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I'm trying to find a Canadian Serviceman Named Jack Cooper who was stationed near Newick in the county of East Sussex, England during 1944-1945.

Any help would be much appriciated.

Thanks for the contact, Unfortunatly my grandmother and he had a war time fling, and did not marry. I know he survived the war and returned to Canada.

We Canadians don't have access to any records that would help, unfortunately. Taking Ontario as an example, the limitations for vital statistics access are:

births: 1909
marriages: 1924
deaths: 1934

A WWII serviceman falls outside all of them.

There are organizations that have been working for years to reunite war babies with their Canadian fathers (many of whom did not know they had children).

I understand that National Defence here will forward a letter to the serviceman's last known address. Lemme check a bit ...

btw, the only publicly accessible record he would appear in would be a death record if he was killed in WWII.

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem

I scanned through the Johns and Jacks and the latest death was August 1944.

Quickest reference on a quick google:

http://www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=18870

Canada
Armed forces

Department of National Defence HQ
Major General George R Pearkes Building,
101 Colonel By Drive,
Ottowa, Ontario, Canada K1A OK2.
[it's OTTAWA, the capital of the country, for pity's sake - K]

* Helps to search for people who have served in the Canadian military
* May forward a letter to a sought person

Attach an unsealed letter to the sought person, providing as much personal information as possible about them


Carol Wilson, 386 Wythenshawe Road, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 9DD
Tel: 0161 945 8533

* Offers advice and information to those searching for Canadian soldiers stationed in the UK during WWII
* Enquirers may be the legitimate or illegitimate war children of Canadian soldiers
* Telephone or write for advice on how to search for your relative
* If enquiring by letter, enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope

It's a little difficult to google for information about this, because of the big issue in Canada about the citizenship of war babies; you may be interested:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/07/04/war-babies060704.html

Gen. Roméo Dallaire, whose service in Rwanda has been the subject of a couple of movies, was a war baby.

Many thanks, I've sent a letter to Carol Wilson.

iv'e also found out he either served with the:

3rd Infantry Division

or

2nd Armoured Brigade