Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
AFB
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Description area
Dates of existence
August 20th, 1917 - November 26th, 2015
History
AFB was born in London, England and raised in Montreal, Quebec. During WWII, he joined the Royal Canadian Armed Forces and served overseas as part of the Bomber Command. After the war, he earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal and subsequently got a job with Cominco Ltd. (currently Teck) in Trail, British Columbia. The job at Cominco involved transfers that took AFB to Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver, where he would live until the end of his life at South Granville Park Lodge.