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The Cenotaph - Victory Square - Vancouver - Erected in 1924
City of Vancouver Archives, item #CVA 99-2010
Stuart Thomson, photographer
November 11, 1929
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Many organizations, societies and companies contributed money, comforts & knitted goods to the war effort.
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Group of women knitting socks for the War effort - 1942
City of Vancouver Archives, item #
CVA 1184-1323
Jack Lindsay, photographer
September, 1942
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Soldier in front of boxes of Canadian Field Comforts - 1918
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Bu P329
Commercial Photo Co., photographer
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With a large percentage of men serving overseas, many vacancies were left in the labour force. Women stepped in and were hired on in non-traditional trades.
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A woman and men making steel cables -- 1943
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Indust P6.2
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Women at work in plywood plant -- 1944
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Indust P6.4
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South Vancouver Soldiers and Sailors Mothers and Wives Association refreshment tent - 1917
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Mil P36
Stuart Thomson, photographer
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Soldiers rest on their way to the trenches on the Western Front - 1916
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Mil P281.17
Official Photograph Issued for Press Bureau by "Topical"
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Royal Engineers return from the trenches on the Western Front - 1916
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Mil P281.47
Official Photograph issued on behalf of the Press Bureau
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Canadian soldiers on parade at the Western Front - 1916
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Mil P281.50
Official Photograph issued on behalf of the Press Bureau
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The arrival of papers & letters from home 1914-1918
City of Vancouver Archives, item # Gr War P33
E.T. Sampson, Raines and Company, photographer
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Canada 's Population |
Served |
Died |
Wounded |
World War I (1914 - 1918) |
7,800,000 |
625,825 |
61,082 |
154,361 |
World War II (1939 - 1945) |
11,500,000 |
1,086,343 |
42,042 |
54,414 |
Korean War (1950 - 1953) |
14,000,000 |
27,751 |
516 |
1,072 |
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