Terry Posted 16 March , 2007 Share Posted 16 March , 2007 I recently acquired a trio of medals to a Canadian who had served with No.3 Canadian Stationary Hospital on Lemnos in the Dardanelles campaign. Relatively few members of the CEF (about 1500 in five medical units) participated in this theatre of operations. My fellow ended up with dysentary and his records indicate he was invalided back to the UK on a hospital ship. Its name is writen instead of typed and looks like "Valdivia". Do any of the Pals know of this ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 16 March , 2007 Share Posted 16 March , 2007 Hello Terry Start with this website and see what you can find. Borden Battery The Ships List This very comprehensive website contains a great deal of information on ship fleets and individual ships. It is often possible to obtain information on Great War ships used for troop transport including details on building, ownership, fate or sale to new owner, subsequent owners and gross tonnage. Last Updated: March 25, 2006 and maintained by S. Swiggum and M. Kohli [CEF Study Group - Mar 2006] http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 16 March , 2007 Share Posted 16 March , 2007 Terry, Valdivia would be correct. A 7,137 grt passenger steamer built in 1911 (completed March 1912) for Soc. Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseille. In 1915, she was lent to the Admiralty for service as a hospital ship. She was returned to her owners in 1919 and eventually broken up in 1933. Valdivia's Official Number was 136743. Best wishes, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted 17 March , 2007 Author Share Posted 17 March , 2007 Thanks, guys. I was pleased to acquire this group, as years ago I had a similar trio but had been forced to part with it in a trade. The only Canadian units to serve in the Dardanelles campaign were: No.1 Stationary Hospital (Lemnos; then Salonika) No.3 Stationary Hospital (Lemnos) No.4 General Hospital (Salonika) No.5 General Hospital (Salonika) No.7 General Hospital (sent out first as No.5 Stationary Hospital) (Egypt) Total Canadians involved were some 450 officers and nursing sisters and about 1000 men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Williams Posted 20 March , 2007 Share Posted 20 March , 2007 Hi Terry ref Valdiva and Canadisn stationary hospitals, this service record of one of our village fallen might be of interest. Cheers Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Williams Posted 20 March , 2007 Share Posted 20 March , 2007 Sorry about that (age!) Cause of Death Died in 1st Canadian Stationary Hospital Mudros from dysentery Service History Enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry 2/9/14 & transferred to the RNVR 9th of Sept. 1914 ; Hood Bn. B/216 9/9/14-23/6/15 to hospital, rejoined Hood Bn. 18/7/15-17/9/15 to Hospital Ship "Valdiva" Dysentery Burial Portianos Military Cemetery, West Mudros, Lemnos (Greece 11) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 20 March , 2007 Share Posted 20 March , 2007 Valdivia. Period of service from 29/11/14 to 22/12/19 accomodation for 551. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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