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by ccamfield
Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wishing everyone a better New Year
Replies: 4
Views: 13917

Re: Wishing everyone a better New Year

Hear hear! Happy new year to you all, and may it be safe and healthy.
by ccamfield
Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 2nd Anti Tank Regiment, RCA
Replies: 2
Views: 4025

Re: 2nd Anti Tank Regiment, RCA

Very nice! I suppose it must be mid war (42?) given the Panzer model. Is that from LAC?
by ccamfield
Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another artillery question
Replies: 14
Views: 17425

Re: Another artillery question

Interesting - thanks!

I did actually photograph some of 67 LAD's war diary on one of my visits to the archives. (Sept '44 to June '45, only the daily entries)

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by ccamfield
Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:27 pm
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: A couple of questions related to requesting soldier records
Replies: 5
Views: 7262

Re: A couple of questions related to requesting soldier records

On further thought, regarding other soldiers, I was more generally thinking of anyone I am aware of who received an award while using an Archer, such as Lt David Heaps, MM (d. 2000, per the Last Post) and Sgt Darrow Gomez, DCM (d. 2005). It's not that I particularly want to focus on those who receiv...
by ccamfield
Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:22 pm
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: A couple of questions related to requesting soldier records
Replies: 5
Views: 7262

Re: A couple of questions related to requesting soldier records

Hi guys, First, I want to say thank you for your input! I am having a little memory lapse at this moment - who did I have in mind for my first question? It will presumably come back to me. With regards to the second person, he was Joseph J Sauve, or at least that's what this War Museum sticker says ...
by ccamfield
Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: A couple of questions related to requesting soldier records
Replies: 5
Views: 7262

A couple of questions related to requesting soldier records

I understand why wartime records are restricted for family/privacy reasons... Does anyone have any advice on how to proceed if you aren't sure if a particular soldier is deceased or not? Also, to find out if someone served at all and has a service record? In this latter case, in the War Museum libra...
by ccamfield
Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:10 am
Forum: Battles
Topic: Juno Beach - Map Traces
Replies: 6
Views: 25593

Re: Juno Beach - Map Traces

Ahhh... I am guessing all the artillery plans I've seen were also map traces.

Thank you for the very educational post!
by ccamfield
Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HMS Habbakuk - an aircraft carrier built from ICE
Replies: 3
Views: 5594

Re: HMS Habbakuk - an aircraft carrier built from ICE

Apparently the refrigeration coils (?) of a prototype can still be seen by scuba divers under the waters of Patricia Lake in Alberta.
by ccamfield
Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: D-Day Landings, New Zealand ship Monowai
Replies: 16
Views: 40755

Re: D-Day Landings, New Zealand ship Monowai

That sounds very promising and interesting!

I hope (though I'm sure it's true!) that you are having a fantastic trip in NZ. :)
by ccamfield
Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Raymond Collishaw in WW2
Replies: 4
Views: 6865

Re: Raymond Collishaw in WW2

My point was that most episodes of the podcasts are interviews with authors of books about WW2. :)