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Military records questions

Posted: 26 May 2015 6:48PM GMT
Classification: Military
Surnames: Petitpas
First off I hope this is in the correct place.

Hopefully this will be some what summarized and not to long. Several years ago my grandmother told me my grandfather was in the military twice. Once before she knew him (so WWII era) and then after they were married. I was able to get his records from when they were married but it's an unfortunate situation. He changed his name (first and last name in the last 1940's) so they records I have are from when he had his second name. The records have all false info about his place of birth, parents etc. The only accurate info is his wife and children's info.

I have been wanting to get his records from before when he wold of been in during WWII. But because the death certificate has his second name I won't be able to get them. My only hope is sending the registration of death because that has his parents names listed correctly on that. I also have a copy of his brothers obituary that lists his first name and parents names.

This is ALL I have. I was only told about 5-6 years ago about this name change and that's when I applied for the original papers. Now I'm interested on applying for these other papers to learn more about him. What are the chances if I send in the papers I have and send a letter that I will get these records? I think it's worth a try but not sure how lucky I'll get.

All I was told from my grandmother is that he was a paratrooper. I know he was from Shediac or Pointe du Chene area of New Brunswick.

Any help or suggestions would be wonderful

Re: Military records questions

Posted: 9 Jun 2015 6:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
You will need proof of his death to obtain his military service records from the Archives. What was his birth name and what new name did he adopt?

Re: Military records questions

Posted: 9 Jul 2015 2:06PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 9 Jul 2015 2:15PM GMT
If you've got that much information about him, and if you know his age, date of birth, or approximate year of birth, that may be sufficient for the registration authorities to identify the correct birth registration for him, and if they can, you may be able to apply for a copy of his birth certificate.

If you've got his parents names, then you've got his original birth name, unless there's another aspect to this situation that you haven't mentioned.

http://www.snb.ca/e/1000/1000-01/e/apply-e.asp

http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/?culture=en-CA

His parents, and depending on the time frame, possibly also him, should be listed on the 1921 census of Canada.
http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=8991

Oh, I just realised what your fundamental problem is, you can't link his first identity and his second identity by means of official documentation.

Well what about his numbers, his social security number or his national insurance number, or whatever the Canadian equivalent of those is.

Did he change those as well. ? That wouldn't be easy to do. Perhaps he changed his name, presumably unofficially, but if he did so unofficially, did he continue to use his original numbers, and also, what about any medical numbers. ?
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