XI Canadian Field Ambulance (Western Universities)

After arriving in France in August 1916, XI Canadian Field Ambulance treated casualties at a number of major engagements, including the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Hundred Days Offensive.

[2] Canada approved the creation of these two units on 25 January 1916, and an organizing committee for XI Canadian Field Ambulance, led by the University of Alberta's President Henry Marshall Tory, was soon formed.

[4] After undergoing preliminary military training at their respective universities, the companies of XI Canadian Field Ambulance met together in Winnipeg, Manitoba, near the end of March 1916.

XI Canadian Field Ambulance underwent more training in England, and sailed for France in August 1916 aboard the SS Princess Clementine.

[6] Staff Sergeant John Ralph Hammond died on June 26, 1917, after a German shell exploded nearby while he was leading stretcher bearers from another section to relieve his men.

[7] Acting Lieutenant Colonel Moshier was killed by a shell on August 29, 1918, while attempting to find a way for his unit to safely bypass the French town of Wancourt, which was under fire from German artillery.