RIBBON, COMMEMORATIVE

Description: 1. RIBBON. RECTANGULAR, BLUE. TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE PINKED. A DECORATIVE GOLD DESIGN IS PRINTED AT TOP EDGE. BELOW THIS IS THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION LOGO IN GOLD. BELOW THIS READS "GENERAL STEWART BRANCH NO. 4 LETHBRIDGE 13TH ANNUAL TATTOO 1999 SALUTE TO 75TH ANNIVERSARY R.C.A.F." IN GOLD. A WHITE STICKER ON BACK OF RIBBON READS "REHABILITATION SOCIETY LETHBRIDGE, AB 329-3911" IN BLUE. 2. PIN. 0.9CM(H) X 2.5CM(L) X 2.0CM(W). TIN. ROUND. BACK OF PIN AND CLASP ARE GOLD COLOURED. ON FRONT OF PIN, PERIMETER IS DARK BLUE AND EMBOSSED WITH "ROYAL CANDIAN LEGION LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA". INSIDE PERIMETER IS THE IMAGE OF A PLANE OVERTOP A BLUE SKY. JUST BELOW THIS ARE WHITE CLOUDS. EMBOSSED ON TOP OF CLOUDS IS "R.C.A.F. 75TH ANNIVERSARY TATTOO 1999". ACROSS CENTER OF PIN IS THE IMAGE OF A YELLOW BANNER; EMBOSSED ON BANNER IS "GENERAL STEWART BRANCH NO.4".

History: SEE P19990020001-GA FOR HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A PAIR OF BOXER SHORTS DONATED BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, BRANCH #4. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. ALLAN MCKAGUE WAS BORN IN WEYBURN, SK ON JANUARY 4, 1919, THE SON OF LAWSON AND BEATRICE MCKAGUE (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). ON MAY 10, 1942, HE WAS MARRIED TO HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART NORMA DAHL AND THE COUPLE CELEBRATED THEIR 63RD ANNIVERSARY IN 2005. ACCORDING TO ALLAN’S OBITUARY, HE “TRAINED AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC IN BURBANK, CA MOVING TO VANCOUVER TO WORK FOR BOEING AIRCRAFT. HE LATER SERVED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY AT BOTH PETAWAWA AND KINGSTON, ON PRIOR TO BEING DEPLOYED TO LONDON, ENGLAND. AFTER THE WAR ALLAN WORKED IN MCKAGUE’S GENERAL STORE IN VICEROY, SK AND LATER FOR CONFEDERATION LINE.” ALLAN AND NORMA MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1972, WHERE ALLAN WORKED AT BENY’S CHEV OLDS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1984. ALLAN PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87 ON MARCH 6, 2006. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.