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 gold and brown medal at the front there is a flower and torch, the markings around the edges read "British columbia Winter Games 1981" at the back there are wheat designs by the edges with markings that read "PRINCE GEORGE MARCH 5.6.7.8" It is attached onto a red white and blue ribbon.
There is a card attached to the ribbon that lists the information of the competitor "BRITISH COLUMBIA WINTER GAMES Prince George '81 Kevin Mellor Karate P.G.S.S. ZN7," and markings at the back that read "714 938 057"
Attached under the card there is a purple ribbon that has markings that read "B.C. WINTER GAMES ZONE 7 ATHLETE PRINCE GEORGE 1981"
A gold and brown medal at the front there is a flower and torch, the markings around the edges read "British columbia Winter Games 1981" at the back there are wheat designs by the edges with markings that read "PRINCE GEORGE MARCH 5.6.7.8" It is attached onto a red white and blue ribbon.
There is a card attached to the ribbon that lists the information of the competitor "BRITISH COLUMBIA WINTER GAMES Prince George '81 Kevin Mellor Karate P.G.S.S. ZN7," and markings at the back that read "714 938 057"
Attached under the card there is a purple ribbon that has markings that read "B.C. WINTER GAMES ZONE 7 ATHLETE PRINCE GEORGE 1981"
