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Sydney S. Shulemson fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1930-1965.

Reference:

R3985-0-4-E, MG31-G13

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103811

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Sydney S. Shulemson fonds
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Fonds includes:

35 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1930-1965.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

17 cm of textual records some photocopies.
53 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a typescript of a B.B.C. talk delivered by Flight Lieutenant Shulemson, and correspondence, original, n.d., 1945-1955, 1965, 2 cm; flight log book, and manuscript of a two volume unpublished history of the No. 404 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, photocopy, n.d., 1941-1950, 15 cm.

The fonds also contains photographs, 1930-1960, of aspects of militia training at Petawawa, Ont.; inspection of No. 78 YMHA Air Cadet Squadron, Montreal, 1958; basketball teams and graduating class of Baron Byng High School, Montreal.

Provenance:

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Shulemson, Sydney S., 1915-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Shulemson, Sydney S., 1915- : Sydney S. Shulemson was born in Montreal 22 October 1915, the son of Saul and Rebecca Shulemson. He was educated at McGill University.

He joined the Canadian Militia in 1929. In August 1941, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force qualifying as a pilot in July 1942. He joined No. 404 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) in June 1943. Part of R.A.F. Coastal Command, he completed 50 operational trips attacking enemy shipping and doing coastal reconnaissance. He received the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in February 1944 and the Dinstinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) in January 1945.

After the war he played a prominent role in providing military assistance to the State of Israel during the 1948 War of Independence. He was Squadron Leader of the No. 78 Young Mens Hebrew Association Air Cadet Squadron, Montreal.

Finding aid:

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Photographs: (Other) See "photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number". FA-500

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General note:

Received in 1977 from Sydney S. Shulemson.
Subject heading:

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Canada. Canadian Armed forces - History - World War II

Sydney S. Shulemson - Addresses, speeches, etc., [between 1945 and 1965] Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. 404 Squadron, n.d., 1941-1950

Sydney S. Shulemson - Correspondence, [between 1945 and 1965]

Air pilots, Military - Log-books, n.d., 1941-1950
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1977-106 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-G13
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Access restriction document

http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000724.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Volume [MG31 G 13] 1--3

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Various copyright on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items less than 50 years old.Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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Date modified:: 2024-07-04