Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1942

Date Range To

1945

Materials

STEEL, BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.4

Length

46.6

Width

5.7

Description

SERIES OF STEEL BRACKETS FOR AMMUNITION, LINKED INTO BAND 2.6CM W. EACH PIECE HAS EITHER "MSB1" OR "PBB1" ON SIDE. SHAPED TO HOLD BRASS BULLET SHELLS. BASE OF SHELLS STAMPED EITHER "DA 1942 VII"; "DC G IV Z 1942"; OR "DA 1943 VII", ALL WITH "C" ENCIRCLING ARROW. CORROSION ON SOME OF BRASS CASINGS.

Subjects

ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

MILITARY

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.

Catalogue Number

P19970106008

Acquisition Date

1998-09

Collection

Museum

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