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Dr. Eric and Mary Austin fonds
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1 cm of textual records
3 photographs
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Eric Winston Austin was born in Northwich, England on August 27, 1906. His family came to Canada in 1910. After graduating from medical school in 1932, he was employed for a short time at Large Memorial Hospital in Bella Bella with Dr. George Darby, and then on board the Thomas Crosby III (1932-1938) with Rev. Robert C. Scott. Dr. Austin subsequently became a physician at Wrinch Memorial Hospital in Hazelton (1938-1942). From 1942 until the end of the Second World War, he served the Royal Army Medical Corps. At war's end, he became a surgeon for the Vancouver Military Hospital, then for Vancouver General Hospital, and in later years had a private practice. Dr. Austin married his second wife, Mary Louise Hannah (nee Reid), in 1978. The couple were members of Shaughnessy Heights United Church in Vancouver. Eric Austin died on August 8, 1994.
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Mary Louise Reid was born in Consort, Alberta on September 20, 1920. She married George Hannah (d. 1968) and Winston Eric Austin (1978). Both Mary and Eric’s families attended Shaughnessy Heights United Church in Vancouver. Mary Austin died on March 5, 2011.
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Fonds consists memoirs, photographs, and copies of correspondence associated with the R.W. Large Hospital in Bella Bella.
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Records were donated by Heather Hannah (Mary’s daughter) in April 2022
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- English
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- R.W. Large Memorial Hospital (Bella Bella, B.C.) (Subject)
- Wrinch Memorial Hospital (Hazelton, B.C.) (Subject)
- Shaughnessy Heights United Church (Vancouver, B.C.) (Subject)
- United Church of Canada. Central Mainland Marine Mission (Subject)
- Darby, George Elias, 1889-1962 (Subject)
- Scott, Robert Clyde, 1879-1960 (Subject)
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Created April 20, 2022
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- English