Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

MILITARY UNIFORM

Date Range From

1914

Date Range To

1918

Materials

LEATHER, BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Length

108.6

Width

1.2

Description

EQUIPPED WITH SERPENTINE BUCKLE, 2 LEATHER SLIDING KEEPERS AND ADJUSTABLE BUCKLE. INKED ON INSIDE "JOHN H. FOZARD" "BILLY TAYLOR" "2" "13" STAMPED ON INSIDE OF BELT. "HUGH CARSON LIMITED OTTAWA" ON TONGUE. "C ARROW UPRIGHT" ON TONGUE.

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

IN USE DURING W.W.1 *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE LEARNED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: ACCORDING TO THE CANADIAN GREAT WAR PROJECT ONLINE, WILLIAM FOZARD WAS A DRIVER SERVING IN THE 61ST BATTERY OF THE CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY. AS EVIDENCED BY HIS ATTESTATION PAPER FOR THE CANADIAN OVER-SEAS EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, FOZARD WAS BORN ON JULY 17, 1894. HE ATTESTED ON APRIL 3RD 1916 IN LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 21. THERE IS NO RECORD OF WILLIAM FOZARD IN LETHBRIDGE AFTER 1929. FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING SERVICE RECORDS FROM LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* IN 2019 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A RAZOR DONATED BY C. N. FRASER. RESEARCH USING THE GALT ARCHIVES AND THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARCHIVAL DATABASE FOUND THAT THE DONOR WAS CARL N. FRASER. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON MAY 3, 1991, FRASER WAS BORN IN BARRIE, ONTARIO IN 1906. HE ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1909 WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION. THE OBITUARY STATES, "CARL WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1971." HE LOST HIS FIRST WIFE, FREDA MAY "QUEENIE" FRASER (NEE SHORTO), IN 1943. A LETHBRIDGE HERALD NEWS ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 26, 1943 DESCRIBES THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DEATH. THE COUPLE HAS THREE CHILDREN, ROBERT "BOB" BOYD, NEILSON "NEIL" MCGREGOR, AND MURIEL JEAN GOIAN. FRASER'S SECOND WIFE WAS NAMED SARAH "SADIE" FRASER. CARL N. FRASER PASSED AWAY IN ON MAY 1, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS. INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAMILY WAS LEARNED FROM THE DONOR'S DAUGHTER, MURIEL GOIAN, DURING THE 2012 COLLECTIONS SURVEY OF MILITARY ARTIFACTS. FOR THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672486000. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672476000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES REFERENCED ABOVE AND CLIPPINGS FROM THE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH.

Catalogue Number

P19705432000

Acquisition Date

1970-03

Collection

Museum

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