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Joe Corsbie receiving Distinguished Flying Cross from Lieutenant Governor

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20293

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1945]

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joseph (Joe) H.C. Corsbie receiving his Distinguished Flying Cross from Lieutenant Governor Charles A. Banks. Flying Officer Joseph Corsbie was decorated for his actions on December 31, 1944 when his aircraft was severly damaged by enemy fighter aircraft, members of the crew were woun…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Series: Joseph H.C. Corsbie RCAF records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joseph (Joe) H.C. Corsbie receiving his Distinguished Flying Cross from Lieutenant Governor Charles A. Banks. Flying Officer Joseph Corsbie was decorated for his actions on December 31, 1944 when his aircraft was severly damaged by enemy fighter aircraft, members of the crew were wounded and the captain had difficulty controlling the aircraft which was forced to make a crash landing at RAF Manston (England).

Subjects: Ceremonies - Awards; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"; Royal Canadian Air Force; Banks, Charles Arthur

Accession Code: BV020.31.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1945]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 19-09-2023

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "R.C.A.F. PHOTOGRAPH / CROWN COPYRIGHT / NEGATIVE / no_PLE_1433_Unit_N.W.AC."; Note in pencil reads: To_J.H.Corsbie"

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Wedding of Gertie Sanden to Alf Boyd

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36627

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the wedding of Gertie Sanden to Alf Boyd. The wedding party looks to be standing on the stairs of the Lozells Post Office at the north eastern corner of the Great Northern tracks and Piper Road. In 1908, Col. James Ward and his wife Hepezebah came to Burnaby and opened the post office…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Richard Hardy family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 312-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1993-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of the wedding of Gertie Sanden to Alf Boyd. The wedding party looks to be standing on the stairs of the Lozells Post Office at the north eastern corner of the Great Northern tracks and Piper Road. In 1908, Col. James Ward and his wife Hepezebah came to Burnaby and opened the post office (naming it Lozells because when they lived in Birmingham England, Hepezebah was a parishioner in the Anglican Parish of Lozells).

Subjects: Ceremonies - Weddings

Names: Boyd, Alf; Boyd, Gertie Sanden

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Government Road Area

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