Item GM-PH-5250 (1)-(3) - Dr. Gordon Bicum and cairn erected in his memory

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Dr. Gordon Bicum and cairn erected in his memory

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  • copied 1983 (originally created 1940?-1967) (Creation)

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3 photographs: prints, b&w, 25 x 20 cm

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Vera Wyshynski loaned these records for copying to the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan in 1983: S83-51 (April 12, 1983).

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Head and shoulders portrait of Dr. Gordon Bicum in his uniform as a medical officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force and images of the cairn erected in 1967 by the Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources in his memory, located west of Elstow on Highway 16.

The wording on the cairn is as follows: Erected June 25, 1967, in honour of Gordon Bicum, medical doctor, in appreciation of his 43 years faithful service to Elstow and surrounding communities. Dr. Bicum was born in Kent County, Ontario, in 1894. He graduated in 1922 from Queen's University, Kingston, as a gold medalist. He served in the Medical Corps during the First World War and as a medical officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1941-1945. He practiced in Elstow from 1924 till his death June 24, 1967. He was respected and loved by all.

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