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No. 2 Canadian General Hospital [textual record]

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Date:

1914-1919

Reference:

R611-251-3-E, RG9-III-C-10

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Item ID number:

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No. 2 Canadian General Hospital
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Sub-series includes:

120 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1914-1919

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.3 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of records created and/or maintained by the No. 2 Canadian General Hospital, and document many aspects of its activities.

RG9 III, volume 4563 includes the following files: Accommodation, hospital beds, 6 June - 4 Sept. 1918( folder 1, file 1); Payment of bills, 10 Jan. 1916-17 Nov. 1917( folder 1, file 2); Records of admissions and discharges, 21 April 1916-31 May 1917( folder 1, files 3-4); Instructions re. growing of vegetables, 1918( folder 1, file 5); Correspondence re. piggery, 21 Aug. 1918- 13 Jan. 1919( folder 1, file 6); Fire precautions and precautions against air raids, 28 March 1915 - 1 Aug. 1918( folder 1, files 7-8).

RG9 III, volume 4564 includes the following files: Bed inventory, 1 May - 4 Aug. 1918 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 1, file 9); Bed scale, 25 Feb. - 31 Dec. 1917 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 1, file 10); Ward huts, 3 Nov. 1915 - 1 May 1918 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 1, file 11); Officers' huts, 23 Nov. 1915 - 1 Feb. 1918 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 1, file 12); Provision and allotment of huts, 2-22 July 1918 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 1, file 13); Dripping and bones, 29 May 1917 - 8 Nov. 1918 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 1, file 14); Disposal of profits from byproducts, 2 Sept. 1917 - 23 Feb. 1918 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 1, file 15); Weekly statistical reports on sick and wounded, 1 Jan. 1917 - 1 Feb. 1919 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 2, files 1-4); Medical comforts, 27 Oct. 1918- 2 Jan. 1919 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 2, file 5); Repairs to unserviceable clothing and equipment, boot repairs, scale of summer and winter clothing, contracts for clothing and equipment, issue of American clothing and equipment, 15 May 1917 - 6 Feb. 1919. RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 2, files 6-14); Training of cooks, 20 Jan. 1917 - 17 March 1918 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 3, file 1); General incoming and outgoing correspondence, 17 Dec. 1917 - 28 Nov. 1918 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 3, files 2-5); Tables re diets, 9 Sept. 1918 - 31 Jan. 1919 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 3, file 6); Reports on work of dental service, 1916-1918 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 3, file 7); Orders and instructions re demobilization, 9 Nov - 10 Dec. 1918 RG9, III, vol. 4564, folder 3, file 8).

RG9 III, volume 4565 includes the following files: General economy, 2 March 1918- 6 Feb. 1919 RG9, III, vol. 4565, folder 4, file 1); Materials required for engineer services, 18 Dec. 1917 - 22 Oct. 1918 ( folder 4, file 2); Establishment, 7 July 1915 - 4 Jan. 1919 ( folder 4, files 3-5); Effects of deceased soldiers, 26 Jan. 1919 ( folder 4, file 6); Correspondence re fuel and light, 15 Sept. - 31 Dec. 1918 ( folder 4, file 7); Precautions against fires, 4 April 1916 - 15 Dec. 1918 ( folder 4, file 8); Correspondence re American hospitals, 16 June 1917 - 16 May 1918 ( folder 4, file 9);Correspondence re hutted accessories, 8 Sept. 1915-3 June 1916 ( folder 4, file 10); Returns of anti typhoid inoculations, 1915-1917 ( folder 4, file 11); Interpreters, 12 July 1915- 19 Sept. 1917 ( folder 4, file 12).

See also: Instructions, 1915-1918 (DMS and DGMS, DAG and ADM, Canadian Paymasters France, DOS and COD, SMD and Base Commandant, Army Council and DMS London, ADMS Dieppe) (RG9 III, vol 4565, folder 5, file 1-3); Nominal rolls of officers, nursing sisters, NCOs and men, 1915-1918 ( RG9 III, vol 4565, folder 6, files 1-18 and RG9, III, vol. 4566, folders 7 and 8); Daily orders, Pts. I and II, 28 Sept. 1914 - 18 Jan. 1919 RG9, III, vols. 4566-4567, folders 9-11).

RG9 III, volume 4568 includes the following files: Pathological reports, 23 Dec. 1915-8 July 1916( folder 12, file 1); Working pay for cooks, 28 March 1917 and 24 Sept. 1918( folder 12, file 2); WAACs, replacement of men by women workers, 4 Feb.- 19 April 1918( folder 12, file 3); Photographic prints of Cardinals funeral( folder 12, file 4); Correspondence and instructions re rations, 1916-1918( folder 12, files 5 -10); Reports and returns. General, 19 March 1915- 3 May 1918( folder 12, file 11); Reports and returns re diseases, patients, nursing sisters, etc, 1915 - 1918( folder 13, files 1-6); Salvage, 1 Oct. 1917 - 6 Feb. 1919( folder 14, files 1-3); Fumigation, disinfection, 1915-1918( folder 14, files 4-9); Surgical and medical stores, 1915-1918( folder 10-16 and vol. 4569, folder 15, files 17-25).

RG9 III, volume 4569 includes the following files: Field states and returns, 1915-1918 ( folder 16, files 1-2); Inter-Allied Sports, 17-30 Sept. 1917, Dominion Day sports, 1918 ( folder 16, file 3); Surgical teams, 1916-1918 ( folder 4-6); Educational, anaesthetic, massage training, training in operating theatre work, 1916- 1918 ( folder 7-9); Instructions and correspondence re. X-ray, 1916 -1918 ( folder 16, file 10-11).

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Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian General Hospital Unit, No. 2

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Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian General Hospital Unit, No. 2 : No. 2 Canadian General Hospital was organized at Valcartier in September 1914 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Bridges. The hospital embarked at Quebec on 30 September 1914 aboard FRANCONIA and VIRGINIAN, disembarking in England on 15 October 1914. Its strength was 25 officers and 136 other ranks. The hospital arrived in France on 14 March 1915 and operated at Le Tréport from March 1915 to 2 March 1919. No. 2 Canadian General Hospital was disbanded by General Order 211 of 15 November 1920.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid's file level descriptions can be accessed through the consists of fields in the MIKAN record. A paper copy is also available in the Reference room. 9-44-22 (90: Open)

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For related records found elsewhere in this fonds, see the following files: War diary, 14 Oct. 1914 - 31 Jan. 1919 (RG9, III, vol. 5034); Historical record (RG9, III, vol. 4716, folder 109, file 1); Circular re. collection of badges (RG9, III, vol. 1716, folder 109, file 2); Correspondence re photographs (RG9, III, vol. 1716, folder 109, file 3); Matron's diary, 1 June 1915 - 30 April 1917 (RG9, III, vol. 5034); OMFC file (RG9, III, vol. 43, file 8-4-65); Nominal rolls (RG9, III, vol. 3726); Nominal rolls of nursing sisters (RG9, III, vol. 3736); War diary, etc. (RG9, III, vol. 3746, no. 2); Reports to Ottawa (RG9, III, vol. 3501, file 17-4-13); Personnel (RG9, III, vol. 3665, file 29-4-2); General correspondence (RG9, III, vol. 3687, file 30-4-2); Nominal roll on leaving Canada, 1914 (RG9, IIB3, vol. 79); Canadian Record Office file (missing) (RG9, III, vol. 1087, file M-5-4).

For related records found in the Department of National Defence fonds, see the following files: Lantern slides (RG24, vol. 1566, file HQ 683-176-1); Inspection reports, clothing and equipment (RG24, vol. 1576, file HQ 683-201-1); Demobilization (RG24, vol. 1545, file HQ 683-201-2).

This information is based on Barbara Wilson's unpublished Guide to the Sources of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

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RG9-III-C-10
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Volume [RG 9 III-C-10] 4563--4569

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