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2015.077.001.057
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2015.077
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CANADA, 1930 - 1939
CANADA, 1930 - 1939
Seaforth Parade, 1930s & Pipe Sgt Gordon Ross Obit
* Seaforth Parade - Over 100,00 people viewed the parade, the largest in Vancouver / marching past the reviewing stand on Howe Street.
The second photo shows the Colours being dipped for Governor General Bessborough, 1936.
* "Piper Dies" Brief Obituary of Scottish born (1872) Pipe Sergeant [sic Pipe Major] Gordon Ross who had served in both the 72nd Highlanders and the 16th Battalion, CEF (his CEF attestation attached). He died on 26 November 1936 and buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.
29149 Piper (Private) Gordon Ross served in the 16th Battalion from 22 September 1914 to 26 March 1919.
Attached to Media.
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