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Metro's oldest vet

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Metro's oldest vet

Date11/4/1983

Names

Beaty, Keith (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Metro's oldest vet: Jack Finnimore, 94, sells a poppy to Paul Durdin at College Park for Remembrance Day Commemoration. Finnimore is Metro's oldest known veteran and served with the Toronto Regiment's 3rd Battalion in World War I. Canadian Forces from Petawawa will demonstrate unarmed combat in the mall on Nov. 11 and memorabilia will be on display.

Subject

World War, 1914-1918

Remembrance Day (Canada)

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0028516F

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