Useful Links
If you wish to further research these fallen heroes, or to delve into other fallen soldiers, veterans of foreign wars, or even family histories, the following websites may be of use.
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World War One personnel files for all soldiers (whether they perished or survived the conflict) are available at the Canadian Archives. https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/help/pffww
World War Two personnel files for soldiers and airmen who perished are available at the Canadian Archives. https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/help/kia. The archived WW2 files do not include personnel files for members who survived the conflict. Presumably those records may be added at some future point.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial is quite good for some of the WW2 files, and has photos for a few of the soldiers and airmen. It does not add much to the search for WW1 information.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists the locations of the graves/ memorials for each man and woman who perished in the WW1 and WW2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/
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The Canadian Census Archive has records going far back into Canada's history.
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index
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The Find A Grave website has a vast database covering several countries and is a great tool for searching family history and locating burial information for specific individuals. One potential flaw is that the linkage to parents/siblings/children may be missing data, as the information is sourced from a user community that may not be aware of an individual's family tree.
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The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum has in-depth information on specific crews that perished in WW1 and WW2. https://caspir.warplane.com/
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Photos, maps and descriptions of 4000 Military Cemeteries and Memorials of World War One.
https://www.ww1cemeteries.com/
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The Wartime Heritage Association is a volunteer non-profit organization committed to remembering the wartime heritage and history of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, other Commonwealth Nations and Allied Countries during World War I, World War II and other conflicts. The Association honours the Veterans who returned and remembers the fallen.
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For genealogical research, familysearch.org performs all of the search functions that you might need, on a free site. One potential flaw is that the linkage to parents/siblings/children may be missing data, as the information is sourced from a user community that may not be aware of an individual's family tree.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/
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