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Martin Gibson fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1944-1945.

Reference:

R2702-0-9-E, MG30-E568

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

107025

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Martin Gibson fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1944-1945.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the prisoner of war diary of Private Martin Gibson, Essex Scottish Regiment, recording his experiences at Stalag IXC from July 1944. Sporadically kept, the diary includes details of camp life until liberation in May 1945, with earlier references to his enlistment, training, capture and hospitalization entered. Included in the diary are the addresses of the next of kin of other prisoners, a German medical card recording particulars of Martin Gibson, and several photographs showing camp inmates and family members, these latter received while a prisoner of war, and a post-war photograph of a veterans' ceremony attended by Martin Gibson.

Provenance:

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Gibson, Martin, 1912-

Additional name(s):

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Gibson, Martin, 1912-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Gibson, Martin, 1912- : Martin Gibson, soldier, enlisted with the Essex Scottish Regiment in July 1940. As a private with that unit, he took part in the ill-fated Dieppe Raid of August 1942. Wounded and captured following the raid, he spent nine months in a German hospital before being sent to Stalag IXC, near Vacha, Germany, where he remained as a prisoner of war until liberated by American forces in May 1945.

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(No finding aid)

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General note:

Received in 1995 from Mrs. Frances Gibson of Windsor, Ontario.

Availability of other formats note:

A digital copy of two pages of the diary are available.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 1: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition [125th Anniversary of the National Archives]. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1997.05.14-1998.01.31 (Diary of Martin Gibson - MG30 E568), Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 2: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. [125th Anniversary of the National Archives]. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1998.03.01 - 1998.09.30 (War Diary of Martin Gibson - MG30-E568 - unknown page)
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World War, 1939-1945

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945

Prisoners of war Canada

Prisonniers de guerre Canada

Prisoners of war

Prisonniers de guerre Allemagne
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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123-020038-X
1995/0076

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E568
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