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CA BWGPL VS-1900-16933
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1955-01-26

Event Date : Monday, January 17, 1955
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Dearborn, Michigan

Description : "A message has been received by Mr. B. B. Collings informing of the death of Jack McKinstry of Dearborn, Michigan, on Monday, January 17. Mr. McKinstry was born in Bradford in 1899, attended Bradford public and high schools, where he established an enviable reputation in athletics as a runner. He, with the late Job Morris and Norman Spence, enlisted and went overseas in the first Great War with Major Stoddart. He returned from war to Bradford, then went to Detroit where he had since been with the Ford Motor Company. He had been in poor health for about two months before his death. Mr. McKinstry was predeceased by his wife. A son and a daughter in Dearborn, Michigan, survive him."

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Military Band

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-PH19965
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1916

Parte de Local History Collection

Military band in front of the Armoury in Barrie.

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World War I Soldiers

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS8648
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1918

Parte de Local History Collection

World War I soldiers. From left: Harry Brown, Thomas Bonnville, Chas. Hansford, Ed Harper and his brother Jim Harper.

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Military Post Card

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS8722
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Parte de Local History Collection

Military post card published by J.H. Douse of Lefroy. This post card was sent by Charles Houghton to Miss Ethel Hughes. Charles, who served in the medical corps during World War I, was one of the men in the picture.

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World War I Medals

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS8994
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Parte de Local History Collection

The back of two World War I medals. The one on the left is the British War medal and the one on the right was given to soldiers returning from World War I by the community of Bond Head.

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World War I Medals

CA BWGPL LHC-Her-WWI-OS8345
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Parte de Local History Collection

Two World War I medals. The medal on the left is a British War Medal, awarded to all who saw action from 1914-1918 in World War I and all who served in Russia from 1919-1920. The one on the right was made by Andrew Neilly, a jeweller in Bradford, and was given to soldiers returning from World War I by the community of Bond Head.

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