The Board would give assistance to any man who had served abroad with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, to any former Canadian serviceman who had not left Canada but was in receipt of a service pension, to any member of the Imperial, Dominion or Allied forces who had lived in Canada before the war, or to any member of the Imperial or Dominion forces who had served outside their own country and who had since emigrated to Canada.
The Board would offer aid to any man who served abroad with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, to any former Canadian serviceman not leaving Canada but receiving a service pension, to any member of the Imperial, Dominion, or Allied forces who lived in Canada before the war, or to any member of the Imperial or Dominion forces who had served outside their own country and then emigrated to Canada.