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OBJECT TYPE: APPOINTMENT
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0535.001

MANUFACTURER: Government of Canada
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: C27103
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper; cloth back

Dimensions

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

Length: 43.4 cm
Width: 36.7 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: Government CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: WWII (1939-1945); certificate dated Aug. 19, 1943
Canada: Unknown
Function: certifies awarding of a commission; the recipient was a Nursing Sister (Provisional) in the RCAF Special Reserve
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering printed on document reads: "C27103/George the Sixth, by the Grace of God,/of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King,/Defender of the Faith, &c/To Our Trusty and well beloved Norma Eleanor Beattie 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 Eleventh day of June 1943. You are therefore carefully/and diligently to discharge your Duty as such in the Rank of Nursing Sister (Provisional) or in/such other Rank as We may from time to time hereafter be pleased to/promote or appoint you to, of/which notification will be made in the Canada Gazette, or in such other manner 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, of any your superior Officer,/ according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in you./In Witness of 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 Nineteenth day of August in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand/Nine Hundred and Forty-three and in the Seventh/Year of Our Reign/By Command of His Excellency The Governor General/[signed in ink] Robert L. Burns F/L D/Air Secretary/Minister of National Defence for Air/Nursing Sister (Provisional) Norma Eleanor Beattie/Royal Canadian Air Force/Special Reserve/10M-1-43 (3035)/H.Q. 1019-1-24 V2"; singature in ink over seal at top left: "Athlone"
Missing: N/A
Finish: black printed text & hand writing in ink on white background
Decoration: seal of Governor-General of Canada at top left

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Government of Canada, Certificate, 1943, Artifact no. 2001.0535, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0535.001/

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