The military kept meticulous records, and if you are interested, you may be able to get his personnel file.
My grandfather, whom I never knew, was an infantryman in the 2/6 City of London Rifles. I got forty pages of his records from the British governmental archives. It was fascinating.
-ccm
That's a good idea! I could probably do that with little trouble come to think of it! Form 180...right?
The one John Kerry refuses to release...lol