UNIFORM, MILITARY

Description: DRAB WOOL SHORT-WAISTED BATTLE DRESS JACKET W/ 2 BREAST POCKETS, 5 BUTTON FRONT CLOSURE, & WAIST BELT W/ BUCKLE. 2 EPAULETS WITH 3 DIAMOND PIPS OF WHITE & BROWN COTTON EMBROIDERED ON RED WOOL BACKING. PIPS DENOTE CAPTAINS RANK. HEAVY BLUE & RED COTTON SHOULDER TITLES "2 A/T RCA". WHITE EMBROIDERED "CANADA" TITLE ON KHAKI WOOL ON EITHER SLEEVE. BLUE WOOL SHOULDER FLASHES DENOTES 2ND CANADIAN INFANTRY DIVISION. SERVICE CHEVRON=9 YRS

History: BELONGED TO CAPTAIN ROSS R. JOHNSON, WHO SERVED WITH THE 20TH ANTI-TANK BATTERY (ATB) FROM SEPTEMBER 1939 TO OCTOBER 1945. THE 20TH ATB, 2ND ANTI-TANK DIVISION, WAS THE FIRST UNIT RAISED IN LETHBRIDGE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, ALONG WITH THE 39TH AND 112TH FIELD BATTERIES, AND THE 6TH FIELD PARK COMPANY ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS. AS A MEMBER OF THE 20TH ATB JOHNSON WOULD HAVE SEEN ACTION IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE, BEFORE THE UNIT WAS DISBANDED IN THE FALL OF 1945. LETHBRIDGE 20TH FIELD ARTILLERY IN NOVEMBER 1939 CHANGED TO 20TH ANTI-TANK BATTERY, 2ND ANTI-TANK DIVISION. DEMOBILIZED AND REFORMED AS LETHBRIDGE 20TH FIELD ARTILLERY STARTED WITH 2 POUNDERS ARTILLERY PIECES, MOVED TO 6 POUNDERS THEN TO 17 POUNDERS "DIRECT LAY" ARTILLERY (HAD TO SEE TARGET) DONOR JOINED AFTER FORMATION (1940) AND "DE-MOB" IN LETHBRIDGE.