CANADIAN OFFICER\'s UNIVERSAL SERVICE DRESS JACKET PATTERN 1904d ID\'d MC CEF ORIG
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CANADIAN OFFICER\'s UNIVERSAL SERVICE DRESS JACKET PATTERN 1904d ID\'d MC CEF ORIG:
$600.00
CANADIAN OFFICER\'s UNIVERSAL SERVICE DRESS JACKET PATTERN 1904d ID\'d MC ORIG!! CANADIAN OFFICER\'s UNIVERSAL SERVICE DRESS JACKET PATTERN 1904d ID\'d MC ORIG!!
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Description Canadian MilitiaOfficer\'s Universal Service Dress Jacket
Pattern 1904-d
Universal Service Dress Jacket
Well made without labels or maker marks
Late 1914 style with \'Stand and Fall\' High Closed Collar
Drab Cloth Shoulder Straps
Small Canada titles (not a matched pair)
Lieutenant Rank Pips affixed
Several minor repairs:
8 Inch tear on inside left sleeve,
inner collar, bottom front pockets
and there is a small patch to the upper back made
with fabric removed from inside lining
Single belt hook
Full complement of Canada Militia KC buttons
Collar fastener hooks replaced
Minor stains and a few nips otherwise,
Good to Very Good original Condition
Mannequin is approximately size 36 Chest
Provenance: Acquired for private collection from
Military Antiques Trading Post in Richmond Hill Ontarioin the 1980s
Jacket acquired as attributed to Capt. William Sinclair McClinton MC MD
(1894-1930) University of Toronto Alumni in WW 1 bio clipping in brest pocket
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Capt. William Sinclair McClinton MC MD
Military Cross
Commissioned Western Ontario Regiment: Canadian Infantry
Unit: 18th Battalion C.E.F.
Enlistment Date: June 19, 1915 Sailed ex Halifax aboard S.S. Lapland
To France 15 April 1916 and returned to Canada 18 December 1916
(to Militia for completion of Studies)
Birth: January 24, 1894 Death: October 30, 1930 (age 35)
Interred: Quaker Hill Cemetery
Uxbridge, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Note: Complete Service file available for download
from Library and Achives CanadaMC Action: Grenade attack Courcelette
Award: London Gazette. No. 29824. November 14, 1916 Page 11079
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry in action.
He led a bombing attack on an enemy trench
with great courage and determination.
He displayed great courage and determination
throughout and set a splendid example.
Biographical Notes: Attended University of Toronto Medical School.
Listed in U of T Varsity War Supplement, July 1915: \"McClinton, William Sinclair, Lieut.; 35 Bn.; Med. \'17
Transferred to the 18th Battalion per War Diary on December 29, 1916.
From: The Barrie Examiner. November 6, 1930
MIDLAND M.D. FALLING OFF BOAT, DROWNS
Dr. William S. McClinton Meets Death on Fishing Trip
ACCIDENT NOT SEEN
Two Companions Busy in Front of Launch Fail to Notice.
William S. McClinton, Midland well known physician,
sportsman and military man, met death by drowning last Friday
while on a fishing trip on the Georgian Bay.Offered at reasonable start with
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CANADIAN OFFICER\'s UNIVERSAL SERVICE DRESS JACKET PATTERN 1904d ID\'d MC CEF ORIG:
$600.00