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OBJECT TYPE: military/commission/framed
DATE: 1941
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0575.001

MANUFACTURER: National Defence
MODEL: RCAF
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 8566
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER CERTIFICATE & BACKING; WOOD FRAME; GLASS PANEL; METAL SCREW MOUNTINGS; STRING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 42.2 cm
Width: 33.7 cm
Height: 1.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Defence CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: WWII (1939-1945)
Canada: Unknown
Function: APPOINTMENT OF JOHN TAYLOR MURCHISON TO AN OFFICER'S COMMISSION IN THE RCAF
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Athlone[?]/8566/George the Sixth, by the Grace of God,/of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King,/Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, &c./To Our Trusty and well beloved John Taylor Murchison Greetings/We, reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, courage and good Conduct, do by these/Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Active Air Force of our Dominion/of Canada from the Twenty-first day of November 1941. You are therefore carefully/and diligently to discharge your Duty as such in the Rank of Pilot Officer or in/such other Rank as We may from time to time hereafter be plased to promote or appoint you to of/which a notification will be made in the Canada Gazette, or in such other manner as may for/ the time being be prescribed by Us in Council, and you are in such manner and on such occasions as may/be prescribed by Us to exercise and will discipline, both the inferior Officers, and other ranks serving/under you and use your best endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline./ And We do hereby Command them to Obey you as their superior Officer, and you to observe and/follow such Orders and Directions as from time to time you shall receive from Us, or any your/superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust hereby/ reposed in you./In Witness Whereof Our Governor General of Our Dominion of Canada/hath hereunto set his hand and Seal at Our Government House in the City of Ottawa/this Fourteenth day of January in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand/Nine Hundred and Forty-two and in the Sixth/Year of Our Reign/By Command of His Excellency The Governor General/[illegible] Air Secretary/for Minister of National Defence for Air/ Pilot Officer John Taylor Murchison/Royal Canadian Air Force/Special Reserve/5M-9-41 (1794)/H.Q.857-1-3" [note: italicized text is hand-written on original]
Missing: N/A
Finish: CERTIFICATE WHITE WITH BLACK LETTERING; BLACK & GOLD FRAME; TRANSPARENT GLASS PANEL
Decoration: COAT-OF-ARMS SEAL (OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL?) IMPRESSED INTO CERTIFICATE UPPER LEFT

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National Defence, Certificate, 1941, Artifact no. 1994.0575, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0575.001/

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