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St. John Ambulance in Ontario
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted March, 2004
At 46 Wellesley Street East one finds this Ontario Heritage Trust plaque. (The plaque is no longer at this location. I received an email February, 2007 from the St. John Ambulance and they informed me that since they moved from this site, the plaque was removed and is now in storage at their provincial office.) Here's what the plaque says:
Formed in England in 1877 to train a volunteer reserve for civilian and military first aid services, the St. John Ambulance Association was introduced into Ontario in 1895 by George Sterling Ryerson, a military surgeon. The Ontario branch established training centres throughout the province, the first at Toronto in 1896. Support for the organization was limited until the St. John Ambulance Brigade, formed to provide first aid at public events, brought the organization into direct contact with large numbers of the public. The first Brigade Division was established at London in 1909. During the First World War the provision of extensive training and volunteer aid programmes by St. John Ambulance completed its establishment as one of the province's most respected humanitarian organizations.
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> Posted March 21, 2009
If memory serves me correctly, St-John House was at 46 Wellesley? [Editor's Response: Corrected. Thanks.]
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