Casualty company

[Interestednephew]

Hey guys, I have another question about aservice form entriy. The entry tells me that my great uncle was posted to Casualty company on January 28th 1919. This would have been after he was back in Canada. The form shows him embarking on the 25th of January 1919 from the troop Aquatania. My question is about the Casualty Company itself. I could not find anything about the company itself in Canada but did find references to Companies still in England. Does anyone know of a Casualty company in Canada ( Halifax, maybe) since that is where he embarked. He had been wounded but my understanding from other entries in his sevice forms show that he was discharged from the hospital in england under the Catergory A ll and back to his unit. So i guess my question is, would this have been an administration entry or is it possible he got sick although there is nothing to indicate that.

[Temujin]

Hey guys, I have another question about aservice form entriy. The entry tells me that my great uncle was posted to Casualty company on January 28th 1919. This would have been after he was back in Canada. The form shows him embarking on the 25th of January 1919 from the troop Aquatania. My question is about the Casualty Company itself. I could not find anything about the company itself in Canada but did find references to Companies still in England. Does anyone know of a Casualty company in Canada ( Halifax, maybe) since that is where he embarked. He had been wounded but my understanding from other entries in his sevice forms show that he was discharged from the hospital in england under the Catergory A ll and back to his unit. So i guess my question is, would this have been an administration entry or is it possible he got sick although there is nothing to indicate that.

I’ll see if I can find more for you. Just a note, your post says “embarking”, I think you mean “dis-embarking” as he arrived in Halifax on the 25 Jan 1919.

The document says in was TOS to No 1 DD, which was:

No 1 District Depot: Counties of Essex, Kent, Lambton, Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford, Waterloo, Perth, Huron, and Bruce in the Province of Ontario.

And then he was sent on about 23 days leave, so the “casualty company” was probably, as you indicated, an “administration” procedure to keep track of soldiers who were still “technically” in the army while they were on this leave until they were Officially released from the Canadian Army

Here’s a link to LAC website that gives you ALL the records they have on file for No 1 DD. (Most which have NOT been digitized)
https://recherche-collection-search.bac ... -39&ST=SAD

[Temujin]

I’m finding records at LAC that indicate that Canadian Army Medical Corp (CAMC) operated Casualty Companies for demobilization in 1919

CAMC Casualty Company

https://recherche-collection-search.bac ... 919&ecopy=