We would like to thank Veterans Affairs Canada for their grant of $4800 supporting the further development of the Jewish Veterans of Southern Alberta Database.
This money is primarily being used to request copies of the military records for Calgary and Southern Alberta Jewish veterans and to fund Roberta Kerr, our contract researcher, to continue to update the database with new information obtained from these records. The military records for veterans who passed away over 20 years ago are publicly available by application. Our first round of information requests to Library and Archives Canada included 48 local veterans.
Records for living veterans and those who passed away more recently are available only to family members. These records are a valuable source of information and will allow us to more completely fill in entries in our database; giving a better snapshot of each individual and their service. Please contact us if you have further information regarding any of our Veterans.
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