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Son of John Joseph and Malvina Pombert Smith, of Kamloops, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Joseph Harry Smith
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Harry Smith
Glen Cowley wrote this two part series for the Kamloops newspaper . It appeared starting in the " Kamloops This Week " on Wednesday June 07 , 1995 . Glen Cowley is a Kamloops based historian and free-lance writer . The 1938 Championship Team was reported in depth by the newspaper of the time - The Kamloops Sentinel and Harry Smith was widely reported in the articles covering the team in those late 1930 years.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Harry Smith
The 2004 Remembrance List released by the British Columbia government on November 11 , 2004 included a British Columbia feature named in memory of our uncle Pilot Officer Joseph Harry Smith.<P>
Smith Cove is located on the north shoreline of Kamloops Lake at 50*43'50"-120*33'35" in Lac du Bois Provincial Park just west of the Kamloops City western boundary near Tranquille.<P>
Also released was a proclamation issued jointly by " The Province of British Columbia and The Geographical Names Board of Canada " signed by the Honourable Gordon Campbell
Premier of British Columbia.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Harry Smith
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
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"Harry" Smith was a member of the 1938 Kamloops Klippers, B.C.'s Intermediate Box Lacrosse Champions.
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Back Row left to Right - Joseph Harry , RCAF - Florence - Norman - Vincent , RCN - Frank - Eileen -Wilbur , RCA Front Row - Ina - Father , Captain John Joseph Smith - Mother , Malvina Smith ( Pombert ) - Marie ."
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Battle Street Cenotaph Memorial in Kamploops, British Columbia.
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Battle Street Cenotaph Memorial in Kamploops, British Columbia.
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Pilot Officer Joseph Harry Smith's Medals
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Description of his medals.
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A Bengal Tiger rampant<P> " Fear Naught in Unity "
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Glen Cowley wrote this two part series for the Kamloops newspaper . It appeared starting in the " Kamloops This Week " on Wednesday June 07 , 1995 . Glen Cowley is a Kamloops based historian and free-lance writer . The 1938 Championship Team was reported in depth by the newspaper of the time - The Kamloops Sentinel and Harry Smith was widely reported in the articles covering the team in those late 1930 years.
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Medal awarded to the team Members of the 1938 B.C Intermediate Lacrosse Champions by the City of Kamloops.
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Inscription on the 1938 B.C. Intermediate Lacrosse Champions medal awarded by the City of Kamloops.
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Harry Smith played centre for the Kamloops Klippers, British Columbia Intermediate Lacrosse Champions 1938.
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Kamloops Sentinel newspaper announcement on the death of P/O Joseph Harry Smith , August 13 , 1942 appeared on September 24 , 1942.
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Harry Smith's lacrosse career was appreciated by his opponents as well as his team mates as described in this circa 1948 Kamloops Sentinel newspaper article.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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B.C. Proclamation regarding the Geographic designation of Smith Cove at Kamloops Lake , British Columbia
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The 2004 Remembrance List released by the British Columbia government on November 11 , 2004 included a British Columbia feature named in memory of our uncle Pilot Officer Joseph Harry Smith.<P> Smith Cove is located on the north shoreline of Kamloops Lake at 50*43'50"-120*33'35" in Lac du Bois Provincial Park just west of the Kamloops City western boundary near Tranquille.<P> Also released was a proclamation issued jointly by " The Province of British Columbia and The Geographical Names Board of Canada " signed by the Honourable Gordon Campbell Premier of British Columbia.
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Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
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Kamloops Cenotaph, British Columbia. Detail of the Tablet listing names for World War II.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 115 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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