Showing posts with label Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment. Show all posts

Friday, May 25, 2012

Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment February 20, 1920 Shelburne, Ontario

Ray has requested a transfer from The Shelburne Garage back to Teeswater due to ill health in the family. His boss describes him as "honest and industrious".


Sunday, May 20, 2012

Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment April 26, 1920

Ray finally receives a Vocational Pay cheque.


Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment Undated letter 1920

An undated letter from the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment re: procedures.


Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment March 19, 1920

Ray runs into delays with the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment.






Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment and Returned Soldiers' Insurance February 12, 1920

Ray receives another letter instructing him to report to his brother Ernie's garage in Teeswater. He also seems to have sent in the application for Returned Soldiers' Insurance offered by the Canadian government.








Friday, May 18, 2012

Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment February 9, 1920

In 1918-1919, 350,000 men return to Canada and start looking for work. Ray is among the last to return. The Canadian government provides some money for Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment and Ray seems to have started his vocational retraining. He now wishes to work for his older brother,  Ernie Jackson, at the Gray-Dort Garage in Teeswater, Ontario.