Jesse, Bernie -- Captivity, 1941-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Canadian
Prisoners of war -- Canada -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography
Bernie Jesse's experience as a POW in Hong Kong, as told to Norm Park.
•patriotism
•Second World War
•home front
•Saskatoon
Abstract
In the last decade historians have focused greater attention on the Canadian home front during the Second World War. This increased scrutiny has led to studies of not only the war’s impact on the nation at large, but also on specific...
A guide to Saskatchewan sites of historical interest related to the Northwest Resistance of 1885. It was released by the Northwest Advisory Committee and approved by the Government of Saskatchewan in the hope that it would "heighten public interest...
Newspaper clipping about the winner of the Hughes' Cup, awarded to the unit that secures the most recruits, the Forestry Reinforcements under the command of Major William Van Allen was the third unit to win the Cup in March of 1917.
aboriginal war veterans - political influence World War II - native war veterans - Saskatchewan aboriginal peoples - social status aboriginal rights movement
It has been accepted in the historical discourse that a direct link existed between the participation of Aboriginal people in the Second World War and a new political consciousness of Aboriginal people in Canada generally, and Saskatchewan...
Corr. re recruitment and transport and with University men overseas and lists of men overseas and at the front. After the war, corr. re returnees and education and employment schemes developed to assist in repatriation.
Corr. re recruitment and transport and with University men overseas and lists of men overseas and at the front. After the war, corr. re returnees and education and employment schemes developed to assist in repatriation.
Travel expense claim, submitted by Major William Van Allen, Officer Commanding Forestry Reinforcements, to the Assistant Paymaster General of Military District 12, Kingston, Ontario, he is claiming expenses for transportation from Winnipeg to...
A letter, from Major William Van Allen, the Officer Commanding Forestry Reinforcing Company, Ottawa, to General Hemming, Officer Commanding Military District No. 3, Kingston, Ontario, Van Allen is asking Hemming about the possibility of appointing...
Letter, from General Hemming, Officer Commanding Military District No. 3, Kingston, to Major William Van Allen, Officer Commanding Forestry Reinforcing Company, Ottawa, Hemming is granting Van Allen the permission to raise reinforcements in Quebec,...
Letter, from an unidentified officer writing from the Department of Militia and Defence, Kingston (signature is partially missing), to Major William Van Allen, Officer Commanding Forestry Reinforcements, Ottawa, re: Van Allen's desire to acquire a...
Letter, from Major William Van Allen, Officer Commanding Forestry Reinforcements, Base Recruiting Office, Ottawa, to Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Military District No. 3, Kingston, Van Allen is expressing concern over the...
Two page letter, from Major William Van Allen, to the Secretary Militia Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Van Allen is resigning from the Canadian Expeditionary Force because he was forced to give up control of the Forestry Unit that he had raised to a...
Three page letter, from Major William Van Allen, to the Secretary Militia Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Van Allen is resigning from the Canadian Expeditionary Force because he was forced to give up control of the Forestry Unit that he had raised to a...
Two page letter, from Major L. Howard, Officer Commanding 230th Battalion, Brockville, to Major William Van Allen, Forestry Reinforcements, Base Recruiting Office, Ottawa, letter contains instructions pertaining to the transfer of Van Allen's...
Letter, from Major E. Thornton, Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Military District 12, Regina, Saskatchewan, to Major William Van Allen, Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, re: transferring responsibilities over clothing and equipment for...
