KIT, SEWING

Description: WHITE COTTON POUCH, WITH SMALL FLAP LINED WITH PIECE OF GREEN WOOL FABRIC. FLAP HAS TWO COTTON TIES, 23 AND 27CM (L), WHICH TIE AROUND ROLLED-UP POUCH TO SECURE. HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK ON ONE CORNER OF FLAP IS "HACK". POUCH CONTAINS: 1 STEEL THIMBLE, OPEN AT TOP (1.5CM D) AND BOTTOM (2CM D). DIAMOND-CUT ON MOST OF OUTER SURFACE; 1 CARDBOARD SPOOL OF BLACK COATED THREAD. SPOOL (10CM L X 2.4CM W) MANUFACTURED FROM PRINTED HEAVY PAPER. INCLUDES STEEL NEEDLE TUCKED INTO THREAD; 4 ASSORTED BROWN PLASTIC BUTTONS; 8 ASSORTED BLACK PLASTIC BUTTONS; AND 13 ASSORTED WHITE PLASTIC BUTTONS.

History: ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, HERBERT T. HACKER. BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1910; MARRIED LINDA (NIEMAN) IN 1940. LIVED IN NEW WESTMINSTER WHEN SECOND WORLD WAR BROKE OUT. ENLISTED IN WEST COAST WESTMINSTER MOBILE REGIMENT AS AIR RAID WARDEN, THEN IN SEAFORTH REGIMENT. SENT OVERSEAS AND SERVED IN THE NETHERLANDS. WAS INJURED AND TRANSFERRED TO CALGARY HIGHLANDERS REGIMENT, 2ND DIVISION. LATER RECLASSIFIED AS ARMY OF OCCUPATION IN GERMANY 3RD DIVISION (1945). RETURNED HOME IN 1945 AND DISCHARGED IN 1946 AFTER RECOVERING FROM JAUNDIS. WORKED AT LETHBRIDGE IRONWORKS UNTIL RETIRING IN 1978. PASSED AWAY IN 1992 AT AGE 82. HAD FOUR CHILDREN: DONNA, THOMAS, JANICE, AND HEATHER.