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Frederick Bliss fonds
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4 cm of textual records. - 137 photographs
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Frederick Bliss was born in Toronto on 1 March 1901. He was apparently orphaned, and lied about his age in order to enlist in the 222nd Battalion at Winnipeg in 1915. For most of the First World War he served overseas with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. He was discharged on 31 March 1919, and re-enlisted with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry on 24 November 1920. By 1926 he was promoted to Sergeant. He was commissioned in 1942 and served in Canada with the 10 Ordnance Depot Company. He retired from military service in 1948 with the rank of Captain. He worked as a purchasing agent for a hospital in Victoria, B.C. in 1956-1966. He was still living in Victoria in 1985.
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The personal papers and photographs were in the possession of Harold Hammel of Calgary.
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The fonds includes of Frederick Bliss’s service papers, his service records copied from the Library and Archives Canada website, classroom notes, manuals. Includes photographs documenting Bliss’s military career, 1921-1946, and his post-military life.
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Donated by Harold Hammel, 1992.
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Accession 92.113