Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

WEDGE CAP - W W II - RCAF

Date

1943

Materials

WOOL, BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

3.2

Length

31

Width

12.2

Description

BLUE WOOL WEDGE CAP, WITH BRASS RCAF HAT BADGE ON LEFT SIDE. STAMPED INSIDE "ROGERS-RAYMAN IND. TORONTO 7 3/8 1943".

Subjects

CLOTHING-HEADWEAR

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

DONOR BORN ON FARM NEAR LIVELONG, MARCH 1920. ENLISTED AT 19 DURING HARVEST TIME; HIS FATHER DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GO BECAUSE HE NEEDED HIS HELP TO TAKE THE FIELD OFF. DONOR WENT TO REGINA AND JOINED ARMY; COULD NOT SHOOT STRAIGHT SO ENLISTED IN R.C.A.F. (1940). HE HAD TO MARCH THE OTHER RECRUITS BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN UNIFORM (ARMY), FOR APPROX. 3 WEEKS. THE FIRST DRAFT FROM THE SCHOOL WAS SENT TO LETHBRIDGE NO. 8 BOMBING & GUNNERY SCHOOL, AND WERE USED TO MAKE UP GROUND PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO RUN SCHOOL. DONOR WAS A FIREFIGHTER WITH THE NO. 8, AND REMAINED AT THE SCHOOL UNTIL ITS CLOSURE IN OCTOBER 1944. HE WAS DISCHARGED IN REGINA IN 1945 AS A SERGEANT.

Catalogue Number

P19970076001

Acquisition Date

1997-08

Collection

Museum

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