On 23 September 1940, McGuinness was seriously injured in a naval accident when his ship ran aground; McGuinness’ leg was broken when the ship’s tow cable snapped and he spent the next 11 months convalescing at Camp Hill Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. While in hospital McGuinness contracted scarlet fever and diphtheria and developed osteomyelitis as a complication of his femur facture. McGuinness returned to Winnipeg to continue his convalescence at Deer Lodge Hospital and was ultimately discharged from the navy in 1941.
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Photograph shows Fred McGuinness in traction in a hospital bed, possibly at Camp Hill Hospital.
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
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Image of an interior display at Brandon Tire & Vulcanizing Ltd. The display includes water skis and several boats. The Park View Apartments building is visible in the background through the store window.
Photograph shows the McGuinness family in laying in the grass. Baby Fred McGuinness lays before his mother, Isabella Louisa McGuinness, and his three older sisters Mary, Dorreene, and Ruth.
