WWII Bedroll named to Capt. Pratt C.A.C.

[John McGillivray]

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Let me make a totally off-the-wall guess about those markings:

XUK=from UK, i.e. a consignment designation

MD2=consigned to Manning Depot No 2

CAO-= Canadian Army Occupational Force.

So...since Pratt was Armoured, and the only Canadian Occupational Force organization was 3rd Infantry Division and since 17th Duke of York's Own Royal Canadian Hussars (7th Recce Regt) were the only Armoured unit therein organic, could it be that Pratt was from the 17th DYO? IIRC the 17th were stood down in 1947 at a parade at Bleury St Armoury in Montreal.

Hi Jon,

It looks like it reads “C.A.C.” and not “C.A.O.” .Also my uncle served with the Canadian Occupational Force as part of 2/12th Fd Regt. In his mailing address he used “C.O.F.” and not “C.A.O.” His address appears on the back of a photo he sent to my mother.

Last I checked the Regimental history of 7th Recce and there is no “Pratt” in it. (I scanned the history some time ago and saved it as a Word Document, so I just did a search for the name “Pratt”)

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