Thomas Graham
Graham was born in Toronto in 1914, where he attended Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute and St. Michael's College School. After working briefly as a milkman, he joined the Toronto Police Service in 1937, in the traffic division. He took a leave of absence during World War II to serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1941 to 1944. After returning to the police force, he resigned in 1947 in order to manage a hardware store and engineering supply firm.