Are you physically fit?
According to these regulations, medical requirements for volunteers to the CEF were fairly stringent. In practice, the need for manpower meant that many serious medical conditions were "overlooked".
Canada, Militia and Defence, Physical Standards and Instructions for the Medical Examination of Recruits for the Canadian Expeditionary Force and for the Active Militia of Canada (1917)
Medical Examn of Recruits.pdf
(32.74 MB)
booklet, 12 pages, 13.9cm x 21.1cm
Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
First World War