Brigadier Raymond Myers Gorssline DSO, OStJ, MD (28 July 1885 – 1968) was the 12th Canadian Surgeon General.
1 Canadian Field Ambulance";[4] where he remained until 1916, when he was appointed "Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services [(Army)] for the 3rd Division with the rank of [Major].
"[5] Subsequently, in 1918, he was promoted to Brigadier-General and appointed "[Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (Army)] of the Canadian Corps.
[7] By the beginning of World War II he was appointed Director General of Medical Services (Army); remaining in the position until 1942.
Christopher McCreery, author of The Maple Leaf and the White Cross, states that Gorssline's work as Surgeon General during World War II "helped place St. John Ambulance at the forefront of first aid training throughout the conflict.