Thank you John & John for your responses re Albert Forecast and his possible service entitlement. I will pass this information along to the family and suggest that they hire a researcher. We did have the information from the CEF database of the Canadian Archives but that only gives his Canadian service number, though it does name his previous regiment which was useful. Thanks again for the information. SheilaJ <snip>A soldier could have joined up in early 1902 and as long as he got to South Africa by 31st May 1902 (the signing of the Peace of Vereeniging) he would have got the QSM with South Africa 1902 (SA02) clasp. This applied to the New Zealand 8th, 9th & 10th Contingents who arrived in South Africa in March, April & May 1902 respectively (the period travelling by sea to South Africa did not count). The soldier could then have served for eight years to 1910 and then been discharged. Timing tight but possible. But not the KSM, which required 18 months service before 1 June 1902, and to have been serving in South Africa after 1 January 1902. Yours, John Wilson (New Zealand) --------------------------------- Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos