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.
An Aluminum calling card for a radio operator. The front has information: "CANADA H.A. "Herb" Turner 23 Stein Street, Kitimat, B.C. Operating from the ALCAN BOOTH at the KITIMAT LIONS TRADE FAIR may 30, 31, June 1, 1968 VE7WI ALUMINUM COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD." the back has spaces to write radio information.
An Aluminum calling card for a radio operator. The front has information: "CANADA H.A. "Herb" Turner 23 Stein Street, Kitimat, B.C. Operating from the ALCAN BOOTH at the KITIMAT LIONS TRADE FAIR may 30, 31, June 1, 1968 VE7WI ALUMINUM COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD." the back has spaces to write radio information.