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Kingsmill, Henry Ardagh
Person · 1867 - 1920

Born July 2, 1867. Died 1920. Son of Thomas Frazer Kingsmill and Anne (Ardagh) (Burris) Kingsmill. Henry Ardagh Kingsmill married Inez Ethelyn Smith (1870-1956), an American singer, in 1902. They had two children: Sidney Ardagh and Eleanor.

He graduated with a medical degree from Western University in 1895, and served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps. His name is on a campus plaque honouring Western University's soldiers of WWI. He died during a soldier's flu epidemic in 1920 at the age of 53.

Luney, Frederick Winnett
Person · 1892-1987

Frederick Winnett (F. W.) Luney was the oldest child of Isabella and James S. Luney, born in 1892 in Middlesex, Ontario. He had three younger brothers: Oswald S., Russell H., and Willford R. In 1914, Luney graduated from the medical program at the University of Western Ontario. On May 12, 1916, he enlisted with the Canadian military in the Army Medical Services division, where he held the position of Lieutenant. Dr. Luney served as an intern at Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario, where he was appointed Senior Pathologist in 1917, a position he held until 1927. He was also appointed to the Institute of Public Health (London, Ontario) in the Division of Pathology and Bacteriology. On June 29, 1918, he married Cora E. Spettigue in London, Ontario. In 1927, Dr. Luney began work at St. Joseph’s Hospital (London, Ontario) as Director of Laboratories. In 1928, he established the Clinical Pathology Laboratory, known later as the Department of Laboratory Medicine (from 1960 to 1986). Dr. Luney was Secretary of the St. Joseph’s Hospital Nominating Committee from 1928 to 1930. From 1929 to 1961, he held the position of Clinical Laboratory Chief. Through experimentation on animals, Dr. Luney made great advances in blood transfusion techniques, and even pioneered a new blood transfusion apparatus, a “two-person multiple syringe” that allowed blood to flow directly from donor to patient. On March 19, 1945, Dr. Luney directed the opening of the Blood Bank Department at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He placed Sr. Leonarda Kelly, R. T. in charge of the department. Between 1941 and 1942, Dr. Luney was appointed the fourth President of the Ontario Association of Pathologists, a non-profit medical society committed to representing patients and pathologists, and promoting excellence in the practice of pathology. During his tenure at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Dr. Luney was a member of the First Library Committee (1931), Chief of Staff (1941-1943, 1952-1954), and a founding member of the Historical Committee (1950). He retired in 1961, after 34 years of medical service. In 1970, Dr. Luney established the Dr. F. W. Luney Fund, donating $5,000 for the purchase of supplies for the St. Joseph’s Hospital Medical Library. In addition to his work at both Victoria and St. Joseph’s, Dr. Luney established private pathology consulting services to smaller medical centres in St. Thomas (Ont.), Tillsonburg (Ont.), Chatham (Ont.), Sarnia (Ont.), and Brantford (Ont.). He was also an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario for 44 years. Dr. Luney died on February, 1987.

Person · 1925-1945

Roland James Saundercook was born January 25th, 1925 in Collins Bay, Ontario to Helen Bernice Saundercook (nee Yeomans) (1902-1962) and Bruce Madden Saundercook (1901-1962). Roland James had three siblings, an older brother Roy James Saundercook (1922), who died as an infant before Roland James was born, and two younger sisters, Joan Saundercook and Betty Saundercook.

Roland James joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and began training in Toronto as early as September 1942. He was given the service number 269079 and his trade was determined as air gunner. In late April 1944, he was sent overseas to the United Kingdom where he became part of the Royal Air force squadron 576. In this squadron he would have been based out of RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire until October 31, 1944, when the entire squadron relocated to RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire.

Roland James, with a rank of flight Sergeant, was an air gunner as part of the team that operated the Avro Lancaster plane identified as Lancaster I PB785. The other men on the specific team were Frank Edmond (pilot), John Eve (engineer), James Stanley Marks Gibbs (wireless op), William Frederick Nicol (navigator), Edward James Peverley (tail air gunner), and Donald Swallow Quinn (air bomber). During the evening of March 16th 1945, this team took off for a night flight, however they crashed in Germany March 17th leaving no survivors. Roland James Saundercook was 20 years of age. He and the other crew members are buried at DurnBach War Cemetery, Germany.

McNaughton Jones, Nettie
Person · 1884 - 1939

Nettie Lorinda [nee McNaughton] Jones was born August 10, 1884 to Mary [nee Slater] and Scott McNaughton in Biddulph Township, near Granton. Nettie married Charles Jones (b. May 23, 1890, d. December 25, 1971). She died October 3, 1939 at the age of 55. She is buried with her husband at the Granton Cemetery in Biddulph Township, Ontario.

Seaborn, Edwin
Person · 1872 - 1951

Dr. Edwin Seaborn was born on May 14, 1872 in Rawdon, Quebec to Reverend William Minter Seaborn and Aquile Rondeau Seaborn. The family moved to London, Ontario in 1879. Seaborn graduated from Western University Medical School in 1895. After graduation he taught Anatomy at the Medical School, becoming a professor of Anatomy and Surgery and the Chair of Anatomy by 1916. In 1916, Seaborn was appointed commander, at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, of the No. 10 Stationary Hospital established by Western University. The unit served in England from 1916 to 1917, and France from 1917 until demobilization in 1919.

In private practice in London after the war, Seaborn also carried out medical and zoological research. His research included an extensive study of Ochronosis, a rare disease, and a study of the Maskinonge species of fish. Seaborn was also interested in local history. He was very active in the London and Middlesex Historical Society, and served as president in 1936. Through his involvement in the society, he obtained access to the diaries, letters and reminiscences of various area residents, including early pioneers, farmers, merchants and doctors. Seaborn combined his love of medicine and history, to write The March of Medicine in Western Ontario, which traces the history of medicine in Western Ontario. In 1938, the University of Western Ontario presented Seaborn with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

In 1904 Seaborn married Ina Matilda Bucke, daughter of prominent physician, Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke. They had one child, Ina (Dee-Dee) Jessie Helene.

Edwin Seaborn retired in 1948 and died in London, Ontario in November, 1951.