Black ribbon with silver text rading "Canada Honours Year of the Veteran 2005. Top has gold crest with maple leaf in centre and crown on top with text Memoriam Eorum Retinebimus Legion. Bottom has image of gold maple leaf and red poppy.
Black ribbon with silver text rading "Canada Honours Year of the Veteran 2005. Top has gold crest with maple leaf in centre and crown on top with text Memoriam Eorum Retinebimus Legion. Bottom has image of gold maple leaf and red poppy.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
fabric
Width
5cm
Length
17.5cm
Accession Number
2019.62.7
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.
Photograph of - back row L-R Brian M. Graydon public works officer, Sargeant Dan Fisher RCMP, Aubrey Creed fire chief, Chris R. Lawther planning officer. Bottom row Allan S. Sanderson - assesser, A.C. Currie municipal manager, Harald K. Hall treasurer.
Photograph of - back row L-R Brian M. Graydon public works officer, Sargeant Dan Fisher RCMP, Aubrey Creed fire chief, Chris R. Lawther planning officer. Bottom row Allan S. Sanderson - assesser, A.C. Currie municipal manager, Harald K. Hall treasurer.
