Harold Ira Palmer

Rank:

Sub-lieutenant

Unit at enlistment:

Royal Navy

Force:

R.N

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

17 Church Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

17 Church Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Student

Employer:

University of Toronto

Religious denominations:

Unionist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX September 9, 1918

With the Navy

Mr. Harold Palmer has returned to Brantford after being gone for 16 months, serving in the medical force of the British navy. He returned on Friday night and is with his father, Dr. R.H. Palmer, 17 Church Street. Leave has been granted to a number of medical students who have been serving their country and Harold intends to resume his work at the medical school in Toronto at the opening of the fall term. His work kept him close to the British Isles where he was on duty on the big ship “Venturous.” His many young friends in the city are extending him a genuine home coming welcome.

BX April 18, 1960

Doctor Harold Ira Palmer Dies Suddenly at Home

Dr. Harold Ira Palmer, MBE, died suddenly on Sunday at his home, 17 Church Street, at the age of 63.

One of Brantford’s best known medical men, and a child specialist, Dr. Palmer was born in Brantford, the son of Dr. Ralph H. Palmer and Edith Thomson. He was a life-long resident here.

Graduating from the University of Toronto in 1920, Dr. Palmer did post-graduate work at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

This year he received a fellowship in the American Academy of Paediatrics. He was a life member of the American Paediatric Society and a member of the Canadian Paediatric Society.

Served in Two Wars

During the First World War he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and in the Second World War he served with the rank of major, the RCAMC No. 2 Canadian General Hospital at Bramshott, England, and Ghent, Belgium.

Besides being mentioned in dispatches, he received the Oak Leaf Cluster and was awarded the MBE. He was decorated by Viscount Alexander.

Dr. Palmer was for many years active in the religious, fraternal and service club life of Brantford. He was long a member and an elder of Zion United Church, an honorary member of the Rotary Club, a member of the Brantford Gold and Country Club, a member and past master of Doric Lodge, A.F and A.M., a 32nd degree Mason, being a member of Murton Lodge of Perfection, Rose Croix Chapter and Moore Consistory, Hamilton, the Brantford Scottish Rite Association, the Brantford Shriners Club, and Mocha Temple Shrine, London.

He served as medical director of the Mohawk Institute.

Surviving besides his widow, the former Patricia Blackmore, are three sons, Donald of Toronto, Ralph and John of Brantford; one brother, R.M. Palmer, of St. Thomas and two sisters, Mrs. W.E. (Winnifred) Clarke and Mrs. A.A. (Isabel) Moore, both of Toronto.

Dr. Palmer will rest at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home until Wednesday noon, then will rest in Zion United Church for service at 3.30 p.m. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.