Posted 12 years ago
PaperHoarder
(32 items)
WWII Canada Navy pants and jacket. They are dated 1944 inside. I was wondering if anyone may have info on the insignia on the jacket because I haven't been able to find anything on it.
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Thanks mustangtony.
I'm no expert possibly a Reserve Lieutenant.
Found this info;
http://mpmuseum.org/rcnofficers.html
David
Thanks David, you may be right but I'm not sure.
Thanks blunderbuss2
Thanks pw-collector
The scarlet stripes indicate medical services corps.
Thanks walksoftly. Any idea on rank?
Thanks bratjdd
Lieutenant Commander, 2 wide bars with a narrow one in between.
Senior officer, below Captain.
article on navy doctors
http://www.junobeach.org/e/4/can-tac-med-nav-e.htm
I don't think there would be very many of these uniforms issued.
Thank you walksoftly.
The pants had a name which I have ID'd to surgeon lieutenant command Charles Fisher.
From what I've found he was famous for his research on strokes and also served as a doctor in a German POW camp in WWII.
Thanks Poop.
I've been doing a lot of research and apparently the man died last year and was very important in the medical field.
Wow, thats so interesting, odd that the uniform would be sold off. Maybe he had no family left, if he did I don't know why they would part with it. But I guess that's something all collectors have trouble wrapping their head around.
Yes I can't understand it either. If you Google his name there is a lot of info on him and he seems to be somewhat famous in the medical world.
I did look him up & there was a lot of info on him & his medical career. Didn't see much on his navy career other than his ship sinking & being in a prisoner exchange in 1944. Did you find any other info on his military history?
How did you come by the uniform?
I didn't find much more than you on his military career other than him being a doctor in a German POW camp and learning to speak German. I got it from someone who buys a lot of stuff at auction.
He was released from the POW camp in September 1944 and this uniform is dated October 6, 1944.
Thanks hulalady56