Oscar Moore, November 29, 1948

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Creator

Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Types

Photographs

Negatives

Description

Black and white negative of Oscar John Moore.

Notes

Oscar John Moore was born at Whitby on 27 November 1906. He joined the staff at Ontario Hospital in 1934, after having spent several years in Regin, Sask.

He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in England, France, Belgium, and Holland from 1941 to 1946. He returned to Ontario Hospital in 1946 as the supervisor of Cottage 13. He retired in 1969. He was later employed by the Attorney General's Department as a court officer.

Moore was a member of the Town Council from 1949-1954 and served on the Public Utilities Commission from 1956-1961. He was a member of the Community Arena Board, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112, and Composite Masonic Lodge.

He died at Whitby on 18 February 1983 and is buried at Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin.

Date of Original

29 November 1949

Dimensions

Width: 11 cm
Height: 16 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 11cm
Image Height: 16cm

Subject(s)

City council members
Portrait photographs
Veterans

Local identifier

31_009_532

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8798627932898 Longitude: -78.9421397143555

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