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Old 06-02-19, 15:19
PAllam PAllam is offline
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Hello,

I wonder if I might kindly make a request on behalf of a friend, for help from any RCASC experts on the forum. My friend has just received his father's WW2 RCASC service record and although he knows he was in England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, he would love to know exactly where his father served and what he got up to. The key dates and units are:

4-2-1943 – Embarked from Canada to UK (as the posting immediately preceding was to Debert, NS we're thinking he probably sailed from Halifax?).

13-2-1943 - Disembarked at unknown UK port (presumably either Glasgow or Liverpool?).

14-2-1943 – 1st Canadian Division Army Service Corps Reinforcement Unit.

21-5-1943 – 47th Canadian General Transport Company.

25 to 29-5-1943 – Headquarters, 1st Canadian Corps.

16-6-1943 – 47th Canadian General Transport Company.

2 to 16-7-1943 – 31st Canadian Corps Transport Company.

17-7 to 19-8-1943 – 1st Canadian Ordnance Railhead Company.

19-8 to 8-9-1943 – 4th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station.

13-2-1944 – 86th Canadian Bridge Company.

22-2-1944 – 47th Canadian General Transport Company.

8-6-1944 – Embarked at unknown location in England.

10-6-1944 – Disembarked at unknown location in France.

10-6-1944 to 21-5-1945 - 47th Canadian General Transport Company.

21-5-1945 – 45th Canadian General Transport Company.

He seems to have spent a lot of his time in the 47th riding Harley WLCs, and we were wondering the significance of the markings 'C Canada 2' on the wind fairing, and '578 and C2' on the front mud guard in the attached photo?

Also, if I'm reading correctly, neither of the Library and Archives files for the 47th GTC over that period have yet been digitized.

If anyone could please shed any light on the location/s or events associated with any of his postings we would be very grateful indeed.

Many thanks.

Peter.
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