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Found this article from the Ottawa Citizen this past April, The Canadian Forces previously removed another group of older weapons from its inventory when it provided modern rifles to the Canadian Rangers. That group had been using Lee Enfield rifles also from the Second World War era. Around 9,500 L...

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Here's my take on some of these,

Cdn Army (M) = Militia
Canadian Army Corps “D” (5 Btn) = 5th Battalion
G Sqn = Squadron
ADR = Airfield Damage Repair
S0S C.A. (C.M.F.) on Embarkation Italy = Central Mediterranean Force

Entry 1 and 2 look to be in the same handwriting. That being the case I don't think 1 is "Tank" since you can see a example of an uppercase T in 2. Potentially "Park", and in that case it is likely Park Prewett. Official History of the Canadian Medical Services, 1939-1945, Vol 1 Organization and Cam...

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PTS could also be a Parachute Training School, but I haven't found evidence of any in Toronto. Could you perhaps post the date of that entry and the entry before and after for context? Is there any ambiguity in the handwriting, could it possible be something else? For instance, ITS, Initial Training...

Having looked through some other (A) military abbreviations (Armoured, Active, Air, Advanced, Army) I'm beginning to think that in this case it stands for Advanced . Advanced flight training began at Maxwell in 1940. https://www.maxwell.af.mil/Portals/62/Documents/AU_Maxwell%20Heritage%20Pamphlet%20...

It does seem like Maxwell Field is referring to Maxwell Field, AL. Here is another fellow who went from Toronto RCAF to Maxwell Field, AL, USAAF. https://wwiiflighttraining.org/Cadets/Class1943/1943G/Featherstone_Daniel.php He started training as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as he...