Photo of Newspaper Clipping with Heading "Whitby Men in Casualty List"

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A black and white photograph of a newspaper clipping with the headline "Whitby Men in Casualty List".

This photograph is on the front of the tenth leaf of Alex Brown's album. This leaf has 4 pockets for photos on each side. In the top left pocket is a group photo of Bud Dilling, Bud Heard and Bud Bragg standing outside. The top right photo is of James Bud Heard. At bottom left is a photo of a Newspaper Clipping with the headline "Whitby Men in Casualty List" and bottom right is Vernon Bud Dilling.

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Alex Brown is a local Whitby area veteran. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Legion.

The newspaper article is about Bud Heard. Exact date of article unknown. Publication also unknown.

James Leslie "Bud" Heard was born at Whitby in 1917 and died at Oshawa in 2000. He is buried at St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Whitby. He served in the Royal Canadian Artillery in France and Germany during the Second World War and was wounded in France in 1944. Bud Heard operated Heard's Garage and Heard's Taxi in Whitby. The garage was closed in 1970 and the taxi company was sold in 1978. Bud Heard was a member of the Whitby Volunteer Fire Department from 1946 to 1972. As well, he was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Whitby Branch.

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WHITBY MEN IN CASUALTY LIST
Thomas Marshall Reported Missing-Private "Bud" Heard Wounded
On Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Heard, Mary Street, were advised from Ottawa that their son, Gunner J. L. "Bud" Heard, was wounded in action on the 13th of July and that further particulars would be forwarded later. There was no indication to say where he was fighting when wounded but his parents surmise that he was in France. "Bud" enlisted two years ago last April in a R.C.A. unit, and frequent letters from him have come from overseas. The Whitby War Effort Committee got a card not long ago from him acknowledging receipt of cigarettes. The popular young soldier's many friends in Whitby are hoping that his wounds are not serious and that he will soon recover.

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