Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1939

Date Range To

1945

Materials

WOOL, COTTON, STEEL, PAPER

No. Pieces

2

Description

1. PANTS: 114CM (L) X 55CM (W). GREEN WOOL PANTS HAVE NO WAISTBAND, FOUR LARGE BELT LOOPS, A SEAM POCKET ON EITHER SIDE, A PATCH POCKET ON THE RIGHT LEG AND A LARGE FLAP POCKET ON THE LEFT LEG. WAIST HAS THREE BUTTON FLY WITH FLY FRONT CLOSING OVER TOP. HAVE CREASES DOWN CENTRE OF LEG. CUFFS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM OUTSIDE AND HAVE TWO STEEL GREEN PAINTED BUTTONS ON EITHER SIDE OF OUTSIDE SEAM, AND A TAB COMING FROM INSIDE SEAM WITH THE SAME BUTTON AT THE TAB'S BUTTONHOLE. ON BACK OF PANTS ARE ALSO CREASES. BACK RIGHT OF PANTS HAS BACK POCKET WITH FLAP COVER. HAS STEEL BUTTONS AS ON BOTTOM OF LEGS ON TOP OF BELT LOOPS AND THREE ACROSS MIDDLE OF BACK WAISTBAND. INSIDE NO LINING EXCEPT ALONG WAIST AND POCKETS ARE COTTON. HAS BLACK ARROW STAMPED ALONG BACK RIGHT OF WAIST INSIDE AND MEASUREMENTS ALONG RIGHT POCKET. HAS HOLE ALONG THE FRONT LEFT CREASE AT KNEE AND ON POCKET. SOME SOILING AT LEFT FRONT KNEE. MINOR WEAR OF MATERIAL THROUGHOUT. 2. JACKET: 56CM (L) X 50CM (W). GREEN WOOL BATTLE DRESS JACKET HAS SQUARE NOTCHED LAPEL. HAS FLAP BREAST POCKETS ON EITHER SIDE WITH TWO INVERTED PLEATS. HAS SAME BUTTONS AS ON PANTS WITH FIVE DOWN FRONT AND ONLY THE BOTTOM THREE HAVE BUTTON HOLES. WAISTBAND IS BELT WHICH BUCKLES WITH STEEL BUCKLE TO THE RIGHT. SLEEVES HAVE TABS THAT EXTEND FROM SHOULDER SEAM TO TOP AND FASTEN WITH A STEEL BUTTON. AT BASE OF TAB ON RIGHT SHOULDER IS BLUE BADGE THAT IS EMBROIDERED YELLOW "R.C.E.M.E. CANADA". AND BELOW IS GREEN WITH WHITE "USA". OPPOSITE SHOULDER IS THE SAME. CUFFS FASTEN WITH ONE COVERED BUTTON, AND HAVE FOUR KNIFE PLEATS ON EACH WRIST. ON BOTTOM OF LEFT SLEEVE IS BADGE THAT IS GREEN WITH WHITE AND BLACK EMBROIDERY THAT READS "M.T" WITH A WHEEL WITH WINGS THROUGH IT. ON LEFT BREAST POCKET IS A LONG PIN THAT IS GOLD IN COLOUR AT LEFT AND HAVE COLOURED STRIPED PAPER WITH PLASTIC OVER TOP ON THE REST. BACK HAS SEAM DOWN CENTRE AND A KNIFE PLEAT ON EITHER SIDE. INSIDE POCKETS ARE COTTON. LEFT POCKET HAS BLACK ARROW STAMPED ON IT, RIGHT POCKET HAS "7133" WRITTEN IN INK, AND BELOW "7 BATTLEDRESS BLOUSES SERGE HEIGHT 5FT 7 TO 8 BR 35-36 WST 30-31 J. ELKIN CO. LIMITED OCT. 1943 FARNHAM, QUE.". FOUND IN LEFT BREAST POCKET IS GREEN STICK OF WRIGLEY'S DOUBLEMINT GUM AND HALF USED GRIM REAPER PACK OF MATCHES. SOME MINOR SOILING AND WEAR OF MATERIAL.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

WORN BY DONOR IN WORLD WAR II, WAS IN THE MOTOR TRANSPORT CORP. GUM WAS REMOVED FROM WRAPPER. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE LEARNED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: ACCORDING TO THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, “W. H. “BILL” PERRY PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 17, 1998. PERRY WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 28, 1922. UPON RETURNING FROM OVERSEAS AFTER WWII HE MARRIED LUCILLE MCKANNA IN 1945 AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED IN THE CHIN AREA AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY. IN 1948 THEY RETIRED, SETTLING IN COALDALE IN 1991 AND TOGETHER THEY TRAVELED.” ACCORDING TO THE LEGION MAGAZINE ONLINE “WILLIAM PERRY SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR TWO, AND WAS ISSUED THE SERVICE NUMBER M106357.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19950066010

Acquisition Date

1995-09

Collection

Museum

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