Perry Children, July 1939

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Creator

Ruddy, Marjorie G., Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

A black and white negative of John and Peter Perry in Whitby, Ontario. In this view John is holding on to a horse that Peter is sitting on. A dog is visible to the right of the horse.

Notes

Col. John Ham Perry was born on May 5, 1892 at Whitby, the first son of John Ham Perry and Louisa Hay. He started working for the Dominion Bank in 1909 and was manager at Whitby from 1926 to 1939. In 1944 he moved to the head office in Toronto. He served in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 and reached the rank of Captain. He also received the Military Cross in the First World War. In the 1930's in served as a Captain in the Ontario Regiment and went overseas again when the Second World War broke out in 1939. He was promoted to Major in 1941, Lt. Col. in 1942 and Col. in 1943, returning home in 1944. Col. Perry served with the Canadian Armored Division in England during the Second World War. John Ham Perry married Ethel Vivian Alcock (1898-1984) on 8 July 1922 in Whitby, Ontario. They had two children: John Ham Perry (1927-1988) and Peter Joseph Alcock Perry (1936-1977). He died at Mississauga on May 30, 1976. Col. Perry is buried at Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Streetsville, Ontario.

Date of Original

July 1939

Dimensions

Width: 1.5 cm
Height: 1.5 cm

Subject(s)

Birthdays
Families
Men
Photographers
Portrait photographs

Personal Name(s)

Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina ; Perry, John Ham ; Perry, Peter Joseph Alcock

Local identifier

A2013_040_815A

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.879831860126 Longitude: -78.9423113757324

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