University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival
Military Medicine
Classification
Archival, Images
Military Medicine
Archival, Military
Accession Number
1978.9.2
Description
Black textured paper softbound photograph album with fifty black paper sheets covered in attached and some loose monotone photographs depicting No. 4 Canadian General Hospital medical corps in Salonica, Greece, during 1914-1918 including the ocean trip, patients and hospital compound; closure with…
Black textured paper softbound photograph album with fifty black paper sheets covered in attached and some loose monotone photographs depicting No. 4 Canadian General Hospital medical corps in Salonica, Greece, during 1914-1918 including the ocean trip, patients and hospital compound; closure with brown fabric flat tie; cover with gold printed text including owner's name.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Dr. Fred Mallory, nephew donated to History of Medicine Museum, Toronto also known as the Academy of Medicine; transferred to the Museum of Health Care at Kingston
Front cover: "Pictures tell the Story // FRED MALLORY"; inside back cover: "To Duplicate Order // No 1071B // IDEAL SPECIALTY COMPANY // CHICAGO"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-1-4 Box 20
Length
29.0 cm
Width
18.3 cm
Depth
6.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Minor wear along edges, some photos are faded, bent edges, stained in corners with adhesive residue; pages becoming brittle
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
"Canadian Great War Project"; Canadian Army Medical Corps Overseas; 1 June 2010. www.canadiangreat warproject.com/hospitals/camcHospital.asp.; http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/loftiversion/index.php/t26737.html
Research Facts
The No. 4 Canadian General Hospital was organized in Toronto on 25 March 1915 by the University of Toronto. Stationed at: Shorncliffe, 28 May - 15 October 1915; Salonika, Greece 9 Nov 1915 - 18 May 1916; Kalamaria 19 May 1916 - 17 Aug 1917; Basingstoke, 18 Sept 1917 - 2 July 1919. Officers Commanding: Colonels T. A. Roberts, W. A. Hendry, H. C. Parsons with Nursing Matron A. J. Hartley. General hospitals were originally equipped for 520 beds, but were increased in 1915 to 1,040 after which date they varied in bed capacity as necessary up to 2,000. In 1915 a large Allied expeditionary force landed at Thessalonik (Salonika) as the base for operations against pro-German Bulgaria. This culminated in the establismnet of the Macedonian or Salonika Front. Further information concerning the 20 hospitals stationed in Salonika during 1915-1919 can be found in the book "Under the Devil's Eye: The British Army in Salonika, 1915-1918" by Alan Wakefield and Simon Moody, published by Sutton. Further information can be found in the donor file.