The Military Life

I'm onto looking for records of my grandfather's Canadian military service (I have his World War I Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918 (American), found at Ancestry.com). In the Switzer-Merrill Family History - My Military Service he writes the following as an introduction to his Canadian service:

"May 28, 1940 I enlisted and in ten days was sent with nine others to Fort Osborne, Winnipeg, Man., to become part of the A3 R.C.A.T Center as an instructor of recruits. The A3 personnel were sent to Camp Shilo for the summer, then back to Fort Garry, Winnipeg for the winter of 1940-41. The next May the training personnel was split and half were sent to Fort Brandon, Man., to start the A4 Royal Canadian Artillery Training center, where I remained until it was broken up about May 1st, 1944, when I was sent to Camp Petawawa, Ont., to instruct batteries of the Reserve army in summer schools, lasting two weeks for each regiment.

I was offered the post of instructor at Simcoe, Ont., for the 25th Reserve Regiment before they left Petawawa and reported there on the completion of the summer schools’ schedule. I was sent home for discharge from there two years later with the rank of Battery Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Second Class) and was discharged in Calgary October 18, 1946."

So I've got a fair amount of information to go on, let's see what happens...