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RE: Kangaroos
Hi Ian,
>From my understanding, the Toronto area vets would try to get together
annually, but informally. Now there is an attempt to find missing members
and form an offical organisation, as well as to establish a monument. I may
be wrong as I have been asked to assist at "third hand" so my details may be
fuzzy.
My specific tasking is to try to create a nominal roll of the Units. So far
I have harvested names from the casualty cards and the Units' War Diaries.
The Units' Part II Orders are inaccessible under the Privacy Act/ Access to
Information. This is unfortunate as these would have all of the
names/numbers of the soldiers as they joined. Nonetheless I have been able
to cull about 400 names.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Edwards [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: February 3, 2021 12:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Kangaroos
Clive, from Ian Edwards:
Aren't you reinventing the wheel? I believe the unit had/has a vet's
association for some time. A couple of decades ago their association
produced replicas of their "kangaroo" cap badge and the collectors
market has been flooded with the badges ever since. Of course there are
also fake copies kicking around, because the original badges are so
scarce. A fellow collector in Regina (initials MK)had about 10-12
examples in his collection and delighted in showing his friends how to
spot the arcane differences between real and phony.
Also, the vets published a unit history about 1-2 years ago. Very
interesting read.
[email protected] wrote:
>
> Know any Kangaroos??
> The 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regimental Association
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