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Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital
Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital
The Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital opened in Toronto, Canada, in 1919, in a building that had originally housed the National Cash Register Company's factory. The factory was converted into a hospital to serve soldiers who had been wounded in WW1. Some time in the 1920s, an unusual book was put together, titled "Illustrated Souvenir: Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital" and filled with snapshots of patients and staff, and an alphabetical list of names running into the thousands. The book's introduction by Dr. Charles Stanley McVicar states "It is much more interesting, and less fatiguing, to recall past experiences by pictures, pen pictures, photographs or sketches than by a studied review of dull statistics or accurate figures. So we present this pictorial review of the activities and personalities of the D.O.H. We present it with the consciousness that it may leave out much, and that it may fail in accuracy of proportion, but it may serve to commemorate a great Canadian Institution." This community draws from the "Illustrated Souvenir" and a variety of other sources to bring together patients and staff of the hospital.
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Born 1887
Died 1959
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2537329
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Born 1896
Canadian Expeditionary Force 192988
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Born 1880
Died 1952
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1882
Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1880
Died 1929
British Army Major Canadian Army Medical Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 15th Canadian Field Hospital [Duchess of Connaught Red Cross Hospital, Taplow]
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Born 1893
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2751236 Private Canadian Garrison Regiment No. 2 Special Services Company
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2751236 Corporal Canadian Garrison Regiment No. 2 Special Services Company
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2751236 Serjeant Canadian Garrison Regiment No. 2 Special Services Company
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Born 1888
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister
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Born 1889
Died 1946
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 58th Canadians
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Born 1876
British Army Nursing Sister British General Hospital
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1897
Died 1969
Canadian Expeditionary Force 542475
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Born 1894
Canadian Expeditionary Force 3032239
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Born 1883
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1897
Died 1939
Canadian Expeditionary Force 799869 Private
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Born 1874
Died 1922
Canadian Expeditionary Force 814896 Private
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Born 1890
Died 1924
Canadian Expeditionary Force 285321
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Born 1871
Canadian Expeditionary Force 651144
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