Housser 1933 - Sweater
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- Material
- Yarn
- Description
- Two large yarn squares made mainly of brown, white, and black yarn, with a trim of red and green yarn.
- Collection
- Housser Collection
- Title
- Unfinished Yarn Sweater by John G. Housser
- Name Access
- Housser, John G.
- Original Owner
- John G. Housser
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- Clothing - Outerwear
- Start Date
- 1942
- End Date
- 1945
- Description
- Two large yarn squares made mainly of brown, white, and black yarn, with a trim of red and green yarn.
- Public Description
- An unfinished sweater made by John G. Housser while in Germany between 1942 to 1945 as a prisoner-of-war. Between 1936 and 1937, Housser served as Second Lieutenant of the Royal Grenadiers, and, in 1938, he joined the Royal Regiment of Canada. He volunteered for active military service in 1939, serving in Iceland's "Z" Force (1940), in England (1941-1942), and at the battle of Dieppe in France (1942). In 1942, Housser was taken as a Prisoner-of War and detained in Eichstätt, Germany in Offlag 7B until the end of the Second World War in 1945.
- Material
- Yarn
- Culture
- Old Boys
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 2022-740
- Type
- Artifact