Canadian War Poster Collection, ref. #WP1.R40.F7, McGill University, Montreal.
It’s the middle of the month, and Library and Archives Canada announced it has uploaded another 14,342 digitized WWI service files. Now, 143,613 of 640,000 files are available online via LAC’s Soldiers of the First World War: 1914–1918 database.
In the announcement, LAC said: “Library and Archives Canada is digitizing the service files systematically, from box 1 to box 10686, which roughly corresponds to alphabetical order. Please note that over the years, the content of some boxes has had to be moved and, you might find that the file you want, with a surname that is supposed to have been digitized, is now located in another box that has not yet been digitized. The latest digitized box is #2057, which corresponds to the surname “Cussons”. Please check the database regularly for new additions and if you still have questions after checking the database, you may contact us directly at 1-866-578-7777 for more assistance.”
You can learn more about the digitization project by visiting the Digitization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Service Files page for more details on the digitization project.
You can begin your search here. Click on Search: Database in the left margin.
