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No. 13 Stationary Hospital    No. 13 Stationary Hospital proceeded to France in October 1914 and opened at Boulogne. 24th Oct 1914 Working Party Oct 1914 Specialist Care 4th Jan 1915 Gifts 5th Jan 1915 Nurses Needed 14th Jan 1915 Visit 23rd Jan 1915 Illness 26th Jan 1915 Pay and Allowances 27th Jan 1915 Nurses Required 31st Jan 1915 Influenza 1st Feb 1916 Orders re Letters 4th Feb 1916 Report 11th Feb 1916 Correspondence 23rd Feb 1916 Renewals 25th Feb 1916 Rest Clubs 28th Feb 1916 Correspondence May 1917 Reorganisation If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. We are currently building a database of patients treated in this hospital, if you know of anyone who was treated here, please enter their details via this form Patient Reports. (This section is under construction) No information has been added for this hospital, please check back later. Want to know more about No. 13 Stationary Hospital? There are:17 items tagged No. 13 Stationary Hospital available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have worked or been treated at No. 13 Stationary Hospital during the Great War 1914-1918. Havelin William Leon. Pte. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of No. 13 Stationary Hospital from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? 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William Leon Havelin 14th Battalion Born 13 March 1890, William Havelin was the eldest son of Joseph Wellie Havelin and of the deceased Esilde Havelin, of Saint Vincent de Paul, of the Isle of Jesus. His Occupation in 1914 was Blacksmith. Distinguishing features on enlistment are recorded as Tattoo on left-forearm of horseshoe around horses neck and Good Luck maple leaf. Address during WW1: 181 Rue Joliette, Saint-Charles-Borromée, QC J6E 7Y8 Canada. William attested 25th of September 1914 (after medical examination on 28 August 1914) at Rue de Valcartier, Montréal, QC, Canada with the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, aged 24years, 5 months. He was posted to 14th Battalion, 3rd Brigade. His Unit Sailed 3rd/4th of October 1914 on SS Audavia for England. William was wounded at Ypres 23rd of April 1915 leaving a small scar on front of left leg. He was wounded and gassed on 26th of May 1916 with grenade wound to the hand, shrapnel wound to left forearm and left leg and had 2 operations to remove metal foreign objects. On 1st of June 1916 he was taken to Boulogne Stationary Hospital. Then admitted 15th of July 1916 to Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Bearwood, Wokingham. He was transferred to Granville Canadian Special Hospital at Ramsgate on 27th of July 1916 and discharged 16th September 1916. William was admitted from 2nd Eastern (front) to General Hospital Brighton with Debility on 5th of September 1917 and transferred to Canadian General Hospital in Basingstoke on 31st of October 1917 with TB then transferred to Canadian Special Hospital at Lenham, Kent on 19th of March 1918. Invalided to Canada on 28th of March 1918 per H.S. Llandovery Castle from Liverpool and admitted to Drummondville Hospital Montreal on 25th of April 1918 with TB Lung and discharged on 27th of May 1918. He was discharged from the CEF on 14th of May 1918 in Montreal, Quebec. William died in 1959 in Danbury, Essex, England. Aaron Havelin Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links Suggest a link

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