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Former prisoner of war, Etobicoke Controller Pete Farrow and his wife, Dorothy, model the sweatshirts they'll wear at a reunion of former air force PoWs in England next weekend. He spent three years as prisoner in World War II after being captured by Germ
Former prisoner of war, Etobicoke Controller Pete Farrow and his wife, Dorothy, model the sweatshirts they'll wear at a reunion of former air force PoWs in England next weekend. He spent three years as prisoner in World War II after being captured by Germ

Former prisoner of war, Etobicoke Controller Pete Farrow and his wife, Dorothy, model the sweatshirts they'll wear at a reunion of former air force PoWs in England next weekend. He spent three years as prisoner in World War II after being captured by Germ

Date5/5/1977
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127168F
Still fighting: In Worl War II Don Elliot spent 3 1/2 years in prisoner of war camps.
Still fighting: In Worl War II Don Elliot spent 3 1/2 years in prisoner of war camps.
1/14/1993
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
2/7/1985
Former spitfire pilot C. Wallace Floody, who was shot down in 1941, holds picture of himself taken in a German war-prisoner camp
Former spitfire pilot C. Wallace Floody, who was shot down in 1941, holds picture of himself taken in a German war-prisoner camp
5/7/1975
Image shows a cargo ship deck loaded with buses, cars and other goods.
That's mixed cargo. Docked in Toronto, the Federal Schedule unloads her cargo-World War II aircraft for Chicago, double decker buses for Detroit, Germ(...)
6/9/1974
Holding Souvenir sword, R. J. Jimmie Fleming World War II Prisoner of Japanese who lost leg in 1969, wants to know why disability pension has gone down $92
Holding Souvenir sword, R. J. Jimmie Fleming World War II Prisoner of Japanese who lost leg in 1969, wants to know why disability pension has gone down $92
8/5/1970
Reunited after 32 years, Velimir Kuzmanov (left), 64, of Toronto and his brother, Sava, 54, of Manchester, England, look at faded family photo sent to Sava in prisoner of war camp
Reunited after 32 years, Velimir Kuzmanov (left), 64, of Toronto and his brother, Sava, 54, of Manchester, England, look at faded family photo sent to Sava in prisoner of war camp
3/14/1971
Charged with transporting five German prisoners of war, Isaac Kathnelson, 35, is shown next to P
Charged with transporting five German prisoners of war, Isaac Kathnelson, 35, is shown next to P
3/8/1946
Bemedalled: Former Staff Sgt. John Mitchell of the Black Watch wears his World War II campaign medals proudly. He fought in North Africa, Italy, France, Holland and Germany
Bemedalled: Former Staff Sgt. John Mitchell of the Black Watch wears his World War II campaign medals proudly. He fought in North Africa, Italy, France, Holland and Germany
11/11/1980
Calling all War Brides! George Batchelor, 68, the official town crier of Southampton, England, was at City Hall yesterday to loudly invite Metro residents to Return to Blighty Week next June for the city's 1989 war brides reunion and commemoration of the 45th anniversary of D-Day.
Calling all War Brides! George Batchelor, 68, the official town crier of Southampton, England, was at City Hall yesterday to loudly invite Metro residents to Return to Blighty Week next June for the city's 1989 war brides reunion and commemoration of the 45th anniversary of D-Day.
9/27/1988
City Alderman Colin Vaughan failed by one vote to win a TTC seat when borough mayors on Metro Council backed Etobicoke's Pete Farrow
City Alderman Colin Vaughan failed by one vote to win a TTC seat when borough mayors on Metro Council backed Etobicoke's Pete Farrow
1/14/1975
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Leonard Cheshire, a wartime commander of the Royal Air Force 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, examine World War I(...)
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Leonard Cheshire, a wartime commander of the Royal Air Force 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, examine World War I(...)
6/21/1972
Index to certified copy of list of American prisoners of war, 1812-1815, as recorded in General entry book, Ottawa, Canada: List of American prisoners(...)
Index to certified copy of list of American prisoners of war, 1812-1815, as recorded in General entry book, Ottawa, Canada: List of American prisoners(...)
1924