89 records – page 1 of 5.

Financing a Nurses' Home and Training School at the Royal Columbian Hospital

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport44075
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
43222
Meeting Date
12-Mar-1956
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
43222
Meeting Date
12-Mar-1956
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Public Health Nurses - Annual Spring Tea

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42434
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
38011
Meeting Date
27-Jan-1958
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
38011
Meeting Date
27-Jan-1958
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Victorian Order of Nurses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41211
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
37864
Meeting Date
2-Nov-1959
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
43
Item No.
5
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
37864
Meeting Date
2-Nov-1959
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
43
Item No.
5
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Victorian Order of Nurses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41348
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
37746
Meeting Date
17-Aug-1959
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
30
Item No.
18
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
37746
Meeting Date
17-Aug-1959
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
30
Item No.
18
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Victorian Order of Nurses annual reports

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65436
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1952-1958
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) annual reports from Burnaby and Windsor Ontario, as well as one from the Director and Chief of the VON.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1952-1958
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS021-048
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) annual reports from Burnaby and Windsor Ontario, as well as one from the Director and Chief of the VON.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97234
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1978
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).
Scope and Content
Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1978
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.
History
The Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. Lady Aberdeen, founding president of the National Council of Women (and wife of Canadian Governor General Lord Aberdeen) was a great believer in the need for a nursing service in Canada, particularly for the less fortunate and recommended the organization be established. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
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Victorian Order of Nurses newsletters

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65435
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1950-1952
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) newsletters.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1950-1952
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS021-047
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) newsletters.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Victorian Order of Nurses newspaper clippings

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65428
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1951-1969
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of newspaper clippings and a poster of newspaper mats pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1951-1969
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS021-040
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
File consists of newspaper clippings and a poster of newspaper mats pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Victorian Order of Nurses newspaper clippings

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65543
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1950-1977
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1950-1977
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS021-082
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Victorian Order of Nurses organizational documents

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65537
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1954-1964
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) organizational documents, including their constitution, personnel polices and board member manual.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1954-1964
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS021-076
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) organizational documents, including their constitution, personnel polices and board member manual.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Victorian Order of Nurses pamphlets

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65544
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1950-1963]
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of twenty promotional pamphlets pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses. Included in the file is a pamphlet entitled "Historical May Day / Pictures from the files of the / Columbian."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1950-1963]
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Material Details
Pamphlets are written in French or English
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS021-083
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
File consists of twenty promotional pamphlets pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses. Included in the file is a pamphlet entitled "Historical May Day / Pictures from the files of the / Columbian."
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Victorian Order of Nurses papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57845
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of papers pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), including newsletters and type-written excerpts of their history. Also included in the file is a photocopied letter that describes a humorous Christmas dinner.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Victorian Order of Nurses subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS021-001
Accession Number
BHS1985-26
Scope and Content
File consists of papers pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), including newsletters and type-written excerpts of their history. Also included in the file is a photocopied letter that describes a humorous Christmas dinner.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Included in the file is a photograph identification key for item no. 153-002 and another one for an unlocated photograph
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Victorian Order of Nurses promotional papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65541
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1955-1962
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) promotional papers; includes press release formatting and an editorial entitled “Beyond Charity."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1955-1962
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS021-080
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) promotional papers; includes press release formatting and an editorial entitled “Beyond Charity."
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Victorian Order of Nurses subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription128
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[194-]-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Photographs and textual records
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of papers and photographs related to the history and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[194-]-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Victorian Order of Nurses subseries
Physical Description
Photographs and textual records
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1985-26
BHS1995-01
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of papers and photographs related to the history and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby.
History
The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. Lady Aberdeen, founding president of the National Council of Women and wife of Canadian Governor General Lord Aberdeen, was a great believer in the need for a nursing service in Canada, particularly for the less fortunate and recommended the organization be established. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Victorian Order of Nurses
Notes
MSS021, PC153
Title based on contents of subseries
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Muriel Harmen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37902
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1954 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Muriel Harmen, a missionary in Africa and a former Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) nurse in Burnaby in the 1920s.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1954 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-490
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Muriel Harmen, a missionary in Africa and a former Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) nurse in Burnaby in the 1920s.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Harmen, Muriel
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
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Bea Carpenter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37534
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1951 or 1952] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bea Carpenter standing beside a car (a 1950 Studebaker) in front of the George Derby Health Centre. She wearing her nurse's uniform.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1951 or 1952] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-122
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Bea Carpenter standing beside a car (a 1950 Studebaker) in front of the George Derby Health Centre. She wearing her nurse's uniform.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Occupations - Nurses
Clothing - Uniforms
Names
George Derby Health Centre
Hunter, Beatrice "Bea" Carpenter
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Geographic Access
Cumberland Street
Street Address
7550 Cumberland Street
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
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Brentwood School Staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36066
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff members at Brentwood Park School, sitting and standing in rows outside of the school.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Grace Dickie subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
215-024
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1989-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff members at Brentwood Park School, sitting and standing in rows outside of the school.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Brentwood Park School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Hadwritten note on verso of photograph identifies the staff members by listing them: "Mr. Harris, Mr. Kaye, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McGregor (Nurse), Mrs. Hune, Mrs. Schawalder, Mrs. McCanty, Mrs. Kulla, Miss Gray, Mrs. Guggishberg, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. DeRidder, Mrs. Tweedy, Miss Johnstone, Miss Wadden, Mrs. Cook"
Photographer identified as "Layton"
Geographic Access
Delta Avenue
Street Address
1455 Delta Avenue
Planning Study Area
Brentwood Area
Images
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Burnaby General Hospital Staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35095
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.4 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of Burnaby General Hospital staff sitting and standing in rows inside. Some of them are in uniform.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Davies family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.4 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
190-015
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
BHS1986-41
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of Burnaby General Hospital staff sitting and standing in rows inside. Some of them are in uniform.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Clothing - Uniforms
Occupations - Physicians
Names
Burnaby General Hospital
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kincaid Street
Street Address
3935 Kincaid Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
Images
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Burnaby General Hospital Staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35096
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of Burnaby General Hospital staff sitting and standing in rows inside. Some of them are in uniform.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[195-] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Davies family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
190-016
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
BHS1986-41
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of Burnaby General Hospital staff sitting and standing in rows inside. Some of them are in uniform.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Clothing - Uniforms
Occupations - Physicians
Names
Burnaby General Hospital
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kincaid Street
Street Address
3935 Kincaid Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
Images
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Interview with John Gordon Davis November 21, 2002 - Tape 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13082
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1940-1989] (interview content), November 21, 2002 (interview date), digitized in 2020
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (50 min., 53 sec)
Scope and Content
Recording is an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. Mabel is interviewing Gordon as part of a research project to provide background information to the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting a donation of Gordon's wife Anne's World War I…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (50 min., 53 sec)
Material Details
Interviewer: Mabel F. Nichols and husband Jack Nichols Interviewee: John Gordon Davis Location of Interview: New Westminster Interview Date: November 21, 2002 Total Number of tracks: 2 (side A & B of audio cassette) Total Length of all Tracks: 50 min., 53 sec.
Scope and Content
Recording is an interview with (John) Gordon Davis conducted by Mabel F. Nichols with her husband Jack Nichols. Mabel is interviewing Gordon as part of a research project to provide background information to the Burnaby Village Museum who are accepting a donation of Gordon's wife Anne's World War II nursing uniform. Gordon provides background information on his family history and describes his experiences while serving overseas during World War II (WWII) including his experiences as a radar operator and working at a military air squadron repair depot. Gordon also provides biographical information about his wife Anne Davis (nee Williams) and her experiences serving as a military nurse during WWII and their life in Burnaby. Interviewer, Mabel and Jack Nichols also provide anecdotal stories about their own life in Burnaby during the interview. Track 1 - Side A (30:34) 00:00 - 30:34 Interview opens with discussion between interviewer Mabel F. Nichols and Gordon Davis about his wife, Anne Davis' experience working in the nursing corps. Mr. Davis provides background information about working in mining between 1933 and 1940 before training in Ontario to become a radar operator during World War II. Gordon also describes his parents origins and how they moved to Burnaby in 1940 while Gordon headed off to Nova Scotia to serve with the RCAF. Gordon also shares information about his sister Anne Davis who married George L. Davis from Kirkland Lake and how they lived with Gordon's parents in the auto court in Burnaby. He tells of how George L. Davis worked for Dominion Bridge Co. and later as a meat cutter for Safeway near 6th Avenue and Kingsway in Burnaby. Mabel shares her own husband Jack's experiences growing up in Burnaby as the son of butcher, George Nichols, his career as a deisel mechanic and later in the GVRD Engineering Department. Gordon shares that his father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth died in 1968 and his older sister Ruth died in 1990. Gordon recollects his wedding day and honeymoon in North Wales in 1945 with his wife Anne. Track 2 - Side B (29:19) 00:00 - 14:37 Gordon continues with his recollections about his wedding and honeymoon in North Wales in 1945. The interviewers, Mabel and Jack discuss the geography of the area sharing their own experiences travelling in 1981 and try to get an idea of where Gordon and his wife were married. They agree that the place was Llandudno. He tells of signing up for another year of Military Service since his wife was still serving in the nursing corps. and describes working North of London at a Military facility to repair aircraft including mosquito bombers. 14:38 - 21: 53 Gordon shares information about working in the Middle East in 1943 while his wife Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, the Marnix that she was travelling on. Gordon tells of how Anne couldn't swim but had a life jacket on and was picked up by a life boat. Anne corresponded with Gordon to let him know that she was alright but had to be cryptic since all letters were censored. Gordon tells of how Anne then travelled to India. Interviewer, Mabel, speaks of her own brother Bill who was picked up in Gibralter and taken to England. 21:54 - 26:18 Gordon recollects first meeting his wife Anne in London and the bombing that occurred during WWII. He tells of how Anne trained as a midwife at the Royal College of Midwives in Yorkshire and how he attended Radio college in Ontario. 26:19- 29:19 Gordon speaks about his experience travelling east on the Queen Mary in World War II and how full the ship was. He says that they were 30 days at sea from May to June in 1942.
History
Interviewee biography: John Gordon Davis was born to Elizabeth Ann Vert (nee Eyres) and Gilbert Davis on September 13, 1913 in North Cobalt, Ontario. Gordon was the second youngest of six children. After graduating from high school he attended Radio College in Toronto. He spent two years prior to World War II working in radio on British ships. In 1940, after retiring, his parents moved to British Columbia. They purchased the Flowerland Auto Court in 1941 at 4212 Douglas Road, Burnaby. During this time, Gordon moved to Ontario and sought employment in radio range stations that were dealing with new technology throughout Europe. He joined the RCAF in 1941. While in London, in May of 1941, he met his future wife Anne Williams. In World War II, Anne served as a nurse in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Army Nursing Corps. In November 1943, Anne survived the bombing of the Dutch passenger ship, SS Marnix while it sailed in a convoy from England to the Mediterranean. Gordon did many tours throughout the Middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, the Battle of the Bulge, Sarnia before he was known as “surplus to requirement”. Since Anne was still in the nursing corps, Gordon signed on for another year and was sent north of London to a Repair Squadron where he worked on operational repairs of Mosquito bombers which were manufactured in Canada. Anne and Gordon continued their correspondence and eventually married in North Wales on January 23, 1945. Gordon was shipped back to Canada in October of 1945 and moved in with his parents at their auto court on Douglas Road in Burnaby. Anne joined Gordon in Burnaby in April 1946 when her mission was completed. Anne packed up her things in a large trunk that she addressed to Gordon’s parents on Douglas Road. Gordon moved around British Columbia in his work for BC Electric and eventually retired with HB Contracting Ltd. in Surrey working on the BC pipeline between 1953 and 1954. In the late 1950s, Gordon and Anne purchased a home in Burnaby at 1508 6th Street (now 7591 6th Street) which they lived in until 1984. In 1985, Anne and Gordon sold their house in Burnaby and moved to Hyack House in New Westminster. Anne Davis died in 1989 at the age of 76 years. Gordon's father, Gilbert died in 1957 and his mother Elizabeth Ann Verta died in 1968. Interviewer biography: Mabel F. Nichols (nee Lawrence) was one of six children born in Hope [ca.1932] to Elmer E. Lawrence and Louise (nee Pennier). Elmer and Louise married in Yale B.C. in 1916. Mabel’s mother, Louise Pennier was part of the Sts'ailes Nation (Chehalis First Nation). Elmer and Louise had three sons and three daughters. Both of Mabel’s parents died in Langley in 1960. Mabel married Jack (John) Nichols [between 1959 and 1960]. They lived at 6004 Wilson Street, Burnaby in 1959; 4910 Willingdon Avenue [between 1960 and 1962] and 4662 Hazel Street [between 1963 and 1987] before moving to Surrey. Jack Nichols' parents, George and Alma Nichols owned and operated Nichols Family Meat Market at 4018 Kingsway (later renumbered 4500 Kingsway). The family lived behind the butcher shop.
Subjects
Wars - World War, 1939-1945
Occupations - Nurses
Clothing - Uniforms
Names
Davis, John Gordon "Gordon"
Davis, Anne Williams
Davis, Gilbert
Nichols, Mabel F. Lawrence
Nichols Family Meat Market
Accession Code
BV005.37.1
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1940-1989] (interview content), November 21, 2002 (interview date), digitized in 2020
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on contents of sound recording
Recording is closed due to poor sound quality
See also: Anne Davis' (nee Williams) WWII nursing uniform- BV003.15.10 & BV03.15.11 & BV003.15.12
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