ww1 navy medical files

[leo burke]

hello

my grandfather a member of the royal newfoundland naval reserve was injured in the great Halifax Canada explosion of 1917.

he was serving on the hmcs Niobe at the time.

during my research I found that he arrived at ellis island in june of 1918 onboard 

the ss italia from gibralta along with a number of other military members.

the manifest states the passage was paid for by the british government.

my question is where can I go to find his medical records if they still exist at all.

thanks for your time.

leo

[seaJane]

You can find out more details about what happened to NiOBE in the "Royal Canadian Navy" section here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Niobe_(1897).

 

Always a help to willing researchers if you can supply the name of the person you are trying to research!

 

 

[seaJane]

On 26/02/2020 at 19:07, leo burke said:

hmcs Niobe at the time.

I hoped I might be able to find the Medical Officer's Journal for NIOBE, but no go, I'm afraid.

[leo burke]

thank you for your help and suggestions.

I guess I will have to keep looking and hoping to find something.

leo

[seaJane]

On 28/02/2020 at 23:04, leo burke said:

thank you for your help and suggestions.

I guess I will have to keep looking and hoping to find something.

leo

Good luck.

 

Meanwhile I have spotted this on another thread about NIOBE in the Forum, so it may be of interest: http://www.forposterityssake.ca/

 

sJ