Collection search - Elmer Harold Atkinson fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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Elmer Harold Atkinson fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1916-1954, 1984.

Reference:

R3210-0-7-E, MG30-E462

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102022

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Elmer Harold Atkinson fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1916-1954, 1984.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 cm of textual records.
3 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of letters from Atkinson in France and the Netherlands to his family, letters of condolence from King George VI and others, official notifications from the Canadian Government and reminiscences of his life written on Remembrance Day 1984.

Fonds also consists of photographic material consists of a panoramic photo of the 160th Battalion, C.E.F., London, Ontario, 14 October, 1916; private E.H. Atkinson, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, 1944-1945. Photographs are by Percy E. McDonald and V. Geirland.

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Atkinson, Elmer Harold, 1922-1945

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Atkinson, Elmer Harold, 1922-1945

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Atkinson, Elmer Harold, 1922-1945 : Elmer Harold Atkinson, soldier, was born in Port Elgin, Ont., attended Weston Collegiate and then worked for the Canadian National Railways. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1942, serving first with the Royal Canadian Artillery and then the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. After surviving the D-Day invasion of Europe, he was killed in the Netherlands.

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General note:

Received in 1984 from Mrs. Clara T. Morrison of Weston, Ont.
Subject heading:

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Soldiers Canada

Soldats Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1984-315 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E462
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 E 462] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R3210] 3

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [ATKINSON, ELMER HAROLD 1984-315] 3627

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright expired.

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