OVERCOAT

Description: DARK GREEN WOOL COAT HAS NOTCH LAPEL WITH STRAIGHT SLEEVES. EPAULET RUNS FROM SHOULDER SEAM TO UNDER COLLAR WHERE IT NARROWS. ON EACH SLEEVE IS GREEN MATERIAL BADGE THAT HAS EMBROIDERED IN BROWN "CANADA", BELOW IS CORPORAL RANK. IS DOUBLE BREASTED WITH GOLD COLOUR BUTTONS THAT READ "CANADA HONI-SOIT-DUI-MAL-Y-PENSE" WITH MAPLE LEAF AND CROWN. HAS WELT SIDE POCKET WITH STRAIGHT FLAP COVER. BACK HAS SLIT UP MIDDLE AT BOTTOM TO TWO BUTTONS. HAS BACK BELT WITH THREE BUTTONS ON IT. INSIDE IS GREEN COTTON LINING TO ABOUT MID-REGION. HAS WHITE TAG ON RIGHT INSIDE SEAM READS "DEVONSHIRE CLOTHS SIZE 8 HEIGHT 5'9-5'11 BREAST 41-43 TORONTO-CANADA 1941-42". WOOL HAS A FEW SMALL BURN HOLES, SOILED SPOTS AND IS WORN.

History: BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, WARNER C. JOCHEM. FOR MORE HISTORY SEE P19950054001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE LEARNED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. WARNER COATES JOCHEM WAS BORN ON MAY 11, 1909 IN THE TOWN OF WARNER. ACCORDING TO WARNER JOCHEM IN THE MILK RIVER AND DISTRICT HISTORY BOOK, JOCHEM ENLISTED IN THE WWII EFFORTS IN 1940 AND SPENT SEVEN MONTHS STATIONED IN CALGARY WITH THE INFANTRY. IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD WE READ THAT JOCHEM, WHO WAS A GUNNER AT THE TIME, WAS GRANTED A FEW DAYS LEAVE FROM CALGARY TO SPEND WITH HIS FAMILY AROUND THANKSGIVING 1940. JOCHEM’S OBITUARY INDICATES THAT HE WAS DISCHARGED DUE TO A BACK PROBLEM. JOCHEM SURVIVED THE WAR AND RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN MILK RIVER. JOCHEM PASSED AWAY IN TABER ON NOVEMBER 10, 1990. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.