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Pte. Henry Northcote
Canadian Expeditionary Force 31st Battalion
from:Winnipeg, Manitoba
Henry Northcote was hit by shrapnel in his right arm at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917. He was hit in the middle of the right forearm, badly damaging soft tissues and breaking both bones. A field dressing was applied immediately and a temporary splint applied, and he was sent to the 32nd Australian Field Hospital. He said the smell from his forearm was terrible and gangrene had set in, necessitating the amputation of his right arm. After six days, he was transferred to Huddersfield War Hospital for three weeks. He was sent to the Ramsgate Hospital on 10th of May 1917 and shipped home to Canada in July 1917.