I have received my uncles Service record,and where it says "Cause of Discharge" in that box it has the following. C.A.R.O. 1029 {5-c 1} can anyone tell me what that means? By the way it only took a couple of months to obtain them,Im impressed.and they were free. If you read this Tom Canning,You were right my uncle had served in WW1 in the Royal Irish Rifles and was wounded twice,he then joined the Canadian Army for WW2 but due to his age I guess 46 at the time,he only did general duties.and was discharged before WW2 ended.
BB2323 That's about right as seldom any OR over 35 were used to be involved too near the fighting and after a spell in general duties they were let go - although we had one wireless op in the Troop Leaders Tank who was 38 - but no one bothered as he was a good operator.......usually the cause of Discharge was that he was no longer fit for duty - that CARO might be Canadian for the same thing - guessing Canadian Army Release Order 1029 - some expert will no doubt know all about it Cheers
Canadian Army Routine Order 1029 (5-cl) A category of discharge: http://www.index.forces.gc.ca/Srch.aspx?UsrQue=CARO&keepParametric=False&Action=Search&lang=en-CA&CurPag=1&Scrn=Basic&ParaCnt=40&SLnksCnt=1&TaxLanguage=&ParamSources=&TaxMaterial=&TaxActivities=&TaxLocation=&TaxSizeRange=&TaxFileFormat=
Discharged from the service under Routine Order 1029 Para 5. by reason of TO RETURN TO CIVILIAN LIFE (Demobilization) More information: http://regimentalrogue.com/misc/wwii_medals_6719.html
Guess I didn't do my uncle justice when I said at the opening of this thread that he was discharged before WW2 ended,When in fact he was not discharged to 1946,having served for a total of 58 months,I also see in his record tha he had volunteered for the Canadian Pacific theater,but was turned down due to his age,just thought I would rectify my mistake,once again thank you all for your help.B/B
