Leslie John Farrell | Exploring SMALL TOWN Canada at War

Doctors and medical personnel served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC) as surgeons, nurses and stretcher-bearers. Over half of Canada’s doctors served overseas during WWI. Some, however, worked on the home front and were especially important in places such as Saint John, New Brunswick, that were transportation points for the war effort. Twenty-three-year-old Staff Sergeant Farrell, a pharmacist, worked in transportation services at the Saint John Military Hospital from 1917 until the end of the war. The temporary military hospital was located in the Old Government House that was built in 1828 and repurposed as a hospital and barracks during WWI.

Leslie John Farrell

Date: Circa 1917

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Staff Sergeant Leslie John Farrell