Jacob Leslie Potter

Colonel J.L. Potter BStJ, MD (16 April 1877 - ) was the 11th Canadian Surgeon General.

Potter joined the Non-Permanent Army Militia Medical Corps in 1907 as a Lieutenant and the following year, transferred into the permanent force in the rank of Captain.[1]

During WWI, he was Taken on Strength in the rank of Colonel in 1918,[2] and assumed command of No. 11 Stationary Hospital, which was a newly assembled unit from Vancouver, British Columbia.[3] That same year, the unit was sent overseas to Vladivostok, Russia.[3] Colonel Potter’s wife, Nursing Matron Grace Elrida Potter was also sent at the same time to Vladivostok as part of the Siberian Expedition; in fact, she was the sole woman on the expedition.[4]

Shortly after arriving in Vladivostok, he was appointed Assistant Director of Medical Services (Army) and sent to Siberia, remaining there until 1919.[1]

He was appointed Director General of Medical Services (Army) (later known as Surgeon General) in 1936.

References

  1. 1 2 "Potter, Jacob Leslie". ancestry. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Service Fies of the First World War, 1914-1918 - CEF: Potter, Jacob Leslie". http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 Library and Archives Canada. "Guide to Sources Relating to Units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force: Canadian Army Medical Corps" (PDF). collectionscanada.gc.ca. p. 72. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Benjamin Isitt & Chris Kruger (2012). "Canada’s Siberian Expedition: Portfolio of Still Images" (PDF). siberianexpedition.ca. p. 69. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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