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Page contains 4 newspaper clippings--all concerning the service, wounding, and death of Harry R. Smith. People mentioned: Smith, Harry R.; Schram, Faye E.
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- [start clipping] FINE SERVICE BY CAPT. SMITH --- Places the Work at Hart House Upon New and High Plane --- WORK ON TRANSPORTS --- Surviving wounds and the dangers of battle and disease in boht the Eastern and Western theatres of war, Ckapt. (Dr. ) Harry R. Smith succumbed to pneumonia in the private pavilion of the General Hospital at a late hour on Tuesday night. On returning from the front the late Capt. Smith took charge of the gymnastic remedial work at Hart House wit all the enthusiasm and energy that characterized him at college, on the Rubgy field and in the gymnasium. He brought the work up to a degree unsurpassed in any British or European centre, and he was entering on a career of great promise in this new department of medicine when taken fatally ill. Capt. Smith was only 28 years of age. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Smith, 48 Yorkville avenue. He was educated in the Toronto public schools, Jarvis Street Collegiate, and the University of Toronto, graduating in medicine in 1915. At college he took a keen interest in athletics, playing on the junior and senior "Meds" in the Mulock Cup series, and being Captain of the University "Gym" team. During his college career he joined The Globe staff and for some years served with this paper. For several years during the summers Capt. Smith was a City Playground Supervisor at the C.N.R., on Cherry street, and later at Osler Playground, where his personal magnetism, executive and athletic ability enabled him to be a real leader among the men and boys of the district. Serves on Transports. Upon graduation he enlisted as a private in Col. Rennie's No. 2 Casuality Clearing Station, and secured a commission int he R.A.M.C. in England. As a Medical Officer he served on transports between Gallipoli and Alexandria in 1915. After going to Khartoum he served in the Duke of Westminster's Camel Corps and was a member of a motor corps which succeeded in rescuing some hundred sailors who had fallen into the hands ot the Senussi, after making the shore in small boats, following the torpedoing of their vessels by German submarines. [end clipping] [start clipping] In Charge of Hart House. Joining the staff at Hart House in July, 1917, Capt. Smith took charge of the gymnasium remedial work for all kinds of disabilities, including amputations. His enthusiasm and originality enabled him to build up phases of the treatment of patients and the training of men to carry on the work. His eager, boyish spirit was infectious, and was a source of encouragement to the patients to overcome their handicaps. Always a strong advocate of recreation centres, Capt. Smith on his return thought they would play a large part in the rehabilitation and reconstruction program, and, joining the Toronto Playgrounds Association, was elected Secretary. Capt. Smith was married last year to Miss Faye Elizabeth Schram, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Schram of Detroit, who survives him. He is also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Smith; two sisters, Miss Eva Smith and Mrs. W.C. Ruttan, and William E. Smith, a brother. A military funeral will be held from the residence of his parents at 2.30 on Friday afternoon. [end clipping] [start clipping] HUSBAND OF FORMER OTTAWA GIRL IS DEAD --- Many friends here will be deeply sorry to learn that Capt. Harry R. Smith has died of pneumonia in Toronto. It is less than a year since he married Miss Faye Elizabth Schram, formerly of The Journal and Free Press staffs, and later connected with the Military Hospitals Commission, where she met Captain Smith, who had charge [end clipping] [start clipping] of the gymnasium remedial work at Hart House, Toronto. Only 28 years of age, Capt. Smith was a graduate in medicine from Toronto, had served since 1915 in both the eastern and western theatres of war, and returned to Canada in 1917 after having been severely wounded at Ypres and on the Somme. The impressive military funeral to Mount Pleasant cemetary was attended by many military and medical officers, members of the City Council, and numberless friends among soldiers and civilians of the city. Rev. W.A. Cameron, assisted by Capt. Harkness, conducted the service at thehome of Capt. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Smith, 48 Yorkville avenue. The chief mourners were his wife, his parents, Mrs. Elizabeth Schram and Ross Schram; his sisters, Miss Eva Smith and Mrs. W.C. Ruttan, and his brother, Wm.E. Smith. --- [end clipping] [start clipping] VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA 1 photograph CAPTAIN HARRY R. SMITH Formerly of The Globe, who went overseas in 1915 with Col. Rennie's No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, died last night at the General Hospital here from pneumonia. He was seriously wounded in France on December 8th, 1916, and after returning to this city joined that staff at Hart House, where unitl the time of his death he had been rendering valuable service. While connected with this institution Captain Smith visited several hospitals doing similar work in the United States, where he contracted the illness which proved fatal. In his overseas service with the R.A.M.C. he was connected with the stations Alexandria and Khartoum, in Egypt. For years he was actively connected with the Y.M.C.A. in Toronto. [end clipping] [start clipping] TORONTO MEDICO SEES MANY LANDS --- Has Many Exciting Experiences With Imperial Army Medical Corps --- WELL-KNOWN ATHLETE --- One of Twenty-Four University Men Who Enlisted as Privates --- Captain Harry R. Smith, son of W.J. Smith, 48 Yorkville avenue, arrived home yesterday after two years' service with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt and France. He is one of Toronto's well- known athletes, and in his graduating year at Toronto University was captain of a gym team. After graduating in medicine at a special convocation early in 1915, he went overseas as a "Tommy" along with twenty-four doctors, who, ratherthan wait for commissions in the C.A.M.C., entering Station under Col. Rennie. Arrived in England, the way to the front was barred by a British War Office order for bidding medical men to go to France in the ranks. The young medicos, several of them with M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, in addition to their M.B.'s, took commissions with the imperial forces, and found their way to Gallipoli. In his first year, Captain Smith was on a transport running between Mudros and Alexandria. Later he was stationed in the Cairo hospital, being afterward transferred to Khartoum, where we spent several months. In the Senussi tribes' rebellion he had an interesting time as a member of the motor party that rescued some 100 men who had fallen into the hands of the Senussi after reaching shore from torpedoed vessels. The unfortunate seaman had been interned in a small interior desert town for nineteen weeks, and fed on the entrails and blood of goats, and were only rescued after a long trip into unknown desert. [illegible] he made the trip from [illegible] Marseilles with 1330 Australians, and then to London, where he enjoyed a short furlough. Signing on for a second year, he was attached to the First King's Own Royal Lancashires, a regiment that took part in the battle of Quebec and has a history that goes back to the middle ages. With this regiment he spent seven months in France, returning wounded. Wounded in France. On Dec. 8 a 5.9 shell dropped thru the roof of his aid station, wounding him in the hip, severing an artery in the arm and inflicting several other wounds. While convalescing he was in the Canadian Red Cross Hosptial at Hude Park and after completing his second year of service returned with a number of men with whom he left Canada for a furlough before taking further service. The party took the Montreal flyer from Quebec and were in a train wreck on Monday when the train ran past a signal and the baggage car and two coaches were derailed by a switch. No one was injured, but the suddden stopping of the flyer sent dishes and passengers flying to the front of the dining-car. As a result of the accident the party missed connections to Montreal and [illegible] North Toronto yesterday morning [illegible] their baggage. Eleven Were Decorated Capt. Smith is undecided as [illegible] service, but says he has made a splendid recovery from his wounds and while convalescing has gained two stone in weight. Of the 24 medical men with whom he enlisted in the Canadian forces in the ranks, 11 have been decorated none have been killed and only two besides himself have been wounded, the other two being Maurice Helliwell and Richard Coatsworth, both of Toronto. Several famous Varsity athletes are in the party, including Leaming Carr and Wilfred "Red" McKenzie, of the rugby team. The men whose homes are in Toronto and who went over with the clearing sells, Fred Clement, Don Fraswer, S. Paul O'Sullivan, Thos. Cumberland and H.R. Smith, all now having their captaincy with the Imperials. [end clipping]
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