11 Mechanic Street
John Benedict “Jack” Flahiff
John Flahiff and Eleanor Rose Nellie Fleming lived at 11 Mechanic and had eight children, including five sons. One son, George Flahiff, became a Roman Catholic cardinal, but four sons served during the Second World War.
The youngest son, John Benedict “Jack” Flahiff was born in 1926 in Paris. He attended Paris District High School and enlisted with the Royal Canadian Regiment, 1st Canadian Division. During the Italian campaign, he was captured by the Germans and sent to Stalag VII-A, one of the largest prisoner-of war-camps in Germany. He was freed unharmed following the war and married Louise Smith, of Bell Island, Newfoundland. He worked as a salesman in York County and died at Sunnybrook Hospital in 2008. He is buried in Thornhill in York Regional Municipality.
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