K/72959 Private Roy Lawrence BETTS, Canadian Forestry Corps

Anyone have any information about the Canadian Forestry Corps?
And about private Roy Lawrence Betts. He died in Belgium on December 17, 1944 and died of drowning.

Casualty
Private BETTS, ROY LAWRENCE
Service Number K/72959
Died 17/12/1944
28 Coy. Canadian Forestry Corps
Buried at GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Location: Gelderland, Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2598
Cemetery/memorial reference: XX. A. 13.
See cemetery plan

 

Initially buried at Hasselt Cemetery, Belgium.
This was at the time of the German Ardennes action, so it could be part of the retreat.... A forestry specialist may have been involved in cutting timber for a temporary bridge, there is quite an extensive waterway system nearby....?

 

Bitte sehr:
Canadian Forestry Corps
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jmitchell/genealogy/cfc/BettsRoyLawrenceLCpl.pdf

 

Hi,

You should be able to access his service record for free via this link -

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin...os=3&queryId=5169d83714f9866bcea13fdc0d25f348

I can’t see any court of enquiry documents so these are the 2 most helpful documents concerning his death by drowning in the Albert Canal.

Steve

 

Complete file available on Ancestry.ca if you can access







He was 28 Coy CFC

 

Thanks. Over here we call it corduroy, making a roadbed with timber logs, similar to the ribbing on corduroy trousers....
17th December, falling into a canal, perhaps a little too much pre Christmas celebration.
I assume the death of Pte Ruppel mentioned has no connection?