Patients at the General Hospital, ca. 1914-1918
General Hospital Patients, ca. 1914-18.

The General was one of the first civilian hospitals to open at St. John's. Originally a British military hospital, it became a civilian facility in 1871 after the army transferred its garrison to Halifax. “Recruits having pre-enlistment oper. at General World War I”

Photographer unknown. Reproduced by permission of the Archives and Manuscripts Division (Coll. 190 04.06.007), QE II Library, Memorial University, St. John's, NL.
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