Collection

Housser Collection

Title

Leather Dog Tags Belonging to John G. Housser

Name Access

Housser, John G.

Original Owner

John G. Housser

Subject Access

1940s

1930S

Military

Old Boy

WWII

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-Category

Documentary Artifact

Start Date

1936

End Date

1958

Description

A set of two leather dog tags in green and terracotta tied together with white string.

Public Description

A set of prisoner-of-war leather dog tags belonging to John G. Housser. These were given to him when he became a prisoner of Offlag 7B in Germany. 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

Leather

Culture

Old Boys

Number Of Parts

1

Accession No.

2022-749

Type

Artifact

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