War. Tour packages include all background reading information and detailed on site narratives. I have conducted tours with over a dozen units, schools and headquarters of the Canadian Regular and Reserve forces. Please contact me for further information.

Contact Information:

John R. Grodzinski
(613) 547-0184
E-mail: [email protected]

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The Royal Canadian Artillery

Royal Canadian Artillery Museum
CFB Shilo
Box 5000 Stn Main
Shilo MB R0K 2A0

Phone: 204-765-3000 ext 3531
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.artillery.net

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Capt. D.D. McMillan (e-mail)
Regimental Adjutant
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Wolseley Barracks
London, Ontario
N5Y 4T7

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

E-Mail: [email protected]

Second Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment

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

E-Mail: [email protected]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

The archivist for the PPCLI:

Cpl. McLeod
c/o Museum of the Regiments
4520 Crowchild Trail S.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
T3E 1T8

Phone: 403 974 2867
Lynn Bullock (Curator): 403 974 2831

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.

Friends of the Canadian War Musuem

Please note that he has no information on personnel records but recommends going to the official source at the National Archives of Canada.

You can contact Allan Joyner at [email protected]

The Thunder Bay Military Museum