Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CWAC

Date

1942

Materials

WOOL, SILK, BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Length

98.5

Width

46.0

Description

KHAKI GREEN. HAS WIDE, POINTED LAPELS AND COLLAR. ON EACH LAPEL IS A LARGE BUTTON HOLE. COAT IS DOUBLE BREASTED. ON EACH SIDE OF FRONT OPENING ARE THREE BUTTON HOLES, AND AT CENTER OF EACH SIDE IS A ROW OF THREE BRASS BUTTONS. EACH BUTTON IS EMBOSSED WITH THE SIDE VIEW OF A WOMAN'S HEAD WEARING A HELMET; EMBOSSED BESIDE THIS IS "CWAC". THERE IS A FLAPPED WELT POCKET ON EACH SIDE OF COAT. ACROSS CENTER BACK IS A STRIP OF FABRIC (WOOL) WITH THREE BUTTONS ON IT (SAME AS ABOVE). ON EACH SHOULDER IS A STRIP OF BROWN MATERIAL THAT BUTTONS TO UPPER SHOULDER WITH SAME TYPE OF BUTTON AS ABOVE. ON LOWER PART OF THIS STRIP IS A BROWN RECTANGLE WITH "C.W.A.C." EMBROIDERED IN YELLOW. ON UPPER PART OF EACH ARM IS A RECTANGLE OF BROWN FABRIC WITH "CANADA" EMBROIDERED IN YELLOW. INSIDE COAT, JUST BELOW COLLAR ON BACK IS A TAG THAT READS "[???] 13 921 PTE. JUBB GA". THERE IS ALSO A TAG INSIDE COAT, ON THE BOTTOM OF RIGHT, FRONT FLAP THAT READS "TIP TOP TAILORS LIMITED SIZE 2C.W.A.C. [? ? ?] BUST [? ?] DATE 1942". INSIDE OF COAT IS LINED WITH KHAKI GREEN SILK OR SATIN.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

SEE P19970073015-GA FOR LEGION HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE LEARNED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: ON AUGUST 22, 2012 GALT STAFF CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH GLADYS JUBB’S DAUGHTER DOROTHY BAEL. ACCORDING TO BAEL, “[MOM] WAS BORN IN THE GRASSY LAKE – PURPLE SPRINGS AREA IN 1922, I BELIEVE. SHE GREW UP THERE AND I BELIEVE AFTER HER OWN DAD DIED AND GRANDMA REMARRIED THEY WERE ON A FARM IN THE BARNWELL AREA. CAUSE I REMEMBER HOW SHE USED TO TALK ABOUT IT, HOW THEY HAD THE PRISONERS OF WAR THAT WERE IN THE CAMP CLOSE TO THE FORTY-THIRD AND THE HIGHWAY AND USED TO COME WORK OUT AT THE FARM. SHE WAS KNOWN AS “BUNTY”, AND THERE’S A STORY BEHIND THAT TOO. MY ONE AUNTY EDNA, AND SHE’S THE ONE YOU SPOKE TO, AND THAT LADY IS NINETY ONE YEARS OLD. YEP. SHE. WHEN MUM WAS SMALL THERE WAS THIS STORY ABOUT LITTLE BABY BUNTING, AND SHE COULDN’T SAY “BUNTING” AND SHE’D SAY “LITTLE BABY BUNTY” AND IT STUCK. AND SHE WAS KNOWN LIKE THAT… SHE LIVED THERE UNTIL SHE WENT INTO THE FORCES. SHE WOULD’VE ONLY BEEN TWENTY WHEN SHE JOINED. I KNOW SHE, SHE WAS STATIONED IN CALGARY. [SHE JUST BARELY MADE IT INTO THE FORCES]. YEAH, CAUSE YOU HAD TO BE FIVE FEET, SHE WAS FIVE AND A QUARTER INCH. SHE JUST BARELY MADE IT! MY AUNT DID SAY SHE HAD WANTED TO GO OVERSEAS BUT SHE, SHE NEVER GOT SENT AND THIS LAWYER DID LOTS OF THINGS LIKE COURT MARSHALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND UM, HE WAS BLIND IN ONE EYE BUT THAT WAS IN THE DAYS THAT YOU HAD PAPER, CARBON, PAPER, CARBON, AND IF SHE EVER MADE A TYPING MISTAKE AND FIXED IT, EVEN WITH HIS ONE EYE HE COULD STILL DETECT IT. [SHE WORKED AS A SECRETARY] THAT’S ALL I KNEW THAT SHE DID. LIKE I SAID, SHE DIDN’T TALK A LOT ABOUT IT. SO I DON’T KNOW IF IT WASN’T A GOOD EXPERIENCE, OR…. YEAH SEE AND THE ONLY ONE WHO WOULD KNOW ANYTHING [ELSE] WOULD BE AUNTY EDNA AND, CAUSE THE OTHER TWO SISTERS AND I DON’T KNOW, THE ONE’S IN VICTORIA AND AUNTY MARION, I THINK SHE MIGHT’VE BEEN TOO YOUNG CAUSE SHE’S NOT THAT MUCH OLDER THAN I AM.” ACCORDING TO GLADYS MALINSKY’S OBITUARY IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD DATED SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1981, “(BUNTY) GLADYS ALBERTA MALINSKY BELOVED WIFE OF BILL MALINSKY OF TABER PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1981 AT THE AGE OF 58 YEARS. BORN IN TABER, BUNTY RECEIVED HER SCHOOLING IN GRASSY LAKE AND BARNWELL. IN 1942 SHE JOINED THE CWAC AND SERVED TILL 1945. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION FOR 30 YEARS.” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING INTERVIEW, TRANSCRIPTION AND SERVICE RECORDS, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20000047007

Acquisition Date

2000-12

Collection

Museum

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