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Curtis, A.F.

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Graves, A.F.

A.F. Graves was a midshipman on the HMS Charybdis, Bristol, Ariadne, and Duke of Wellington.

Ross, A.J.

A.J. Ross was a Petty Officer aboard HMCS Prince Robert during World War II.

Temple, A.J.

A.J. Temple was a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve.

Gold, A.M.O.

A.M.O. Gold worked out of the Cranbrook area.

King, A.N.C.

A.N.C. King served as assistant paymaster (?) for the HMS Darling while she was in the Pacific Station and China Station of the Royal Navy, 1874-1889.

Wilkinson, A.O. Noel

Noel Wilkinson served as a corporal in the First World War. During the Second World War, he served as an air raid warden for the neighbourhood bounded by Tolmie, Glasgow and Rutledge Streets. Noel was the father of Percival Edward Wilkinson.

McLean, A.I.

A.I. McLean was a surveyor working for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in Alberta.

McQueen, A.

A. McQueen was the Deputy Assessor, Collector, and Mining Recorder in Kaslo, B.C.

Richards, A.G. (Gerald)

Gerald Richards was born in Calgary, and after graduating from high school in 1937 he started working for the Calgary Herald. In February 1940, he joined the Calgary Highlanders and was sent to England later in the year. He returned to Canada in 1942 and was commissioned as a Lieutenant, taking his training at the Gordon Head Training Camp, Victoria, B.C. He was sent back to England in 1943, and was in several other battalions. Later that year he went to Algeria with the P.P.C.L.I., and then to Sicily and Italy. He was wounded at Ortna and spent his recovery in England and Canada. After the war, he studied medicine and became a;doctor of internal medicine.

Menzies, A.H.

A.H. Menzies was a dairy farmer and breeder on Pender Island, B.C.

Trotter, A.L.

A.L. Trotter was an amateur photographer from England who visited British Columbia.

Mason, A.

Mrs. A. Mason was a resident of Epsom, Surrey, England.

Holland, A.H.

A.H. Holland was a land surveyor based in Vancouver.

McDonald, A.M.

Biographical information unavailable.

Fairbairn, A.M.D.

A.M.D. Fairbairn wrote and produced Victoria Calvalcade, a presentation sponsored by the Victoria Centennial Celebration Committee in 1943.