Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 2007-33
Title
Recording of talk by J. Allan Smith on the Deseronto Royal Flying Corps camps
Date(s)
- 16 September 1997 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 VHS tape
Context area
Name of creator
(1922-2013)
Biographical history
James Allan Smith was born in Beaverton, Ontario on Jan 23 1922. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1942 and 1945 and was a prisoner of war from July 1944 to May 1945. After the war he saw service with the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment between 1955 and 1965. He worked for the Provincial Ministry of Revenue in the assessment departments of the City of Belleville and the Town of Trenton, retiring from Trenton in 1986. He died on 29 July 2013.
Archival history
Recording made by Cablevue.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Bill Hunt in November 2007.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Recording of a talk on the Royal Flying Corps training camps near Deseronto, Ontario, given by J. Allan Smith to the Hastings County Historical Society.