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Edwin Seaborn's Needlework Kit

Edwin Seaborn's Needlework Kit

Date1916-1918
Dimensions8 × 12 × 5 cm (8 × 12 × 5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. W.J. Moss, Glencoe, Ontario, 1982.
Object number1982.004.052
Label TextLieutenant-Colonel Edwin Seaborn (1872-1951) used this sewing kit. From 1916, Dr. Seaborn commanded the No. 10 “University of Western Ontario” Stationary Hospital during the First World War (1914-1918). By December 1917, the unit was operating a 400-bed hospital in Calais, France, and by war’s end, it had cared for over 16,000 patients.
NameKit, Sewing