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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 1890
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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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 1889
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1892
Died 1955
Canadian Expeditionary Force 228027 Private Canadian Infantry 198th Battalion
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Born 1882
Died 1932
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1889
Canadian Expeditionary Force 79585 Private 31st Battalion
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Born 1893
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1885
Died 1950
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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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 1884
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1895
Died 1920
Canadian Expeditionary Force 255681
Canadian Expeditionary Force 255681 Private Canadian Infantry
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Born 1890
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1882
Died 1967
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1875
Died 1955
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1890
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 4th Canadian General Hospital
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Born 1874
Died 1922
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1890
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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