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- Held by
- Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- September 23, 1942 (indexed as 1942)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- Military Booklet : Cardboard, paper, cotton : Printed, stamped ; Ht: 13 cm x W: 9,5 cm
- Scope & content
- Cloth covered booklet of 20 pages in length issued to Canadian soldiers for organization of personal data related to their military service including lists of family contacts, training completed, education, service employment, medical treatment, weapons carried. It is meant to be carried with the owner at all times. At the back there is details on the soldiers Will and a note indicating that no note made in this booklet can be regarded as a legally binding Will. Entitled: 'Canadian Army Soldier’s Service and Pay Book' and issued for Abraham Brenner Narrative: Abraham (Abe) Brenner was born in April 1912. He served in the Royal Canadian Signal Corps as a Signalman from 1942-1945 when he was discharged for the completion of his tour. During his tour, Abe and some of the Jewish soldiers attended a Yom Kippur service in one of the few Jewish communities remaining after the Holocaust. He wrote about how heart-wrenching it was to see. He was 33 when he was relieved of duty. For his service he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Defense Medal, and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.
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- Genre / form
- textual record
- In the picture
- BookDocumentMilitaryMilitary OrderPrintedSoldierTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
- Text in the image
- MILITIA BOOK M.1 (Cover)CANADIAN ARMYSOLDIER'S SERVICEANDPAY BOOKMILITIA BOOK M. 1 (Davos)cjhn.caRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot
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