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Soldier Information Cards - World War Two
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[clipping] 3 Apr 1940
Enlists Again
Lt.-Col. H. P. Hamilton
See also Bignell, Russell
Hauch, Kuyler
Col. Hamilton To Go Overseas
Ambulance Unit Head Leaves in Two Weeks
Lieut.-Col. H. P. Hamilton, M.C., officer commanding No. 24 Field Ambulance, will leave "in about two weeks"
for service overseas, it was announced today.
According to instructions from headquarters of Military District No. 1 at London, Ont., Col. Hamilton
will be in charge of medical services of a new unit to be established either in England or France.
The actual time of his departure was not announced.
Col. Hamilton is no stranger to war. He enlisted in 1915 for service in the last great conflict and was not
demobilized until 1920. In that same year, he entered private practice in Kitchener, and has been in
this city every since.
On his last arrival in France, Col. Hamilton was attached to the British forces as medical officer
of the Second East Surgery Regiment, an Immperial unit. In 1916, the unit was transferred to the East,
serving in Egypt, Greece, Macedonia and Turkey. It was during the Balkan campaign that Col. Hamilton
was mentioned in despatches, and was awarded the Military Cross.
Col. Hamilton will go overseas this time with the rank of major. Little is known of his new conection overseas
apart from the fact that he will service with a ``specialized`` unit.
In addition to his duties with No. 24 Field Ambulance, Col. Hamilton also was adctive in the K-W Rotary Club, and in local
medical circles.
It was not known today just who would succeed him in command of the local ambulance unit. It is thought probable
that some word relative to this would be forthcoming shortly from London headquarters.
[clipping] 4 Sept 1940
Major H. P. Hamilton
Major H. P. Hamilton of Kitchener, who returned from England recently where he was medical officer to a C.A.S.F.
unit since early spring, has been appointed district medical officer to an eastern Canadian command, it was learned
here today.
Major Hamilton will be stationed at headquarters in London, Ont., for a short time before leaving for his new post.
Major Hamilton will regain the rank of lieutenant-colonel which he relinquished when he went overseas.
[clipping] 25 Sept 1941
Kitchener Doctor Highly Honored
Lieut.-Col. H. P. Hamilton, M.C., Kitchener, who has been stationed for the past year at St. John. N.B.,
as district medical officer, has been transferred to Nova Socia as districal medical officer of
Military District No. 6 with headquarters in Halifax.
The new position will carry the rank of full colonel. M.D. 6 is one of the most active in the Dominion,
comprising Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland.
[clipping] 7 Apr 1942
Local Unit At Stratford
No. 10 Hospital to Train as Group Under Kitchener Colonel
Col. H.P. Hamtion's No. 10 Hospital unit will be assembled at Julianna barracks at Stratford, Brigadier
D.J. MacDonald, district officer commanding, stated today.
Up to the present, the nurses and medical men have been stationed at various military hospital units
in Ontario for training. Many of the nurses are from Kitchener and Waterloo.
Dutch Troops Move
Dutch troops, who have been stationed at Stratford since the Highland Light Infantry vacated the
large barracks there, are moving to Guelph. The Guelph basic training centre has been closed. (over)
Purpose of assembling the personnel at Stratford is to allow them to train as a unit, the brigadier said.
[clipping) continued
No patients will be sent there, however, he stated.
It is understood Col. hamilton's unit is one of the largest of its kind in the Canadian Army.
"He has a very competent group of physicians on his staff," Brigadier MacDonald commented.
Has Been Overseas
Col. Hamilton, former commanding officer of the 24th Field Ambulance here, reverted to the rank of major to go
overseas early in the war. When he returned he was appointed chief medical officer for an eastern military
district. Col. Hamilton is a veteran of the First Great War.
In addition to Twin City nurses, a number of local men enlisted as orderlies when Col. Hamilton was recruiting
in the city. Of these, several were members of the 24th Field Ambulance (Reserve).
Brigadier MacDonald gave no indication as to the length of time the unit will be stationed in Stratford.
[clipping] 24 Oct 1944
Col. Hamilton Back to Take New Postion
Col. H. P. Hamilton, M.C., E.Ed., former Kitchener physician, has returned to Canada from his command
of No. 10 Hospital Unit, according to word reaching the city today. It is believed he is going on to Ottawa
and will not reach the city before the end of the week. Mrs. Hamilton went to Montreal to meet him.
Col. Hamilton is slated for a post concerned with the demobilization of returned men.
Organized Unit
Formerly district medical officer for Military District No. 6 at Halifax, he went overseas latterly
with No. 10 Hospital Unit which he organized in Military District No. 1. A number of the members
of his unit are Kitchener men who were formerly on the strength of the 24th Field Ambulance, of
which he was O.C. before he went into active service.
His unit followed the invasion forces into France and it was while he was directing care of the wounded in
the early invasion battles that he received the appointment which returns him to Canada.
Col. Hamilton's war record goes back to the First Great War duing which he served overseas with and English
medical unit for four years. he joined up shortly after completing his medical course at
university. He saw action in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Overseas Twice
In the present war he went overseas first four years ago attached to the No. 1 Canadian Holding Unit
returing to Canada later as district medical officer of M.D. 6 at Halifax. He was later transferred
to M.D. 7 with headquarters at St. John, N.B.
In 1942 he was brought back to Military District No. 1 to mobilize the hospital unit which he later
took overseas and finally led to France.
Col. Hamilton started medical practice in Kitchener after the First Great War and continued in practice here until
the outbreak of the present conflict. In peacetime he was active in the organization of the 24th
Field Ambulance.
[clipping] 1946
Col. H.P. Hamilton, M.C., right, of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, well-known Kitchener doctor, have been made
Officers of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The decorations were made public today in the
King's birthday honor list.
[clipping] 23 Mar 1944
Dr. H. P. Hamilton
Col. H. P. Hamilton, M.C., E.D., has seen service overseas in this war, returned
to Canada and is now back in England in command of a hospital there.
Col. Hamilton was overseas in the First Great War for four years with an English medical
unit, joining up shortly after completing his university course in medicine. He was in
action for the most part in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean.
In recent years Col. Hamilton was officer commanding the 24th Field Ambulance but he left
for service overseas before the Kitchener unit was mobilized for active service.
He went overseas for the first time attached to No. 1 Canadian Holding Unit approximately
four years ago. Col. Hamilton returned to Canada from overseas to serve as district
medical officer of M.D. 6, with headquarters at St. John, N.B., remaining one year at
each post.
In August of 1942 Col. Hamilton was brought back to Miliary District No. 1 to mobilize
a hospital unit. He went overseas for the second time in command of the unit.