I assume that your father fought with the Canadian military by your previous posts. Although I cannot speak for them, in the US Army, there are a couple of reasons for this:
1. He got into a lot of trouble. 2. It was common practice back then, Korea and Vietnam to offer field promotions (also known as battle field promotions). Sometimes those promotions stuck, sometimes they did not. For instance, General Eisenhower was never really a real general for a while. He was frocked (pining rank on someone but not paying them that rank) so that it appears that the person in charge is really in charge by virtue of their rank. Still happens to day, mostly with First Sergeants and Sergeants Major. Assuming the Canadian Army does the same thing, this could offer an explanation. In the US Military, we have HRC (Human Resource Center) that has records dating back to pre WWII. You might check to see if the Canadian military has the same type of records archive. Larry C. Lyons wrote: > I've my father's paybook from 1939 to 1946. I'd love to know why for a > year and a half his pay grade (i.e., his rank) went up and down like a > yo-yo. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308407 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
