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  • LAC Beverley Henry Patterson
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  • Cpl Thomas Glas
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  • Collection Policy
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  • Order-in- Council PC 1931-695, 1931
    Includes: Order-in-Council PC 1923-183 (31 January 1923), Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957 (14 August 1930) With the passage of Order-in-Council PC 695 on 21 March 1931, the government of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett implemented the tightest immigration admissions policy in Canadian history. [1] …
  • Points of Departure: Indigenous military service, Trooper Jesse Moses, and Pier 21
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  • Annual Public Meeting 2023
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  • Dorothy Betty Churcher
    Dorothy Betty Churcher …
  • Corporal Hugh John Palmer
    Corporal Hugh John Palmer …
  • Peter and Margaret
    Peter and Margaret …