Fonds 007.062.0001 - Peter Forster Fonds

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Peter Forster Fonds

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007.062.0001

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  • 1941-1945 (Creation)

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1 DVD.

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Fonds consists of a DVD titled "Freedom of Aberfeldy", a recruiting film made by the U.K. Ministry of Information in 1941 featuring three servicemen, a Canadian, an Australian, and a New Zealander in Scotland while in service during WWII. The Canadian featured in the video was named Gordon Bolin and he died as a result of HMCS Teme being torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1945.

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Donated by Mr. Peter Forster, 31 December 2007.

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  • English

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All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.

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Copyright of the film is held by the Imperial War Museum, London, United Kingdom.

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A copy of a letter written to Gordon Bolin's parents after his death can be found in the documentation file.

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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.

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20 March 2018

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