Frederick Mead

Frederick John Mead, also known as F.J. Mead, (born April 29, 1889 in Sible Hedingham, England; died September 9, 1961 in Vancouver, BC) was an RCMP officer and a lieutenant in World War I. Assistant Commissioner Mead was one of the three men in charge of the British Columbia Security Commission, tasked with overseeing the uprooting and early internment. Mead was broadly supportive of Japanese Canadians, arguing that they presented no security threat. (Source: Kimura Appendix)

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Surname	Mead
Forename	Frederick
AddName	John
Regularized Name	Frederick Mead

Collections

Oral Histories (1)

Tom Shoyama, interviewed by Ann Sunahara, 31 December 2022

Other Archival Files (7)

Document: Japanese Registration Form

Halford Wilson Correspondence 1940 - 2

Japanese Division [Department of Labour]

File J-25-1: Japanese Canadians (1940)

RG36-27 VOLUME 03

H.L. Keenleyside to W. L. Mackenzie King [Re: Tenth Recommendation of the Special Committee on Orientals]

F.J. Mead, Assistant Commissioner, 1942

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Organizations (1)

British Columbia Security Commission

Places (1)

Tashme

Shared Surnames

Mead

Name	See also
Mead
Frederick Mead

Terminology

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