PAIR OF DRAB WOOL SERGE BATTLE DRESS TROUSERS, W/ 5 POCKETS, BUTTON FLY & MARKED "SIZE 7, BATTLE DRESS, TROUSERS SERGE,..WAIST.., NOV, 1944". CANADIAN MANUFACTURER INK MARKING OF AN ARROW WITHIN A "C" ON WAISTBAND.
GRAY T-SHIRT, RIBBED COLLAR. "2001 ALBERTA SENIORS GAMES" SILK SCREENED ONTO LEFT BREAST. LABEL INSIDE COLLAR HAS STICKER "18.00". LABEL TEXT "FRUIT OF THE LOOM" SIZE "XL"
RED SHORT SLEEVED, COLLARED SHIRT. LEFT BREAST POCKET. "2001 ALBERTA SENIORS GAMES" EMBROIDERED RIGHT BREAST. "CHAIR" EMBROIDERED ON CUFF RIGHT SLEEVE. "SOUTHLAND ST. PATRICK'S CREDIT UNION" LOGO ON RIGHT SLEEVE. "CANADA SPORTSWEAR" ON LABEL INSIDE COLLAR.
BRIGHT ROYAL BLUE NYLON VEST WITH FOUR PLASTIC BUTTONS AT FRONT CLOSURE. ON LEFT BREAST IS TEAL PATCH, WITH PARTIAL BLUE RECTANGLE, PARTIAL YELLOW SUN, AND "AGT" PRINTED AT BOTTOM. VEST HAS TAG INSIDE NECK READING "FLAG WEAR". SIZE SMALL.
COTTON DENIM, DARK BLUE 1 PIECE PAIR OF COVERALLS. TORN IN PLACES, STAINED. 6 OUTER BODY POCKETS; 2 SLASH OPENINGS AT HIPS. SEVERE TEARS BELOW RIGHT KNEE AND BELOW LEFT SIDE WAISTLINE. SEVERAL MINOR TEARS & NIPS THROUGHOUT.
CANADIAN AIRFORCE ISSUE WORKING COVERALLS. DONOR TRAINED AT LETHBRIDGE NO. 8 BOMBING & GUNNERY SCHOOL AS PART OF BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN DURING WWII. SEE P19920045006-GA FOR DONOR HISTORY.
.1 BLOUSE. COTTON, EMBROIDERY FLOSS. NATURAL, RED. SIZE: LADIES MEDIUM. BLOUSE IS MACHINE STITCHED NATURAL UNBLEACHED COTTON WITH RED EMBROIDERED DESIGN ON LOWER PORTION OF SLEEVES, CUFFS, COLLAR, FRONT PLACKET AND SHOULDERS. FULL PUFFED SLEEVE. 3 SNAP FASTENERS ON BLOUSE FRONT, 2 ON EACH CUFF.
.2 VEST. WOVEN COTTON. SIZE: MEDIUM. VEST IS MACHINE AND HAND SEWN WOVEN COTTON. PLEATED FROM WAIST DOWN. 5 HOOK AND EYE FRONT CLOSURE.
SIZE: MEDIUM. HANDMADE. UKRAINIAN FLORAL & GEOMETRIC PATTERNS DONE IN TRADITIONAL CROSS-STITCH ON WHITE. PINK CROCHET THREAD USED AT NECK TO MAKE LOOPED PATTERN TO THREAD A DRAWSTRING. DRAWSTRING MADE OF INTERTWINED PINK, RED & GREEN THREAD WITH 2 POMPONS AT ENDS OF PINK, GREEN, RED, WHITE, WINE & ORANGE. ELBOW LENGTH SLEEVES, GATHERED WITH ELASTIC & TRIMMED WITH PINK CROCHET.
NAVY BLUE WOOL/POLYESTER BLEND BLAZER. PALE BLUE SYNTHETIC LINING. FRONT BUTTON CLOSURE; BUTTONS MISSING FROM FRONT AND SLEEVES. BADGE STITCHED TO LEFT BREAST POCKET, WITH "MEMORIAM EORUM RETINEBIMUS LEGION". TWO FRONT LOWER POCKETS WITH FLAPS. TAG INSIDE COLLAR WITH "COUNTRY SQUIRE". ALSO TAG INSIDE LEFT SIDE WITH "TAILORED BY COUNTRY SQUIRE"; WASHING INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.
MEN'S IVORY TROUSERS. HAS TWO SIDE POCKETS, AND TWO WELT POCKETS ON THE BACK. BOTTOM OF LEGS ARE TURNED UP AND PRESSED. INSIDE WAISTBAND ARE 4 PATCHES OF LIGHT BROWN VELVETEEN? A WHITE TAG INSIDE WAISTBAND, WITH BROWN EMBROIDERY, READS "CORNWALL PANTS NONE MADE BETTER". WRITTEN INSIDE PANTS, ON ONE OF THE POCKETS, IS "ROTH". ABOVE THIS IS A TAG THAT READS "ASCOT ENGLISH STYLE SLACKS 100% WOOL".
.1 BLOUSE. COTTON, EMBROIDERY FLOSS. NATURAL, TAN. SIZE: LADIES SMALL. BLOUSE IS MACHINE STITCHED NATURAL UNBLEACHED COTTON WITH TAN EMBROIDERED DESIGN ON LOWER PORTION OF SLEEVES, CUFFS, COLLAR AND FRONT PLACKET FULL PUFFED SLEEVE. 1 SNAP FASTENER ON EACH CUFF. 2 SNAP FASTENERS ON FRONT PLACKET. SNAPS ON CUFFS HAVE RUSTED SLIGHTLY.
.2 VEST. WOVEN COTTON. GOLD, BROWN, TAN, BLUE, BLACK. SIZE SMALL. VEST IS BOTH MACHINE AND HAND STITCHED WOVEN COTTON. PLEATED FROM WAIST DOWN. 5 HOOK & EYES FRONT CLOSURES. ARMHOLES AND NECKLINE FINISHED WITH BIASED TAPE
WOOL, AIR FORCE BLUE. INSIDE ON LINING "J.E. LITTON SGT R 196362 ACASTER" IN INK. 5 BUTTON FLY. "FREED & FREED WINNIPEG" STAMPED ON LINING. STRAIGHT LEG PANTS ARE WORN & SOILED. 2 OUTSIDE SLASH POCKETS AT HIPS. 12 RUSTED STEEL BUTTONS AROUND WAISTBAND FOR SUSPENDERS. INSIDE OF WAISTBAND HAS MARKINGS.
DRESS OR PARADE UNIFORM OF ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. DONOR TRAINED AT LETHBRIDGE NO. 8 BOMBING & GUNNERY SCHOOL WHICH WAS 1 OF MANY BASES ACROSS CANADA THAT TRAINED AIR CREW FOR W.W.II AS PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN. SEE P19920045001-GA FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORY.
SURPLICE IS AN ANGLICAN PRIEST'S GARMENT WHICH BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
.1 SIZE 38. FOUR BRASS BUTTON FRONT. EMBOSSED ON BUTTONS: "CROWN (ARTILLERY GUN)". RED SHOULDER EPAULETTES ARTILLERY D IN WHITE COTTON. LARGE CUFFS ON SLEEVES ARE TURNED DOWN & COMING LOOSE. NARROW ELASTIC BAND AT BACK OF NECK. EPAULETTE HAS OUTLINE OF CROWN PIP (MAJOR). ONE LARGE POCKET AT WAIST ON RIGHT SIDE AND ONE SMALL INSIDE POCKET ON INSIDE LEFT BREAST. COLLAR HAS METAL CLASP.
.2. HANDKERCHIEF: 3CM (L) X 41CM (L). WHITE LINEN, WITH SIX SILK STRIPES. MACHINE WOVEN INTO BORDER. STAINED, AND BADLY CREASED FROM PREVIOUS STORAGE IN COAT POCKET.