Housser 1933 - XIV Banner
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- Material
- Cloth
- Description
- A navy triangular banner with a white patch with the black numerals "XIV" (14).
- Collection
- Housser Collection
- Title
- XIV Banner Belonging to John G. Housser
- Name Access
- Housser, John G.
- Original Owner
- John G. Housser
- Category
- Personal Artifacts
- Sub-Category
- Personal Symbol
- Start Date
- 1936
- End Date
- 1958
- Description
- A navy triangular banner with a white patch with the black numerals "XIV" (14).
- Public Description
- A banner belonging to John G. Housser from WWII. 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
- Cloth
- Culture
- Old Boys
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Accession No.
- 2022-741
- Type
- Artifact