John Robert CLARK
A carman from St Pancras, Clark left a wife, Minnie, whose recorded address was in West Hampstead. Follow his London life into service with No. 3 Veterinary Hospital.
Private · British Army Veterinary Corps
Died 23 April 1916
Explore the stories
Start with a working life, a veterinary workplace or a family’s remembrance.
Before the uniform
Carman, groom, teamster, clerk, student and steamfitter: the civilian lives that preceded veterinary service.
Henry James ROBERTS
Roberts worked as a groom at Traralgon before serving with the 8th Mobile Veterinary Section. He named his father Edward as next of kin.
Corporal · Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 20 August 1918
Frederick James MORGAN
Morgan was a Toronto teamster, married to Florence and the father of two children.
Private · Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 4 July 1917
John Russell DICKSON
A Warrnambool clerk living in South Yarra, Dickson named his father James as next of kin. He joined in 1917 after earlier home service and a rejection for a heart condition.
Private · Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 15 October 1918
Edwin ABRAHAM
New Zealand-born Abraham was a student at Hawkesbury College before veterinary service. He named his sister as next of kin.
Private · Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 18 January 1918
Walter Rupert SHAW
Shaw was a London-born steamfitter who named his wife Beatrice in his attestation. His account follows a civilian trade into Canadian veterinary service and a fatal air raid at Rouen.
Acting Sergeant · Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 13 August 1918
Working with horses and mules
Recorded workplaces and incidents reveal the sustained labour and hazards of caring for the army's animals.
Ernest William Henry REINMUTH
A horse inspection ended in a fatal injury for Reinmuth, a commercial traveller with a wife and four children. The accident report records that he was on duty and attributes no blame.
Private · Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 7 September 1918
Arthur Richard ROUTLEDGE
A veterinary surgeon from County Louth, Routledge served at No. 3 Veterinary Hospital. His record includes an injury to his knee from a mule's kick.
Captain · British Army Veterinary Corps
Died 27 June 1918
Robert PEARCE
Pearce had worked as a cement burner and horsekeeper in Cardiff before serving with No. 3 Veterinary Hospital.
Horse Keeper · British Army Veterinary Corps
Died 1 August 1915
Edwin ABRAHAM
Abraham's papers record a brief hospital posting in June 1917 before his return to the 5th Mobile Veterinary Section.
Private · Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 18 January 1918
John BURRELL
Burrell entered the war in the infantry before transferring to the Australian Veterinary Hospital at Calais on 12 May 1917. His service and casualty forms both record the change.
Private · Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 21 October 1918
Families and remembrance
Widowhood, family notices, reburial letters and the long effort to care for a grave continue the stories beyond a man's death.
Alexander Christie ARIS
Aris's story continues in decades of letters about his family grave at Strensall. The surviving correspondence records Mrs May's repeated efforts to secure its upkeep.
Private · British Army Veterinary Corps
Died 31 October 1918
Frederick James MORGAN
A Toronto newspaper reported the hardship faced by Morgan's widow Florence and their two children. Read the family account alongside the attestation and commemorative material, with the newspaper's claims identified.
Private · Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 4 July 1917
Percival EVESSON
The family death notice calls him Percy and records his death at North Head after discharge. Original documents distinguish his illness, return to Australia and the later news received by his family.
Trooper · Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 7 September 1918
John Russell DICKSON
A reburial letter told Dickson's family of the move from Dury to Villers-Bretonneux. His account traces that later act of remembrance as well as the illness that ended his service.
Private · Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Died 15 October 1918
Reginald George MURPHY
A family notice in the Otago Witness named Murphy's parents, George and Katharine of Naseby, and reported his death at Alexandria. Its age differs from the service record; the account preserves that uncertainty.
Trooper · New Zealand Veterinary Corps
Died 16 August 1915