Mar 23, 1885

Born at Monikie Scotland

Nov 13, 1914

Attested at Kingston Ont. into the 21^st Battalion 

Ø      Number 59935 (original number 940 – temporary)
Ø      No 4 Company
Ø      Next of kin given as Mrs WH Sutherland of 18 Rosebank St., Dundee Scotland
Ø      Occupation given as “Barber”
Ø      No previous service noted
Ø      Small scar on left forearm noted

Feb 17, 1915

Marriage certificate produced

Apr 7, 1915

5 days detention

May 1, 1915

Pay assignment of $10 per month made payable to Mrs Agnes Sutherland, (wife) 18 Rosebank St, Dundee Scotland.

May 6, 1915

Embarked the RMS Metagama at Montreal for England

May 15, 1915

Disembarked RMS Metagama in England

Aug 23, 1915

Admitted to Canadian Military Hospital at Shorncliffe

Aug 29, 1915

Admitted to Military Hospital at Shorncliffe with Varicose Veins – consented to have Varicose Veins removed

Sep 2, 1915

Transferred from No 4 Company to Depot Company

Sep 6, 1915

Transferred to VGD Hospital, Benendin

Sep 25, 1915

Transferred to 39^th Battalion

Oct 1, 1915

Pay assignment to wife changed to $15 per month – noted as being in “H” Company

Oct 25, 1915

Discharged to duty from Military Hospital

Feb 3, 1916

Transferred to 21^st Battalion

Feb 5, 1916

TOS CBD (Canadian Base Depot, 21^st Battalion) in France

Feb 15, 1916

Proceeded to join unit

Feb 17, 1916

Joined unit in France

Apr 27, 1916

Blown up by explosion – received fractured ribs and contusion to shoulder

Apr 28, 1916

Admitted No 1 Canadian General Hospital at Etaples with fractured ribs and wound to left shoulder

Apr 29, 1916

Sent to CCS 17 (Canadian Casualty Clearing Station No 17)

May 5, 1916

Admitted to No 1 Canadian General Hospital

May 12, 1916

Transferred to No 6 Convalescent  Depot at Etaples

Jun 13, 1916

Discharged to Details Camp at Etaples

Jun 16, 1916

Transferred to No 3 General Base Depot at Boulogne

Jul 22, 1916

Classified “C” and proceeded to England

Jul 23, 1916

TOS CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Center) and attached as a batman to Col Armstrong, CADC (Canadian Army Dental Corps) at Shorncliffe for a term of 12 weeks (includes Quarters and Rations)

Jul 24, 1916

Medical Board Examination at Shorncliffe England 

Ø      Disability determined as “Neurasthenia”
Ø      Buried twice in one night by explosion
Ø      One rib broken on left side
Ø      Reports fainting spells – once when a car blew it’s horn and startled him
Ø      Sleeps poorly and dreams
Ø      Complains of head pain 

Declared fit for Base duty for 12 weeks

Jul 24, 1916

Attached to CADC (Canadian Army Dental Corps) at Folkstone England

Nov 20, 1916

Detailed to DDS Office (Director of Dental Services) at London for duty and TOS CADC

Jan 24, 1917

Attached to Adjutant General and dispatched to duty with DDS in London and then cancelled

Mar 10, 1917

TOS DDS on transfer from CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Center)

Mar 11, 1917

Attached to HQ OMF of C (Headquarters Overseas Military Forces of Canada) at London

Apr 1, 1917

Graded for pay as “Clerk, class 1”

Apr 5, 1917

Awarded “Good Conduct Stripe”

Oct 31, 1917

Ceases to be attached to HQ OMF of C on reorganization

Nov 1, 1917

TOS (taken on strength) HQ OMF of C and posted to DDS at London

Mar 20, 1918

Proceedings of Medical Board at 3 Southampton St, Strand, London England 

Ø      Disability determined as “Neurasthenia”
Ø      Caused from being buried in France by an explosion
Ø      Is very nervous and suffers from tremors
Ø      Hears thumping sounds 

Board recommended “not fit for duty” on March 22, 1918

May 1, 1918

Appointed as “Acting Sargeant” and graded for pay as “Sgt Clerk”

Nov 13, 1918

Admitted to Endell Street Hospital with influenza

Nov 25, 1918

Discharged from hospital

Jul 30, 1919

Admitted to No 16 Canadian General Hospital, Capington Kent with neurasthenia – Dental exam done

Aug 2, 1919

Medical History Form filled in at No 16 Canadian General Hospital, Orpington, Kent. 

Ø      Disability determined as “Neurasthenia”
Ø      Patient is very nervous and excitable
Ø      Has tremors entire body, but especially hands when excited
Ø      Knee jerks exaggerated
Ø      Feels weak at times
Ø      Expected duration is 3 months
Ø      Hospitalization recommended
Ø      Recommended that he be invalided to Canada 

Approved August 5, 1919

Aug 15, 1919

SOS the DDS on posting to General Depot for return to Canada

Sep 11, 1919

Invalided to Canada

Sep 19, 1919

Arrived at Halifax aboard the hospital ship RMS Araguaya

Sep 21, 1919

TOS #3DD (#3 District Depot, which is Eastern Ontario region)

Sep 21, 1919

Admitted to Sydenham Military hospital, Kingston with neurasthenia (Persistent and distressing symptoms of exhaustion after minor mental or physical effort including general feeling of malaise, combined with a mixed state of excitement and depression.)  (today we call it Post Traumatic Stress Dissorder) 

Ø      Treatment recommended – electric shock

Sep 22, 1919

Granted leave, with subsistence, to October 6, 1919

Dec 18, 1919

TOS #2DD (#2 District Depot, which is Toronto region) and transferred to College Military Hospital, Toronto ON

Dec 24, 1919

Transferred to St Andrew’s Hospital Toronto

Jan 27, 1920

Medical History Form filled in at St Andrew’s Military Hospital, Toronto Ontario 

Ø      Disability determined as “Neurasthenia”
Ø      Noted that he was “blown up by shell”
Ø      Wasserman Test negative on Nov. 20, 1919 (is a test for Syphilis)
Ø      Symptoms are improving since returning to Canada
Ø      Hydrotherapy recommended (hot baths and saunas) along with physiotherapy
Ø      Cannot return to previous occupation because of tremors in hands
Ø      Fit for home service in Canada
Ø      Recommend re-examination in 6 months
Ø      Recommend occupation as “light, non-fatiguing work (Barbering) 

Approved February 2, 1920

Feb 5, 1920

Discharged from hospital – to be reviewed in 6 months

Feb 5, 1920

Discharged from the army at Toronto ON – demobilized as Medically Unfit – proposed residence on discharge – Scrofton Place, Cooper Angus, Scotland – requested to be discharged from Military District No 2. (Toronto District) – granted 183 days WSG (War Service Gratuity)

Jul 19, 1921

British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to new next of kin, Mrs A Sutherland at Bayside Cottage, Couper Angus, Perthshire, Scotland

William Sutherland returned to Canada and opened a barber shop in Hamiton, Ontario

Dec 26, 1952

Deceased at Toronto ON, buried York Cemetery Toronto