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identity disc

Artifact Number
19790147-002
Sub-Category
personal symbol
Inscription
302471 Gr Wrght J.H, 30 Bty C.F.A.
Rank
Gunner
Service
land
Measurements
Length 61.7 cm, Width 3.4 cm, Thickness 0.1 cm
Place Of Origin
North AmericaCanada
Additional Information
Identity disc of Gunner John Herbert Wright, who served with the 30th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. Canadians initially carried a variety of informal identity discs, but by the Battle of the Somme (1916) identity discs came in pairs, one to be kept with the dead body and the other to be removed for reporting purposes. After the war, grave digging teams often disinterred remains from temporary wartime graves and reburied them in the official cemeteries of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Advisory

The collections of the Canadian War Museum are diverse, and include objects and images pertaining to violence, war and conflict, as well as culturally diverse content. The breadth of the collection reflects Canada and its people, and a history that continues to evolve in the stories we tell, and how they are told.