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military kit pouch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact27480
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.113.59
- Description
- Military kit pouch, First World War issue. Made of beige fabric. It has loops to retain equipment and is designed to be rolled up and tied.
- Object History
- Object belonged to donor's father, Allan Rae Currie.
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whistle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39911
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.24.21
- Description
- Whistle. Metal, World War 1 military, whistle on cord. Cord is attached to whistle's ring by metal clip.
- Object History
- Whistle belonged to Frederick Homer Cassels who was a World War I Veterinary Service Army veteran. Frederick immigrated to Burnaby from England in 1919.
- Frederick Homer Cassels was born June 25th 1870 or 1872 in Paisley, Ontario. He moved to BC in 1914 and settled in Vancouver. Cassels was a veterinary surgeon in the 103rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I.
- Prior to that, Cassels worked in Washington State. He married Emily Frances McMullen in England in 1919. They came back to Canada and settled in Burnaby the same year.
- He later worked as a marble worker, sticker and polisher at Continental Marble Works until 1932. The family settled in Burnaby's "Skunk Hollow" area, an area off Boundary Road at 13th Avenue and Clydesdale. Their children attended Schou St. School.
- He passed away July 31 1948.
- Classification
- Sound Communication T&E - - Sound Communication Devices
- Object Term
- Whistle
- Marks/Labels
- "Patent 57208" "PATENT"
- Subjects
- Sound Communication Tools and Equipment
- Wars
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Clothing
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
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