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Re: 1917 [Francois]
Francois wrote:
Yep. Here are the discharged papers of my grandfather. They didn't let him enroll in Europe because of his age, so he went to Canada.
Find them when my father passed away a few years ago. Along with my dad's Algeria papers (courtesy of having just become a French citizen...)


That's so fasciniting.

My grandfather was 16 when he enlisted in 1918. He had tried once before realizing that he had to lie about his age. But the lie was accepted with a lie and a wink. I wish I could find some of those records. Apparently, my grandfather's war records were destroyed in some archive fire in 1973, years after he had passed away. (He died a couple months before I was born.) I'd love to get more information.

https://www.archives.gov/...rds-center/fire-1973
Last edited by: AlanShearer: Dec 13, 19 16:47

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