Our Gallant Doctor: Enigma and Tragedy : Surgeon Lieutenant George Hendry and HMCS Ottawa, 1942During the Battle of the Atlantic, Dr. George Hendry had just finished performing two major surgical operations on board the destroyer HMCS Ottawa when his ship was ambushed by 13 German U-boats. Canadian warships like Ottawa had inadequate radar sets that were incapable of detecting submarines approaching in the dark. On September 13, 1942, U-91 stole in and torpedoed Ottawa, sinking her in 20 minutes. utterly exhausted, Dr. Hendry was lost along with 113 of his shipmates. George Hendry was a much-loved man, a great university athlete, and a very good doctor. Unfortunately, he was also naive and too trusting. One night in January 1941, he committed a very foolish indiscretion. He would spend the rest of his tragically short life making amends for this mistake. |
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... obstetrics and gynaecology . Though I was but ten years old at the time , I clearly remember George giv- ing my younger brother John and me hockey gloves at Christmas in 1940 . I was always a bit of a nerd and my much more athletic ...
... obstetrics and gynaecology in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine, died at home after a year-long battle with leukaemia. To an impressive list of attributes covering his skill as a physician and a teacher and his wisdom ...
... obstetrics and gynaecology , University of Toronto , and obstetrician and gynaecologist - in - chief , Toronto General Hospital , 1922-36 . To his colleagues young and old , he was always " the Chief . " ( Courtesy of Faculty of ...
... Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and by 1912 he was an assistant professor. W.B. Hendry had an early start in the military as a private in the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC; the prefix “Royal” came much later) during his medical school ...
... obstetrics and gynaecology in the University of Toronto and obstetrician and gynaecol- ogist - in - chief at the Toronto General Hospital . In the fourteen years to fol- low , he built up a truly outstanding university department ...
Contents
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Chapter Three | 65 |
Chapter Four | 81 |
Chapter Five | 109 |
Chapter | 131 |
Chapter Seven | 149 |
Chapter Eight | 179 |
Epilogue | 193 |
Appendices | 211 |
List of Survivors HMCS Ottawa September 13 1942 | 225 |
Heinz Walkerling Commanding Officer and Schussmeldung | 239 |
Bibliography | 268 |