Tag Archives: Casualty Identification Program

Remains identified of WWI soldier Cpl William Benjamin Cunningham who was killed during Battle of Passchendaele

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Gail Dever

The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have confirmed that the grave of a previously unknown soldier is that of Corporal William Benjamin Cunningham, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. Cpl Cunningham was buried as … Continue reading →

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Canadian government program needs genealogical researcher to help identify remains of war dead

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Gail Dever

The National Defence’s Casualty Identification Program, that works to identify newly found skeletal remains and pre-existing unknown graves of Canadian service members from both World Wars and the Korean War, wants to hire a research historian whose work will be … Continue reading →

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Casualty Identification Program looking for families of six Canadian soldiers missing in Korea to help identify them

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Department of National Defence’s Casualty Identification Program needs help. They have found living DNA donors for 10 of the 16 Canadian Army soldiers missing in Korea, but they are having trouble finding the families for six of the soldiers. … Continue reading →

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Remains of 10 soldiers from First World War to be laid to rest

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Gail Dever

Three unknown soldiers associated with the Battle of Hill 70 will be laid to rest with military honours at Loos British Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, France, at the end of June. Two of the soldiers will be buried as Unknown Soldiers of the Great War, as … Continue reading →

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Three Canadian First World War soldiers found in France and identified

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have identified the remains of three Canadian First World War soldiers found near the village of Vendin-le-Vieil, France, as Private William Del Donegan, Private Henry Edmonds Priddle, and … Continue reading →

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