Found information.
But first, have you ordered his military records? From LAC. To do this Peter Dick must have been passed away for 20 years. So you take his date of death, add 20 years, and you can request his complete military records. If you need more info on that let us know, we can advise.
OK, what I’ve found so far.
He was wounded. Found him on a casualty list (below)
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After I found this, I then went to the MAY 1945 War Diaries…..at that time (the war had just ended in Europe), Canadian Military HQ’s sent out to EVERY UNIT in the Canadian Military a list of all the Officer’s and Men who were Killed, wounded, Died of wounds, POW etc
His name was on the list so I was able to confirm that he was wounded on the 19 July 1944. Below is the documents I spoke of, and I’ve included the “cover sheet” that gives you the info on HOW to DECODE the record:
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I then went to the War Diaries of the Regiment for the 19 July 1944, shown below, and you can see how the Regiment was in action, and then incurred quite a few casualties. Their are no names, but we can assume he was wounded in someway during this action
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ALSO, in the May 1945 War Diaries I found a list of men, and their “trade qualifications”…..he was qualified as a Carpenter “B”. This tells me that he “may” have been in the Pioneer Platoon at this time, as they had “tradesmen” who could do all sort of work in support of the Battalion.
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FINALLY, well searching, I found a newspaper article that places him in a “little bit of trouble” in Calgary. It may NOT be him, but when the Battalion left for the UK a couple of months later, his name was on it AND he is the ONLY man who’s last name was “Dick” in the Battalion at this time.
I will NOT post this info, if you’d like to see it, send my your e-mail by Private Message on this site, and I will forward it to you
So far, this is all I’ve found, but will search a bit more to see if I can pick up any more info.
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