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2001.008.003
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Identity Disks - Cpl R.M. Thomas (WW II)
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SEAFORTHS IN WORLD WAR II
SEAFORTHS PENDANT LA DEUXIÈME GUERRE MONDIALE
Identity Disks - Cpl R.M. Thomas
Identification tags, Identity Disks (Dog tags) of Cpl R.M. Thomas.
There were also various brass buttons and other bits of insignia with this object.
He joined the Seaforths on 2 October, 1939 and he left on 23 December, 1943 because he was wounded at Ortona. Cpl. Ros-Eri Morris Thomas, MM, #K52839 was awarded the Military Medal (for bravery) while in the Seaforth Medical Section. He and members of his section braved enemy fire to gather up six wounded Seaforths and bring them a long distance back during the night of 6 -7 October, 1943 at Hill 1007 and Decorata.
The status of the identity discs remained virtually unchanged until World War 2 when Routine Order #29 for the Canadian Army Active Service Force outlined the procedure to be used. This procedure called for the discs to be issued by the local Militia District (in this case #11 (BC) with the "K" service number prefix)and that they be in the possession of the men and officers before they left the District to proceed overseas.
The style of the discs was unchanged - there were still two discs, one red, one green. RO 29 called for the stamping to be in straight lines across the discs, except in cases of lengthy names which could be "stamped in other than a straight line." Once again members of the Canadian Army were identified as 'CANADIANS' [CDN] on the discs. By the end of the war the number of religions which could be included on the disc greatly increased. The Muslim faith was not one of them. It was included under "Other Denominations - OD".

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