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- Multiple media
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- Source of title proper: Title based on content of the fonds.
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1916, 1918 (Creation)
- Creator
- Garfield O'Connor
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33 letters
2 photographs
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Biographical history
Garfield Edward O'Connor was born in 1898 in New Westminster. The son of Nettie and Arthur O'Connor, he lived with his a family lived at 1039 Sixth Avenue. In 1915 Garfield enlisted in the C.E.F. and served as the drummer boy with the 131st and 47th Battalions. During his time overseas, he wrote a series of letters to his mother, Nettie. In 1922 he married Gladys White. He became a letter carrier for the Post Office until his retirement in 1948. He also was the Bandmaster for both the Duke of Connaught Girls Bugle Band and the New Westminster Sea Cadets. He died in 1953.
Custodial history
Donated by John MacGowan in 1999.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of thirty-three letters. Twenty-nine letters were written by Garfield O'Connor to his mother. The remaining letters are: Will O'Connor to Garfield O'Connor (letter 6); Garfield O'Connor to Will O'Connor (letter 11); Leo J. Stone to Nettie O'Connor (letter 13); and Garfield O'Connor to Dear Brother (letter 26). Most of the letters have their original envelopes. All of the letters were written in 1918 except for one that is dated 1916.
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Physical condition
March 1 letter: no envelope; April 2 letter: no envelope; June 12 letter: no envelope and 1 page found missing at time of processing.