WW2 Cdn. Satchel-more info please

[kevin.303]

this came back from the family farm, i assumed at first it was part of my great uncles kit, until i found a dogtag in it for a Lieut. Barr. i'm guessing it was just bought surplus at the army navy or something and my uncle planned to us it as a tool bag. i'd like a little more info on what it was originally used for if possilbe, seems to be in good condition.


outside

inside

a stamp on the inside of the flap. can make out a C Broad Arrow and the roman numerial 7 but thats about it.

the odd thing with the dog tags is there is no service numbr on them, only one of the two, but my great uncles tags are both stamped with his number.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

A perfectly ordinary gas mask bag. I think half the guys on this forum either used one as a book bag in high school or beat up someone who did.

Standardized dog tags are a pretty new invention. The idea was to not get killed. There are several styles and formats that were eventually issued. I think officers' ones did not have a number. Might be wrong. An ex girlfriend had her father's Fuslier de Mont Royal tags. They were octagonal, tied with twine and had a few lines of information.

I had to have dog tags to get on a Herc when I was in the Militia, and then got another set in the Reg Force. I doubt reservists have them at all unless they go somewhere.

 

[j-man]

Officer's dog tags didn't include a service number; only non-comissioned. A single dog tag was placed inside the respirator bag so as to put a name with the kit. You can see that the bag has Lt Barr's name on it. It would appear that he didn't take the dog tag out when he was done with the bag.

A good read here:
http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Identification#Second_World_War

The Commonweath War Graves Commission doesn't list any Canadian officer named Barr in their war dead records so it looks like this chap made it home.

 

[SteyrSSG]

Gas Mask Bag

+1 for the Gas Mask Bag. Somewhere in my collection of books I have A WW2 Infantry training manual that shows a picture of it. Now if you could just find the mask..........

 

[ollie]

Funny, I have a gas mask that needs a bag like that kev...