http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A2708200 Have you tried this site? delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: "esx goring" <esx@goring1941.freeserve.co.uk> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | Very pleased for you, Muriel. My big problem is that I was illegitimate and | then adopted, so have no 'claim' to my father under Canadian law. When I | first started looking I did not have his full name, service number, rank and | unit and the authorities just did not want to know. Subsequently, by other | means, I did get much of the information and I do now have a copy of his | record, but around 50% of it is blacked-out, including all the genealogical | information! So, not a great deal of use to me. | | Anyway, glad that it worked out better for you. | | Richard | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Ian & Muriel Caldwell" <ianandmurielcaldwell@ontera.net> | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 7:29 PM | Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | | | > Richard I applied in 2004 and recieved my fathers WW11 service records and | > did not have his service number nor was I sure of the regiment he was in | or | > even where he enlisted. A first search for me turned up nothing for my | > father I emailed back and asked to have him searched under his nickname | and | > there he was they found him. | > I did have his place of birth (Belfast, Ireland), his date of birth | which | > by the way didn't match with his records, his parents names and his death | > cert. It took one and a half years to recieve the records due to thier | > backlog. Was well worth the wait found out I have 2 half siblings I have | > never met YET. Muriel | > | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "esx goring" <esx@goring1941.freeserve.co.uk> | > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:29 PM | > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | > | > | > > Hi, Sally. | > > | > > I do not offer encouraging news. I have been trying to get hold of my | > > Canadian father's service details for some years, but have been denied. | > All | > > the Canadian World War II service records are still closed to the public | > and | > > will remain so for many years yet - UNLESS you are the serviceman | > concerned | > > or immediate next-of-kin and can satisfy the authorities that he/she is | > dead | > > or can show that the person has been dead 20 or more years. And without | > > service numbers the Canadian National Archives people will not even look | > for | > > records. | > > | > > Richard Goring | > > visit my website at http://www.goring1941.freeserve.co.uk for: | > > The Register of Essex-Related Dead of World War II [ROERDOWW2] | > > The South-East Essex War Memorials & Monumental Inscriptions Project | > > | > > | > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > From: "logan" <afineday@ontariointernet.com> | > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:42 PM | > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Canadian Info | > > | > > | > > > Hi there: | > > > Does anyone know if there is a Canadian equivalent for this kind of | > info? | > > > I am searching for five of my Cdn uncles who served in WWII. They are | > all | > > > deceased now. I don't have their service numbers or anyone left alive | > > that | > > > I can ask. | > > > One (Alexander Rail - wounded) was with the Canadian Royal Engineers & | > > > another (Joseph Rail) was with the 5th Div, 9th Brigade, Highland | Light | > > > Infantry of Canada | > > > I don't know where the other three were. Any help would be VERY | > > gratefully | > > > received. Thank you..........Sal | > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | > > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > > From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> | > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:20 PM | > > > Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Henry Louis Lairson | > > > | > > > | > > > > U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record | > > > > about Henry L Lairson | > > > > Name: Henry L Lairson | > > > > Birth Year: 1922 | > > > > Race: White, citizen | > > > > Nativity State or Country: Missouri | > > > > State: Texas | > > > > County or City: Nueces | > > > > | > > > > Enlistment Date: 19 Nov 1940 | > > > > Enlistment State: Texas | > > > > Enlistment City: Fort Sam Houston | > > > > Branch: Field Artillery | > > > > Branch Code: Field Artillery | > > > > Grade: Private | > > > > Grade Code: Private | > > > > Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, | > Warrant | > > > > Officers, and Enlisted Men) | > > > > Source: Civil Life | > > > > | > > > > Education: 2 years of high school | > > > > Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or | > > Director, | > > > > Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer | > > > > Marital Status: Single, without dependents | > > > > Height: 69 | > > > > Weight: 135 | > > > > | > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ | > > > > Texas Deaths, 1964-98 Record | > > > > about Henry Louis Lairson | > > > > Name: Henry Louis Lairson | > > > > Death Date: 11 December 1979 | > > > > Death County: ECTOR | > > > > Gender: | > > > > | > > > | > > -------------------------------------------------------------- | > > > - | > > > > Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 Record | > > > > about John Weldon Lairson | > > > > Name: John Weldon Lairson | > > > > Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1953 | > > > > Gender: Male | > > > > Birth County: Brazoria | > > > > Father's Name: Henry Louis Lairson | > > > > Mother's Name: Naomi Ruth Williams | > > > > Roll Number: 1953_0009 | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > He apparently married and had a son. | > > > | > > -------------------------------------------------------------- | > > > ------------- | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > > > From: <jlairson1953@peoplepc.com> | > > > > To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:05 PM | > > > > Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman | > > > discovered | > > > > on California mountain | > > > > | > > > > | > > > > | I'm trying to find out what unit my father-in-law was in and | where | > he | > > > > might | > > > > | have been stationed in WWII... | > > > > | his name was Corporal Henry Louis Lairson, 18 013 976, Regular | Army, | > , | > > > > Sept | > > > > | 1940 to August 2, 1945, Enlistment City, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, | > > Field | > > > > | Artillery, supposedly seperated out to Fort Sam Houston, Bexar | > > County, | > > > > | Texas.... Honorable Discharge.... I am trying to find a copy of | his | > > > DD-214 | > > > > | ( or what ever they called it then ) ... so I can re-order any | > medals | > > > that | > > > > | he may have received.... St Louis sent me a copy of his Certifcate | > of | > > > > | Service, but it only gives the basic info that I have above... | > anyone | > > > with | > > > > | info pleas help....I have check with Bexar County, and Nueces | County | > ( | > > > > | supposedly home of record) at their County Clerks office for | > > registered | > > > > | info, but no one seems to know what I'm talking about.......thank | > > > > | you.....Judy Lairson judy_lairson2000@yahoo.com | > > > > | ----- Original Message ----- | > > > > | From: <KathNHNC71@aol.com> | > > > > | To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> | > > > > | Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:22 AM | > > > > | Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Family buries remains of WWII airman | > > discovered | > > > on | > > > > | California mountain | > > > > | | > > > > | | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > Family buries remains of WWII airman discovered on California | > > > mountain | > > > > | > By PATRICK CONDON | > > > > | > The Associated Press | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > > > | > > | > | _http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html_ | > > > > | > | > > > > | > > > | > > | > | (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002888242_frozen25.html) | > > > > | > | > > > > | > | > > > > | > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | > > > > | > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: | > > > > | > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. 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