Collection

Housser Collection

Title

Letter to Housser Family in 1942

Name Access

Housser, John G.

Original Owner

John G. Housser

Subject Access

1940s

Letters

Documents

Old Boy

Military

WWII

Category

Documents

Sub-Category

Documentary Artifact

Start Date

1942

Description

A letter and envelope. Letter is handwriten in black ink.

Public Description

A letter sent to John G. Housser's family when he was captured by the Germans in 1942. 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

Paper

Number Of Parts

1

Accession No.

2022-744

Type

Artifact

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