Collection

Housser Collection

Title

Unfinished Yarn Sweater by John G. Housser

Name Access

Housser, John G.

Original Owner

John G. Housser

Subject Access

WWII

Clothing

1940s

Old Boy

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

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