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Boer war veteran remembers comrades
Boer war veteran remembers comrades

Boer war veteran remembers comrades

Date11/11/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Boer war veteran remembers comrades. Wearing his medals from the Boer War and World War I; 97-year-old Jack Humphreys stands at the Cenotaph in Oshawa's Memorial Park yesterday after Remembrance Day services conducted by the Royal Canadian Legion; Branch 43. About 3;000 persons were there and 85 wreaths were laid. Humphrey; Oshawa's only living veteran of the Boer War. enlisted in England and went to South Africa in 1899.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001510F
An old warrior remembers. An old campaigner, one leg off at the hip, sits in silent tribute to fallen comrades as two sailors keep watch during the an(...)
An old warrior remembers. An old campaigner, one leg off at the hip, sits in silent tribute to fallen comrades as two sailors keep watch during the an(...)
11/11/1969
Four war veterans, who remember sacrifices of their comrades very clearly still, though the years have passed, stand at Toronto's Cenotaph yesterday, (...)
Four war veterans, who remember sacrifices of their comrades very clearly still, though the years have passed, stand at Toronto's Cenotaph yesterday, (...)
11/10/1971
Veterans Remember Comrades who died
Veterans Remember Comrades who died
11/11/1975
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War blinded honor comrades, Blind veterans Charles Hornsby (left) and Ivan White of Victoria march yesterday to the Cenotaph at the old city hall, esc(...)
6/21/1972
World War II Veteran John Mitchell, in his dress uniform of the Black Watch Regiment, pays tribute to his fallen comrades as he joins in Remembrance D(...)
World War II Veteran John Mitchell, in his dress uniform of the Black Watch Regiment, pays tribute to his fallen comrades as he joins in Remembrance D(...)
11/11/1983
We remember: With the destroyer Haida in the background, Mike Small, left, and Martin Venman salute fallen comrades
We remember: With the destroyer Haida in the background, Mike Small, left, and Martin Venman salute fallen comrades
11/11/1989
Their valor lives: Comrades who paid the surpeme sacrifice are honored by veteran in a Remembrance Day ceremony yesterday at the cenotaph at Toronto's old city hall
Their valor lives: Comrades who paid the surpeme sacrifice are honored by veteran in a Remembrance Day ceremony yesterday at the cenotaph at Toronto's old city hall
11/11/1988
Proud memories: Jessie Hawley, 86, a master chef for World War I troops adorned with the family medals, salutes her fallen comrades at the Remembrance Day service at old city hall yesterday
Proud memories: Jessie Hawley, 86, a master chef for World War I troops adorned with the family medals, salutes her fallen comrades at the Remembrance Day service at old city hall yesterday
11/11/1987
A new generation remembers, World War II vet Merril Brooks of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 582 in Cooksville, admires the poppy worn by Brett Mars(...)
A new generation remembers, World War II vet Merril Brooks of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 582 in Cooksville, admires the poppy worn by Brett Mars(...)
11/6/1989
Proudly marching across the square at City Hall today after laying a wreath at the Cenotaph in honor of their fallen comrades are Dieppe prisoners of (...)
Proudly marching across the square at City Hall today after laying a wreath at the Cenotaph in honor of their fallen comrades are Dieppe prisoners of (...)
7/8/1967
Comrades in arms
Comrades in arms
8/5/1985
Remembering their fallen comrades
Remembering their fallen comrades
10/28/1986