[danikyvor]

I don't know if I've posted this before, but I've found my grandfather in the book of remembrance on the Veterans Canada website.

For those of you in the RCN or even just in the military, is there a way to find out info on him?? It's so hard finding stuff on the web, and even the situation surrounding what happened on the HMCS Bonaventure is hard to get hands on.

Lieutenant-Commander
12 December 1959Harris, Roger Seymour, CD
880 Anti-Submarine Squadron, RCN

[danikyvor]

That pasted wrong...

It should have read Lieutenant-Commander, Harris, Roger Seymour (what does the CD mean?)

He died on the 12 December 1959 when his Tracker plowed off the deck of the HMCS Bonaventure in the middle of a hurricane. Him and all 4 other people inside were killed.

[Clogeroo]

$1:

(what does the CD mean?)

Civil Defence?

[danikyvor]

hmmm...maybe?

[Hester]

I went to the Director of History and Heritage website DHH, and this is what came up on the homepage:

Welcome to the DHH's website
From our FAQs file
Question:
Where can I find out about my father's, grandfather's, uncle's, sister's, mother's etc. war service?

Answer:
Personnel records are governed by the Privacy Act. Those for the First World War have been more or less opened to general research and are available at the Library and Archives Canada. Those for the Second World War have not yet been opened. Accordingly, Privacy Act considerations apply and access is possible only to the files of individuals who died twenty or more years ago. These files are also at the Library and Archives Canada specifically on their Canadian Genealogy Centre web site. You may write directly to the Researcher Services Division, Library and Archives Canada. At minimum you should be able to provide full name, rank, service number, date of birth and, if required, date of death for the individual whose record you wish to search. Even where whole files are closed, an abbreviated record of service may be provided. Attestation papers from the First World War are being posted on the Library and Archives Canada web site.

I went there looking for a link for a CD for you. A CD is a Canadian Forces Decoration, which is awarded for 12 years of service and good conduct.

[Regina]

Here's a little more information. Click on the image as well and there's a copy his name in the Book of Rememberance. A Petty Office was killed with him.
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub. ... y=80002153

[danikyvor]

Hester Hester:

I went to the Director of History and Heritage website DHH, and this is what came up on the homepage:

Welcome to the DHH's website
From our FAQs file
Question:
Where can I find out about my father's, grandfather's, uncle's, sister's, mother's etc. war service?

Answer:
Personnel records are governed by the Privacy Act. Those for the First World War have been more or less opened to general research and are available at the Library and Archives Canada. Those for the Second World War have not yet been opened. Accordingly, Privacy Act considerations apply and access is possible only to the files of individuals who died twenty or more years ago. These files are also at the Library and Archives Canada specifically on their Canadian Genealogy Centre web site. You may write directly to the Researcher Services Division, Library and Archives Canada. At minimum you should be able to provide full name, rank, service number, date of birth and, if required, date of death for the individual whose record you wish to search. Even where whole files are closed, an abbreviated record of service may be provided. Attestation papers from the First World War are being posted on the Library and Archives Canada web site.

I went there looking for a link for a CD for you. A CD is a Canadian Forces Decoration, which is awarded for 12 years of service and good conduct.

Wow that is awesome. Thanks so much for looking into that for me Hester I'm definitely going to write out to them!

I know when I originally started enquriries when I was in high school, I wrote directly to the air force base in Calgary, as that used to be the Tecumseh base and my grandfather was based there for a couple of years before going back to Halifax. They couldn't provide me with any information as a fire had hit the base and they lost a lot of their records, including the ones pertaining to my grandfather. Instead, they sent me a two volume set about Canada's military history (the name escapes me just now) and my Grandfather had quite a few mentions. There was about three pages devoted to what happened with the plane when it crashed and what not. He was also the base photographer at Dartmouth, and I still have one his pictures he took of Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret when she visited.

I'm definitely going to follow up on those contacts though, thanks very much for providing them. And that CD is good eh?

[danikyvor]

$1:

Here's a little more information. Click on the image as well and there's a copy his name in the Book of Rememberance. A Petty Office was killed with him.
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub. ... y=80002153

Wow, I haven't come across that page before!! Thanks!!! My dad's even mentioned. Oh that's sad...and my aunt, but she passed away 10 years ago come January.....actually....isn't that weird, she died on Grandpa's birthday of a heart attack! My grandmother died a few months after she did.

[Regina]

I've found when digging into these types of things matching dates often pop up. In my own research for my family it's happened a couple of times. Good luck with all you can find, but I'd think his service records will reveal the most and you won't have a problem getting them.

[danikyvor]

Thanks Regina

[Hester]

dimoreien dimoreien:

I'm definitely going to follow up on those contacts though, thanks very much for providing them. And that CD is good eh?

It is good, I just got my CD1 - 22 years of undetected crime
CD - old man medal, CD1 - really old man medal

It's great that you can find so much stuff about your grandfather, it must be some good reading. Good luck with your continuing hunt!

[danikyvor]

undetected crime lmao

[Hester]

Shush! That used to be the official definition. And I'm not kidding
It still might be written like that on the books, but they have tried to get away from it.