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No. 3 Canadian General Hospital [textual record]

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Date:

1915-1919

Reference:

R611-252-5-E, RG9-III-C-10

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182705

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Ministry of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada fonds

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No. 3 Canadian General Hospital
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Sub-series includes:

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Date(s):

1915-1919

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.5 m of textual records

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English

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Sub-series consists of records created and/or maintained by the No. 3 Canadian General Hospital, and document many aspects of its activities.

RG9 III, volume 4570 includes the following files: Admissions and discharges (3 ledgers), 1915-1919 ( folder 1, files 1-3); Bacteriology. Register of treatments, 1916 ( folder 1, file 4); Instructions re burials, 11 Sept. 1918 ( folder 1, file 5); Medical charge of rest camps, 23 April - 28 Sept. 1917 ( folder 1, file 6); Chest wards equipped by Canadian Red Cross, 19 March 1916 - 15 Nov. 1917 ( folder 1, file 7); List of air raid casualties at Marquise, 25 Aug. 1918 ( folder 1, file 8); Compensation for civilians, 31 Dec. 1915 - 7 March 1916 ( folder 1, file 9); Comforts from Christmas Cheer Fund, 6 Sept. 1916-9 Jan. 1919 ( folder 1, file 10); Record of deaths, 17 Aug. 1915-14 April 1919 ( folder 2, file 1); Returns of sick and wounded, 8 Aug. - 6 Sept. 1915 ( folder 2, file 2); Reports on ear, nose and throat cases,. 9 Jan. - 14 Dec. 1918 ( folder 2, file 3); Returns re-economy, 29 Sept. 1917 - 4 Sept. 1918 ( folder 2, file 4); Concert party, orchestra, entertainment, 14 Oct. 1916 - 30 April 1919 ( folder 2, files 5-7); Establishment: personnel and beds, 23 Nov. 1916 - 30 April 1919 ( folder 2, file 8); Correspondence re medical equipment, 1915 ( folder 2, file 9); Orders and instructions re fires, 24 Nov. 1916 - 3 Jan. 1917 ( folder 2, file 10); Circular correspondence and reports, re. history of the war, 31 July 1917 - 17 May 1918 ( folder 2, file 11); Returns re influenza, 7 Nov. 1918 - 15 Jan. 1919 ( folder 2, file 12); Correspondence re Khaki University of Canada, 1918 ( folder 2, file 13).

RG9 III, volume 4571 includes the following files: Moves from Camiers to Boulogne, 25 July 1915 - 13 Jan. 1916 ( folder 3, file 1); Nominal rolls: officers, nursing sisters, NCOs and men, 15 Jan. - 5 Sept. 1916 ( folder 3, file 2); Standing orders, 27 Feb. 1916 - 13 Sept. 1916 ( folder 3, files 3 - 6); 3 ledgers containing pathological reports, 1916-1918 ( folder 4, files 1-3); Classification of manpower and economy, 31 June 1917 - 31 Aug. 1918 ( folder 5, file 1); Orders and instructions re Portuguese troops, 18 Jan. - 8 Oct. 1918 ( folder 5, file 2); Disposal of Russian, Italian and French prisoners of war, 20 Dec. 1918- 27 Feb. 1919 ( folder 5, file 3); Reports to DDMS, Boulogne Base re sanitation, 1 June 1917 - 3 July 1918 ( folder 5, file 4); Consolidated statistics, 1917-1918 ( folder 5, file 5); Minutes of meetings, Medical Society, 28 Sept. 1916 - 13 March 1917 ( folder 5, file 6).

RG9 III, volume 4572 includes the following files: Records of surgical operations (2 ledgers), 1917 - 1918 ( folder 6, files 1-2); Correspondence re x-ray machines, equipment, 1915-1918 ( folder 7, files 1-12); Correspondence re YMCA, 1915-1919 ( folder 7, file 13); Visits, inspections, parades, 1917 -1918 ( folder 7, file 14).

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Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian General Hospital Unit, No. 3

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Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian General Hospital Unit, No. 3 : No. 3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill University) was organized on 5 March 1915 as No. 3 General Hospital (McGill) under the command of Colonel H. S. Birkett. Its authorization was published in General Order 36 of 15 March 1915. The hospital recruited from McGill students and medical professors. Its designation was changed to No. 3 Canadian General Hospital on 18 June 1915.

The hospital embarked at Montreal on 6 May 1915 aboard METAGAMA, disembarking in Plymouth on 15 May 1915. Its strength was 104 officers and 205 other ranks. The hospital arrived in France on 18 June 1915. No. 3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill) returned to England on 29 May 1919 and was disbanded by General Order 211 of 15 November 1920. The hospital published The McGilliken weekly from September 1915 to February 1916.

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For related records found elsewhere in this fonds, see the following files: War diary, 5 March 1915- 24 June 1919 (RG9, III, vol. 5035); Historical record (RG9, III, vol. 4716, folder 109, file 4); Circular letter re collection of badges (RG9, III, vol. 4716, folder 109, file 5); Overseas Ministry file to 1916 (RG9, III, vol. 42, file 8-4-55); Overseas Ministry file after 1916 (RG9, III, vol. 83, file 10-10-35); Muster parades (RG9, III, vol. 453, file M-97-1); Transport (RG9, III, vol. 544, file I-T-412); Argyll House file (RG9, III, vol. 2842, file H-57-33); Nominal rolls (RG9, III, vol. 3726); Nominal rolls (RG9, III, vol. 3737); War diary, etc. (RG9, III, vol. 3746, no. 3); Personnel (RG9, III, vol. 3665, file 29-4-3); General correspondence (RG9, III, vol. 3687, file 30-4-3); Nominal rolls on leaving Canada, 1915 (RG9, IIB3, vol. 79); Canadian Record Office file (missing) (RG9, III, vol. 1087, file M-17-4).

For related records found in the Department of National Defence fonds, see the following files: History (RG24, vol. 1545, file HQ 683-215-4); Inspection report, clothing and equipment (RG24, vol. 1570, file HQ 683-215-1); Auditors report on contributed funds (RG24, vol. 1570, file HQ 683-215-2); Demobilization (RG24, vol. 1545, file HQ 683-215-3); History (RG24, vol. 1545, file HQ 683-215-4); Organization, 1914-1919 (RG24, vol. 4494, file 4D. 51-5-1); Appointment of officers (RG24, vol. 1364, file HQ 593-3-36).

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] 4570--4572

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