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Repository
University of Saskatchewan Archives
Repository Link
http://www.usask.ca/archives/
File/item reference
A-2133
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Title
Beaufort
War
Hospital
Ward
5
--
Fishponds
,
Bristol
,
England
Description (Scope and content)
William
Allen
pictured
with
other
wounded
soldiers
and the
hospital
staff
on the
ward
.
[Christmas
decorations]
hang
from the
ceiling
.
Date(s) of creation / publication
[ca.1917]
Primary media
Graphic material
Specific medium
Postcards
Physical extent
1 postcard
Dimensions
13.5 x 8.5cm
Other physical details
B&W
Language of material
English
Historical Note
William
Allen
was
born
in
England
in the
year
1892
. He
immigrated
to
Canada
with
some
of his
family
in
1911
,
taking
out
a
homestead
at
Smiley
,
Saskatchewan
. He
joined
the
army
in
1915
, was
wounded
at the
battle
of
Somme
in
1916
and
sent
to the
Beaufort
War
Hospital
to
recuperate
.
Upon
returning
to
Canada
he
entered
the
University
of
Saskatchewan
as an
associate
student
in
Agriculture
and
graduated
in
1922
. His
studies
took
him to
Harvard
and
Cornell
Universities
where
he
achieved
a
Ph.D
. in
Agriculture
Economics
in
1925
. He
returned
to the
University
of
Saskatchewan
as
head
of the
Department
of
Farm
Management
and then
later
accepted
a
position
of the
first
Commissioner
to
Britain
for
Canadian
Agriculture
. In
1941
while
returning
to his
duties
in
England
he
lost
his
life
at
sea
when
the
steamship
Nerissaa
he was on was
torpedoed
. He
married
Gwendolen
Maude
Woodward
in
1926
.
Other notes
Note
to
Harry
Allen
.
Annotated
"
Ward
No.5
Beaufort
War
Hospital
,
Fishponds
,
Bristol
,
1560
".
Date created
2011-07-27
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