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1935-2024 (Creation)
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- Moyes, Ronald
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4 cm textual records
6 photographs : b&w and col. ; multiple processes ; multiple dimensions
1 DVD-R : 2.46 GB of digital video materials
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Ronald Moyes was born in Vancouver on February 11th, 1926. His family moved to North Road, Coquitlam in 1929. Moyes attended Mountain View School and Coquitlam Junior High. He left Coquitlam in 1943, when training for the Royal Canadian Airforce took him first to Edmonton and then Quebec. Moyes served in the Second World War, and subsequent to the war continued his career in the RCAF in various roles around Canada and abroad. In 1974, Moyes left the RCAF to join the RCMP Forensic Laboratory as a firearms Technician. He retired in 1989. Ron passed on January 4 2025.
Custodial history
The records were in the possession of the donor up until the point of transfer to the Archives.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of a copy of Ronald Moyes' video interview with Veteran's Affairs on CD; 1 handwritten narrative by Ronald Moyes titled "Coquitlam in the 30s and Beyond" and a letter to Archivist J. Sanford that details Ron's childhood ; four versions of the "Coming Home...on a Wing and a Prayer" booklet written by Ronald Moyes; photographs; order of service for Blue Mountain Union Church; and newspaper clippings.