Alfred Samuel Reardon, 1945
Description
- Creator
- Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Photographs
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white negative of a portrait of Sergeant Samuel Reardon. He is dressed in military uniform.
- Notes
- Alfred Samuel Reardon was born at Middlesex, England on 16 April 1911 and came to Whitby in 1927. On 24 September 1939, Reardon signed up with the 11th Armoured Regiment in Oshawa and served in Europe for the duration of the Second World War.
On returning to Whitby, he opened a show repair business in 1946 but closed it in September 1951 due to ill-health. From 1964 to 1976 Reardon was employed in the laundry and linen service at Whitby Psychiatric Hospital.
He died at Whitby on 13 August 1980 and is buried in Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin. - Inscriptions
- Date of Original
- November 11, 1945
- Date Of Event
- November 11, 1945
- Dimensions
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Width: 11 in
Height: 8 in
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 11in
Image Height: 8in
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 29-003-076
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8799229565475 Longitude: -78.9420890808105
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Samuel Reardon, 1945, Marjorie Ruddy, Whitby Archives, 29-003-076.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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