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Catalog Number |
976.C211A |
Object Name |
Tunic |
Date |
1943 |
Year Range from |
1939 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Features |
Officer's mess tunic, RCAMC, WW II. Summer weight. Khaki cotton drill, single breasted, 4-button, turned and notched collar, self lapels and lining, holes in collar for badges. Epaulettes with buttons, holes for badges; 4 buttoned flap pockets; long sleeves sewn cuff detail; back vent; brass hooks in side seam for belt, removed with buttons. |
Object Story |
This mess tunic was worn by Allan Walters during his service in the Royal Canadian Medical Corp during World War Two. James Allan Walters was born the first child to Charles Augustus Walters and Stella Grace Wagar on July 21st, 1906. He completed his early schooling at Westward school and Napanee Collegiate Institute alongside his brother, Charles Augustus Jr. and his sister, Margaret Elizabeth. Between 1925 and 1926, Allan attended Queen's University studying biology and medical science. He then transferred to Trinity College where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1930. Three years later he graduated from the University of Toronto with his M.D. For the next 10 years Allan completed his postgraduate training in neurology and psychiatry at the Ontario Hospital in Whitby. In the meantime Allan married his first wife Kathleen Jane Wark M.D in June of 1936. In 1943, Allan enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and was shipped overseas. He was placed with the 2nd I.C. medicine at the Basingstoke, England, hospital for neurology and plastic surgery. He travelled to Normandy with the regiment in July of 1944 where he joined the No. 1 Canadian Neuropsychiatric Wing and completed placements in France, Belgium and Holland. In December of 1944, Allan returned to Basingstoke where he stayed for the rest of the war. At the end of his service he was awarded a Canadian Volunteer Medal with a Silver Maple Leaf which indicates that he served at least 18 months in world war two with at least 60 days overseas. After returning to Canada in 1945, Allan and Kathleen moved to Toronto where Allan became an attending physician on the Neuropsychiatric Service at Toronto General Hospital. He later became the attending physician in the psychiatric division of the Wellesley hospital in Toronto. Allan completed 30 years of consulting practice after which he retired in 1976. A year later in 1977, his wife Kathleen passed away at the age of 82. Across his life Allan Walters earned various honors including the Academy of Medicine (Toronto) Honorary Life Membership in 1975, the Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, the Honorary Fellow at Trinity College in 1978 and the Ontario Medical Association Glenn Sawyer Award in 1979. In 1980, Allan married his second wife Anne Hewitt (nee Amys) Thompson who he lived out the rest of his life with. Allan Walters passed away on Feb 26th, 1986 in Toronto at the age of 80. He is buried beside his first wife Kathleen in Riverside Cemetery. |
People |
Wagar, Stella Wagar, Stella Grace Walters Family Walters, A. Walters, Allan Walters, Allan (b. 1906) Walters, Allan J. Walters, Allan, 1906- Walters, C.A. Walters, Charles Walters, Charles (1910- ), in school orchestra Walters, Charles (b. 1910) Walters, Charles A. Walters, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1879-1962 Walters, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1879-1963 Walters, Charles Augustus Walters, James Allan Walters, Margaret Walters, Margaret Elizabeth Walters, Margaret, 1914- Walters, Stella G. (1884-1978) Walters, Stella Grace (1884-1978) |
Subjects |
1940's Clothing & dress Costumes Doctors Doctors (medical) Military Military life Military officers Military personnel Military uniforms People associated with health & safety People associated with military activities Physicians Uniforms World War II |
Search Terms |
Belgium England France Holland Holland, Netherlands Napanee Napanee Collegiate Institute Napanee, West Ward Public School Napanee, West Ward School Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Toronto Toronto Canada World War Two World War Two, soldiers |