Men aiming rifles
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men in air force uniforms, with rifles aimed. They are standing outside in the snow at their training camp in Vernon. John Shaw is standing second from the left but the others are unidentified.
Men at Gilmore Junior High School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.2 x 2.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified major, Cecil Shantz and Jay Findley at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School.
Mr. Anderson
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Anderson standing outside on a path in his World War II Pacific Coast Rangers uniform.
No. 2 Flight No. 1 Sqdn. No. 3 Wing, No 3 "M" Depot
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 10 Jun. 1942
- Collection/Fonds
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 42.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of flight training class identified as "No. 2 Flight No. 1 Squadrom No.3 Wing, no. 3 "M" Depot" in Edmonton, June 10 1942. Joseph (Joe) H.C. Corsbie is identified standing in the back row, seventh from the left.
No. 74 Air Navigators B Course Class
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 27 Feb. 1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of No 74 Air Navigators B Course Class R standing together at the RCAF Station, Mount View, February 27, 1943. Joseph (Joe) H.C. Corsbie is identified in the back row, far left.
Portrait
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.37.8
- Description
- Framed and matted portrait of Elmer Wilson Martin
- Object History
- Elmer Wilson Martin was a professional engineer who lived much of his life in Burnaby. He married Ellen Renetta "Reta" (Boyd) Martin in approx. 1930 and the couple moved to Burnaby in 1931 for him to attend UBC. He later enlisted in the RCAF during WWII where he served as a pilot and wing commander. Elmer ran Martin's Auto Villa at 6604 East Hastings Street (later 6574 East Hastings Street) and was heavily involved in local Burnaby politics and with the North Burnaby Board of Trade. The donor states that he ran for Burnaby mayor in 1959 and also donated land to S.F.U. in the late 1960's. He had many businesses throughout his life including Paneloc Buildings, a pre-fab building manufacturing company. His last position was as Director with the construction company Webb & Knapp Canada Ltd.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Visual Communication T&E
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Martin, Elmer Wilson
Less detail
Portrait of E.W. Martin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm (sight) in frame 21 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Elmer Martin Wilson dressed in a Royal Canadian Air Force uniform and standing under a tree. There is a white building in the distance.
Portrait of E.W. Martin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Elmer Martin Wilson dressed in a Royal Canadian Air Force uniform and standing under a tree. There is a white building in the distance.
R.C.A.F. battalion
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1942 and 1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 33 cm mounted on board 12.5 x 33 cm
- Scope and Content
- Group photograph of memebers of the Royal Canadian Airforce batallion in Edmonton, Alberta. Gerald Sanders is identified seated in the front row, 6th from right. Gerald served as an aircraft mechanic during World War II.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Series
- Sanders-Sparman photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 33 cm mounted on board 12.5 x 33 cm
- Material Details
- Text hand-written in blue ink on back of photograph frame reads: "Front Row 4th Veionette / 2nd Row 2nd Doug Brownlagh / Front Row 6th From Right Gerald Sanders / Total = 58 - 1942 - / OR 43 / - EDMONTON". White and maroon rectangular adhesive label on back of frame reads: "Woodward's / PICTURES AND MIRRORS / NO. 2789".
- Scope and Content
- Group photograph of memebers of the Royal Canadian Airforce batallion in Edmonton, Alberta. Gerald Sanders is identified seated in the front row, 6th from right. Gerald served as an aircraft mechanic during World War II.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Names
- Sanders, Gerald Frank
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Accession Code
- BV018.34.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1942 and 1943]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
RCAF crew with crashed aircraft
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of First Officer Joseph (Joe) H.C. Corsbie posed with four of his Royal Canadian Air Force crew members from the 626 Squadron on the crash site in front of their upended Lancaster III aircraft. They were forced to crash land at RAF Manston (England) after the aircraft sustained damage fr…
RCAF crew with Lancaster
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1944]
- Collection/Fonds
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Officer Joseph (Joe) H.C. Corsbie with his crew posing on the tarmac in front of their Lancaster aircraft.
Recruits with rifles
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1941
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men in uniform outside in the snow, holding rifles. On the back is written: "Jack Shaw, 3rd from left. Vernon, 1941."
Royal Canadian Air Force barracks
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the barracks where John Shaw lived during his training with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Vernon, BC. Written on the verso of the photograph reads: "X marks our room. The five end windows with the porch on the left."
Soldiers visit Edmonds Street School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken on Inspection Day, with soldiers visiting Edmonds Street School. The school's woodpile is visible in the background.
Soldiers visit Edmonds Street School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken on Inspection Day, with three soldiers during their visit to the Edmonds Street School. One solider is standing at ease, while the other two are standing at attention.
Soldier with a baby carriage
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1944] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a British soldier in uniform at 2224 Antrim Avenue (later renumbered 6957 Antrim Avenue) with a baby carriage. The street can be seen in the background. The solider is believed to be Arthur "Tubby" Heath.
Solider's pay book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1942 and 1943] (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Copy scan of the cover of a solider's pay book from World War Two. "CANADIAN MILITIA / Soldier's Pay Book / (For use on Active Service)" assigned to “SHANKIE / (2) Ramsay / (1) Thomas (3) Hunter / 17th Field Battery / 15th FIELD REGIMENT, R.C.A., (CA)", regimental number "K15366", and dated "SEP 1…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Copy scan of the cover of a solider's pay book from World War Two. "CANADIAN MILITIA / Soldier's Pay Book / (For use on Active Service)" assigned to “SHANKIE / (2) Ramsay / (1) Thomas (3) Hunter / 17th Field Battery / 15th FIELD REGIMENT, R.C.A., (CA)", regimental number "K15366", and dated "SEP 1 1942" to "JAN 31 1943".
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.104
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1942 and 1943] (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
Less detail
Solider's pay book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1944 and 1945] (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Copy scan of the cover of a solider's pay book from World War Two. "CANADIAN ARMY / Soldier's Pay Book / (For use on Active Service)" assigned to “SHANKIE / THOMAS RAMSAY HUNTER", "15th FIELD REGIMENT, R.C.A.", regimental number "K.15366", and dated "FEB 1 - 1944" to "28 Feb 45".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Copy scan of the cover of a solider's pay book from World War Two. "CANADIAN ARMY / Soldier's Pay Book / (For use on Active Service)" assigned to “SHANKIE / THOMAS RAMSAY HUNTER", "15th FIELD REGIMENT, R.C.A.", regimental number "K.15366", and dated "FEB 1 - 1944" to "28 Feb 45".
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.105
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1944 and 1945] (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
Less detail
Solider's pay book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1945 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Copy scan of the cover of a solider's pay book from World War Two. "CANADIAN ARMY / Soldier's Pay Book / (For use on Active Service)" assigned to “SHANKIE / Thomas / Ramsay / Hunter", "2 CDN. REPAT. DEPOT.", regimental number "K15366", and dated "1 Mar 45".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Copy scan of the cover of a solider's pay book from World War Two. "CANADIAN ARMY / Soldier's Pay Book / (For use on Active Service)" assigned to “SHANKIE / Thomas / Ramsay / Hunter", "2 CDN. REPAT. DEPOT.", regimental number "K15366", and dated "1 Mar 45".
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.106
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1945 (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
Less detail
souvenir photograph cards
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.31.52
- Description
- Collection of souvenir photograph cards titled "London Under Fire" published by Photochrom Company Limited of London. The photos included are Set B, and contains 11 numbered images of London. It is assumed that one of the cards is missing.
- The cards come in a blue paper envelope with a diamond shaped cut out on the front to reveal the first photograph in the stack of cards within.
- Each card has a number on the front, and the back has a title describing the scene in the photograph along with maker information.
- Object History
- Item belonged to Joseph “Joe” Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie who served as a Navigator for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) between 1942 and 1945. He went on to be a BC Provincial MLA and later a Burnaby Municipal Council Member along with various other pursuits. See Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds for full biography.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
- Object Term
- Souvenir
- Subjects
- Souvenirs
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"
Less detail
Trenton
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of tennis courts and an airplane hanger at the air force base in Trenton, Ontario.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Military series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-032
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of tennis courts and an airplane hanger at the air force base in Trenton, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Military
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "Tennis courts and 2 hangers from Rm 220 Block 3, Trenton"
Less detail
Wally in uniform outside of R.C.A.F. depot
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 22 May 1940
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Walter "Wally" Westerman in Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) uniform outside of R.C.A.F. depot.
Wally Westerman
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 6.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Walter "Wally" Westerman dressed in an R.C.A.F. uniform and standing on a log at the edge of a lake.
Wally Westerman
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of Walter "Wally" Westerman as a young child. He is standing on a chair.
Woodean family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pearl and Ed Woodean with their son, Robert. Ed Woodean enlisted in 1940 and went overseas from 1942 to 1945.
E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1857]-[195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs + 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the family of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and residences including Elworth house, along with letters written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
1) Bateman family photographs series
2) Bateman family World War II lette…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs + 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the family of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and residences including Elworth house, along with letters written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
1) Bateman family photographs series
2) Bateman family World War II letters series
- History
- Edwin Wettenhall "E.W." Bateman was born in 1859 in Sandbach, Cheshire, to James and Caroline Mary Wettenhall Bateman (their home in Sandbach was called Elworth Cottage). When he was twenty-one, E.W. Bateman immigrated to Manitoba, Canada where he met Catherine “Cassie” Dale, daughter of George and Sarah Gillon Dale. They were married in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba on November 9, 1886. Edwin and Cassie had seven children, the eldest Edna Caroline Annie (Corner) (1889-1969); George Edwin (1890-? ); Mamie (McWilliams) (1892-1979); Marianne “May” Bateman (1894-1990); Warren Stafford (1896-1954); Jessie (Fox Kemp) (1899-1978) and John Carey (1901-1945). Catherine “Cassie” (Dale) Bateman died in Portage La Prairie in 1909.
After Cassie's death, Edwin was transferred to Vancouver by the Canadian Pacific Railway where he married Cassie’s younger sister Mary Dale (1896-1935). Edwin moved his six of his seven children to Vancouver (not including George). Edwin and Mary (Dale) Bateman first lived at 7th and Balsam Street in Vancouver and in 1920, they decided to move to the quieter atmosphere of the Burnaby Lake- Deer Lake area. By this time Edwin Wettenhall Bateman was a retired CPR executive. He moved his wife and daughter Marianne “May” Bateman to Deer Lake and commissioned architect, Enoch Evans to build 'Elworth' house (named after Edwin’s family home in Sandbach, Chesire). The house was completed by contractor William Dodson in 1922 and located at the site of what would become Heritage Village and later, Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue. The Batemans lived at this location for thirteen years before moving back to Vancouver in May of 1935. Mary Dale Bateman died in July 1935 and sometime after, Edwin W. Bateman married Dora Coulton. Edwin W. Bateman died in 1957 at the age of 98.
Edna Caroline Bateman married Raymond Westley Corner in 1920 and had a daughter named Catherine Mary (Levins). Edna and Raymond lived in Kelowna. George Bateman married Louise Agness Birss in January 1910 and continued to live in Manitoba. Mamie Dale Bateman married George Lloyd McWilliams in 1915. The couple had two children, Warren Finley McWilliams and Bruce McWilliams. Mamie and George McWilliams lived with their family on Douglas Road across the road from Elworth house in Burnaby. Warren McWilliams was on North Atlantic convoy duty during World War I from 1942 to 1944. Warren McWilliams died in 2004.
Warren Stafford Bateman married Norah Withington in Burnaby in 1924; Winifred Dare Webster in Burnaby in 1932 and Dorothy Margaret Buchanan in New Westminster in 1949. Warren and Winnifred “Winnie” Webster celebrated their marriage at Elworth house in 1932. Warren served in World War I. Jessie Madeline Bateman married Ernest Denby Fox (1900-1945) in 1921. Jessie and Ernest Fox had three children, Colin Rhodes Fox (1921-2005); Mary “Betty” (Gludo) and Allan Fox. Jessie and Ernest Fox operated a small logging company near Powell River, B.C. Sometime after the death of her first husband, Ernest Denby Fox, Jessie married James Kemp. The youngest child of Edwin and Cassie, John “Carey” Bateman married Sophia Spak (1899-1977) in 1925.
On September 10, 1939, the day that Canada declared war on Germany, Colin Rhodes Fox (eldest son of Jessie and Ernest Fox) enlisted in the army at the age of 18 years. Colin initially served in an anti-aircraft unit, but was soon transferred to the Field Artillery. During his service overseas, Colin wrote letters to family members including his aunt May Bateman who was living in Burnaby. Colin went through basic artillery training in Edmonton before heading overseas to the United Kingdom with his unit, the 13th Field Regiment , 44th Canadian Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery and later the 78th Canadian Field Battery in Germany and Holland . Colin was wounded on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day) but returned to serve in Holland and Germany until the war ended. Colin suffered bullet and shrapnel wounds while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead. In 1946, Colin married Susan Streika (Striha) of Pitt Meadows and he began a thirty five year career in the B.C. Telephone Company on Vancouver Island. Colin and Susan had three children; Gary, Elaine and Irene. Colin Rhodes Fox died in 2005.
The E.W. Bateman house, "Elworth" is a heritage building on the site of the Burnaby Village Museum. The site is an important cultural feature for the interpretation of Burnaby’s heritage to the public. The E.W. Bateman House was purchased by Burnaby in 1970 and became the focal point for the development of the Museum. Both the interior and exterior of the house have been restored and interpreted to the date of original construction, including recreated room interiors and period furnishings.
- Creator
- Fox, Colin Rhodes
- Bateman, Caroline Mary Wettenhall
- Accession Code
- HV974.22
- HV974.90
- HV975.120
- HV976.37
- HV979.32
- BV985.1003
- BV986.21
- BV992.29
- BV994.22
- BV004.28
- BV004.84
- BV020.27
- Date
- [1857]-[195-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also: Interview with Marianne May Bateman February 22, 1978 - Tracks 1-4. City of Burnaby Archives Item No. MSS137-014-1
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
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Florence Jackson
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.