CDN WWI Soldier remains returned from the US to be interned in France

[Czech_pivo]

U.S. museum returns remains of 12 Canadian soldiers​

U.S. museum returns remains of 12 Canadian soldiers

OTTAWA — An American medical museum has returned the partial human remains of 12 Canadian soldiers from the First World War.

www.sootoday.com

 

[Kilted]

I'm surprised that they can still identify who these remains originally came from.

 

[mariomike]

I'm surprised that they can still identify who these remains originally came from.

Perhaps they were identified when American medical personnel collected them after the war at a military hospital in Le Tréport, France.

 

[ModlrMike]

I believe the word we're looking for here is "interred". Interned has a completely different meaning. /grammar police

Inter:
verb
past tense: interred; past participle: interred

1. place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites.
   "he was interred with the military honours due to him"

Yes, I am that guy.

 

[mariomike]

I believe the word we're looking for here is "interred". Interned has a completely different meaning. /grammar police

Inter:
verb
past tense: interred; past participle: interred

1. place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites.
   "he was interred with the military honours due to him"

Yes, I am that guy.

Better interned than interred.

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[medicineman]

I'm surprised that they can still identify who these remains originally came from.

They were often already identified, as many had died as a result of wounds, so in a field or permanent hospital. There were orders in place by British and Canadian Surgeon's General to keep and study bodies of deceased soldiers to learn more about the pathology of war injuries and illnesses to improve care. As mentioned in the article, a lot were supposed to go into a pathology museum of sorts in Montreal, but never really happened, but did get spread out through different medical teaching facilities in the UK and North America. Much like in some teaching hospitals still to this day, people are asked regarding autopsy after death in hospital if one isn't required by law, to look for a Cause of Death, even if one might be readily available, in order to study the pathophysiology of what occurred. In these cases, no permissions were given, as soldiers were considered the property of the government, even if dead . Given that most KIA/DoW's were usually buried in theatre in those days, families wouldn't be any the wiser...

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Tim Cook discusses the planned Canadian medical museum of war that never came to fruition after WW1 in Lifesavers and Bodysnatchers. It would have featured corpses (or body parts) of Canadian soldiers wounded or killed in action.

 

[mariomike]

National Defence said it is in the process of contacting family members of the deceased identified by the U.S. museum and encouraged them to contact its history and heritage branch.

It provided a list of the names of eight privates, two corporals and two sergeants from across Canada whose remains were identified in the museum collection.