Brown Canadian Army Soldier's Service and Paybook. For Moses Williams.
Physical Condition
Poor
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Worn out
Accession Number
2019.62.11
Biographical Notes
Moses Williams attended the Kitamaat Village Day School, and then the Coqualeetza Residential School until the age of fifteen. Army recruiters conscripted Haisla men into the Canadian Army and Moses went in 1945. He was sent by train to the Canadian Forces' training camp at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. He never shipped out overseas and the war ended. Moses and his wife Kay married in 1950, shortly after she arrived to teach at Kitamaat. They moved to Terrace in 1964. Moses worked as a carpenter, brick layer and fisherman. His wife Kay taught at Northwest Community College.
A dark blue summer postal worker hat. it has a mesh top with a denim brim. there is a gold metal emblem, it has a wreath of maple leaves with a crown at the top, there are markings that read "CPO 5" There is a white tag inside with more information of the hat
A dark blue summer postal worker hat. it has a mesh top with a denim brim. there is a gold metal emblem, it has a wreath of maple leaves with a crown at the top, there are markings that read "CPO 5" There is a white tag inside with more information of the hat
A dark blue shearling winter postal worker hat. it has black fuzzy flaps that has strings tied at the top. the front flap has two holes to attach the gold emblem onto it. inside has a white tag with more information.
A dark blue shearling winter postal worker hat. it has black fuzzy flaps that has strings tied at the top. the front flap has two holes to attach the gold emblem onto it. inside has a white tag with more information.
