january january canadian physician army officer moving new_york enlisting united_states_army early age later returned canada attend practising physician number dangerous positions chief medical staff doctor workforce men world war traveled middle_east treating disease operating ray facility israel attempting middle_east hospital patients harrison deported canada managed jump ship morocco join 1930s traveled countries performing medical duties served ship doctor liner crossed indian_ocean world war death assisted china saving lives end life harrison speak languages participated seven wars married women time daughter said character based according film producers steven_spielberg contacted father death conducted series interviews provided account life early life harrison born january ontario town named great grandfather george grandfather builder child harrison considered occasion locked grandmother bedroom local newspaper sensation attempt travel cuba discovered enrolled toronto left year age ran away join 22nd headquartered returned home discovered soon moved new_york join serve force philippines defeat spain brief period help boxer rebellion china involved running labor gangs building supply roads remote areas harrison involved maternal grandfather company evolved discovered year old connections influence general issuing general order recall harrison field serving army harrison contracted cholera returned canada inheritance received recently deceased grandfather harrison began attending medical school marrying lawyer daughter graduation medical school harrison gained employment began treating community alberta acting local soon harrison moved family washington idaho finally oregon doctor mayor developer harrison fathered daughter wife published article written harrison titled section difficulties documented section performed remote ranch house lit oil lamp restless nature harrison left family oregon traveled london undergo work world war began harrison assisted war effort belgium met turkish woman named married wife harrison new wife traveled texas settle north american conflict world war shortly arriving texas harrison took dangerous job chief medical staff mexican revolutionary general situation harrison captured villa foe later president mexico doctor sentenced death ill harrison spared qualified physician available harrison kept general state near recovery enabling escape deliver military information forces stationed border brief stay community southern utah harrison enlisted stationed french hospital tended needs quickly learning language customs group men harrison successfully treated tuberculosis cases significantly reducing number sick members corps winter interwar period world war harrison traveled middle_east performing medical duties treating prostitutes afflicted disease constantinople operating ray facility israel legally divorced wives harrison married woman alexandria find escape adventure followed harrison life harrison new wife train ambushed band disillusioned group politicians quick thinking recently married physician prevented new wife broken leg developing charge constantinople hospital attempted patients captured tried breach conduct female patient fact wife turkish officer deported canada harrison escaped ship docked morocco making way ireland harrison posed catholic joined discovered quickly crossed wales treat coal miners harrison married fourth wife cardiff previous wives set adventure caribbean thought harrison deserted 1930s harrison worked countries latin_america middle_east year served physician guerrilla army fighting japanese engaged second sino japanese war china harrison traveled shanghai borrowed funds medical school classmate jamaica brother ontario set private medical practice assisting chinese red_cross possible world war harrison ship doctor board steam liner supplies allied forces indian_ocean war harrison wanted assist records seven years age qualify service time served china delivering needed supplies country devastated long second sino japanese war saved lives students officer american army officer uniform harrison able convince officer check barge held students hidden inside december harrison set shanghai approximately tonnes supplies train journey accompanied russian worker chinese welfare representatives repeated train journey constantly suffered delays delay occurred lasted days second delay equal duration station medical supplies train engine car left bleak plain workers clean water drink forced ditch water human waste add dire situation harrison blanket shoes stolen cold began suffer weeks harrison left shanghai train permitted problems ahead stations route train delayed hours arrival journey completed truck cart completing delivery returned pick second load continue past branch receiving hospital harrison died exposure january near china aged end life speak different languages participated seven wars discovered years death married women time virtually unknown canada harrison widely honored china statue likeness stands tall shanghai burial site anglican compound home treats approximately day town ontario named harrison great grandfather maintains lasting relationship hospital renamed previous prime minister canada sent commemorative letter chinese ambassador mark centenary harrison birth time clear harrison age enlisting celebrations took place seven years actual centenary year harrison remains interred large tomb public ceremony canadians invited attend according harrison daughter decades father death film producers steven_spielberg contacted series interviews provided account father life claims inspiration highly successful film series recent times harrison subject life written
Tillson Harrison