Burma Star Association - B.C. Chapter
Sunday, July 1, 2007 Port Moody Station Museum
The Canada Day Celebration in Port Moody BC was organized by Guy Black, Special Events Coordinator of the Port Moody Station Museum for the Port Moody Heritage Society. Funding for the event was provided by the Government of Canada and the Dutch Consulate in Vancouver.
Dignitaries attending included Mr. Luc Serot Almeras (Consular General of France), Mr. Hans Driesser (Consular General of the Netherlands), the Consul of the Korean Republic, James Moore (MP for Port Moody, Westwood, Port Coquitlam), Dawn Black (MP for New Westminster & Coquitlam), and Joe Trasolini (Mayor of Port Moody), Lieutenant Colonel Vince Larocque, CD (British Columbia Liaison Officer, Canadian Forces Liaison Council, 39 CBG), and Mr. E.J. Cooper (WWII Veteran, Canadian Army). They were escorted by an honour guard dressed in old khaki battledress uniforms.
Speeches and presentations were emceed by Deborra Hope of Global TV news.
The displays ranged from war memorabilia to real life vintage army jeeps, trucks, tracked vehicles and their appropriately uniformed drivers. The aviation museum displayed their full-sized exact reproduction of a Royal Canadian Air Force Bi-Plane. All small displays (war memorabilia, etc.) were located in the museum buildings. The larger displays of vehicles were setup in and around the museum compound. In all, sixteen groups participated, including two military bands. These were the 15th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery Military Band "Bessborough Brass" and the BCR Pipe Band.
Afghanistan Display / Tim Horton's Coupon Collection - Dawn Black, MP
Air Force Association of Canada
Burma Star Veterans Association - BC Chapter
Canadian Military Memorabilia - Tom Williams
Canadian Museum of Flight - RCAF life-size replica
Dutch Institute on War Documentation, display - Netherlands Consulate, Vancouver
"The Girls of the King's Navy" - Author / WWII Veteran Mrs. Rosamond Greer
Glenayre Elementary School - student artwork and performance
Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association
Korea Veterans Association of Canada
"Museum of Military Medicine" display - 12 Medical Company
Nursing Sisters Association of Canada
Royal Canadian Women's Army Corps - WW II Veteran Mary
Royal Engineer Living History Society
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum
Telegraph Club
Veterans Affairs Canada
Western Command Military Vehicle Historical Society - restored vehicles
The Burma Star Association's display was coordianted by Robert Tanner (Secretary), assisted by Herb Lim (Force 136), Gordon Mumford (Merchant Navy), Harold and Maureen Thorp (RCAF 416 Squadron), and B. Mumford (webmaster). The Port Moody Heritage Society provided refreshments (sandwiches, doughnuts, cookies, soft drinks and water) to those participating in the exhibit.
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This page was updated on
March 2, 2009
Images and Text on website © Burma Star BC Branch unless otherwise noted
