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OBJECT TYPE: Appointment
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0904.001

MANUFACTURER: Department of National Defence (Air Force)
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper; linen backed

Dimensions

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

Length: 43.5 cm
Width: 35.8 cm
Height: N/A
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: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); certificate dated Sept. 2, 1942
Canada: Unknown
Function: confirms appointment of Jean Cameron as Assistant Section Officer in RCAF (Women's Division)
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: text of document reads: "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 Jean Thurston Cameron Greetings/We, reposing especial 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 First day of December 1941. You are therefore carefully/and diligently to discharge your Duty as such in the Rank of Assistant section Officer or in/such other Rank as We may from time to time hereafter be pleased 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 well 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 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 Second day of September 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/[signature] James [illeg.] Air Secretary for/Minister of National Defence for Air/Assistant Section Officer Jean Thurston Cameron/Royal Canadian Air Force/Women's Division/5M-11-41 (1201)/H.Q. 1919-1-24 V2."; autograph "Athlone" hand written in ink over seal
Missing: N/A
Finish: black printed text with entries hand written in black ink
Decoration: stamped seal bearing coat-of-arms at top left

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Department of National Defence (Air Force), Certificate, 1942, Artifact no. 1996.0904, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0904.001/

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