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Receipt
Montreal Holocaust Museum · small copy hosted here (www.cjhn.ca blocks its images elsewhere)
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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
March 29, 1946 (indexed as 1946)
Level
item
Scope & content
1 page, double-sided, with circular perforations along the edges of the page. Narrative: Bertram Ellison (donor's uncle) was born on March 19 1909 in Montreal. He was born into a Jewish family, and was an insurance broker before the war. He joined the Canadian Army on June 5th 1941 as a 2nd Lieutenant. Between 1941 and 1945 he rose to the rank of major, and received 6 medals, including the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire which he received on December 18t 1945. He was part of the 21st Army Group, which was formed on July 9th 1943 by the 2nd British and 1st Canadian Army for a North Western European Invasion. While apart of the 21st Army Group, he saw Bergen-Belsen. Bertram Ellison sailed home on the RMS Queen Elisabeth on December 3rd – 9th 1945.
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Receipt : Paper : Black, White: Red
Genre / form
textual record
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DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCENAVY ARMY AIR FORCESTATEMENT OF WAR SERVICE GRATUITYSERVICE NO.D. WAR SERVICE GRATUITY 1372.61500M-10-44 (5754-5) (ENG.)H.Q. 1064-81-3NAMEBertram(CHRISTIAN NAMES)ELLISON(SURNAME)REGISTER NO. 535762DATE 20-4-46ADDRESS 541 Lansdowne Ave., Westmount, P.Q.FINAL RANK OR RATING MajorDATE OF TERMINATION OF OVERSEAS SERVICE 1-12-45DATE OF DISCHARGE 29-5-46A. TOTAL QUALIFYING SERVICENO. OF DAYS 1697 Equal to 56 COMPLETE PERIODS AT $7.50 420.00B. QUALIFYING OVERSEAS SERVICENO OF DAYS 1481 less INELIGIBLE DAYS, EQUAL TO 1481 DAYS @ 25c, PER DAY 370.25SEE PAR. 2 OVERLEAF FOR EXPLANATIONSUB TOTAL 790.25C. SUPPLEMENT FOR OVERSEAS SERVICEDAILY RATES AT DISCHARGESUBSISTENCE OR LODGING AND PROVISION ALLOWANCE $ 1.70ADDITIONAL PAY $DEPENDENTS' ALLOWANCE 1/30 OF $ 25.00 $ .83TOTAL $ 10.28 X7 = $ 71.96NO. OF DAYS 1481 X$ 71.96 582.36E. DEDUCTIONS OVERPAYMENT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES $ DEPENDENT'S ALLOWANCE AND ASSIGNED PAY $ OTHER DEDUCTIONS $F. AMOUNT PAYABLE(THIS AMOUNT IS PAYABLE IN 5 MONTHLY INSTALMENTS OF $ 274.52 (EACH) 1372.61THE WAR SERVICE GRANTS ACT, 1944, PROVIDES FOR YOUR RE-ESTABLISHMENT CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT SHOWN IN SUB TOTAL OF A, & B. THIS CREDIT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. INQUIRY IN THIS CONNECTION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS.SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR EXPLANATION OF ITEMS A, B & C.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language
English
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