Roland Caines


Reg. #94
Name: Roland Caines
Date of Birth: Jul 12, 1906
Location at Birth: Norris Point, Newfoundland
Status: Deceased
Date of Passing: May 4, 2002
Location at Passing:

Ranger Force Career

Regimental Number: 94
Date Enlisted: Jul 10, 1941
Date Discharged: May 31, 1943
Length of Service: 1 year 11 months

Posting History

Detachment Start Date End Date
Nain Detachment 1942
Hebron Detachment

Rank History

Rank Start Y-M-D End Y-M-D
Ranger 3rd Class 1942 Jun 30
Ranger 1st Class 1942 Jul 1 1943 May 31

Beyond the Ranger Force

Occupation History

Manager of a salt processing plant, Turks Island, West Indies, pre-Ranger Force.
Managed government trading depots at Davis Inlet and Hebron under the Northern Labrador Administration, 1943-1947.
Owner, general store, Norris Point.

From the Library

Stock List, Hebron Detachment, 1942-06-30
Author Caines, R.W.
Date Published Jun. 30, 1942
Attribution The Rooms Provincial Archives, MG 621, Box 20, File 1E
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Newfoundland Rangers posed with rifles
Author
Date Published 1941
Attribution The Rooms Provincial Archives, MG 612, Series VA 126-128 VA 127-36.1
Note

Identified: A. Garfield Anstey (Regt. #100); Dorman Foster (Regt. #98); Ralph Janes (Regt. #99); Roland Caines (Regt. #94) standing and Dudley Crowther (Regt. #91), Douglas Lloyd Small (Regt. #101) and Albert Mews (Regt. #96) kneeling.

Note the Lee-Enfield rifles.

Men standing outside Rangers Headquarters building, Whitbourne.
Five Newfoundland Ranger Force men, Whitbourne
Author
Date Published 194-
Attribution The Rooms Provincial Archives, MG 612, Series VA 126-128 VA 127-27.1
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Identified: front row (l-r): Norman Crane (Regt. #95), Robert Chancey (Regt. #69), Dudley Crowther (Regt. #91) Back row, (l-r): Roland Caines (Regt. #94), Albert Mews (Regt. #96)
Monthly Conditions, Hebron, 1942-05
Author Caines, R.W.
Date Published May. 31, 1942
Attribution The Rooms Provincial Archives, GN 13/4, Box 3
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