Dr. Douglas S. Carrie
Dr. Carrie enlisted in 1914 and spent the majority of the War
doing motor transport duty with the Army. In the fall of 1917 he
began flight training. He earned his wings in the spring of 1918
and entered the Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C). He flew an Armstrong
Woodworth aircraft and was one of 40 officers in Squadron 10 of the
R.F.C. He also helped the British and Canadian troops learn the
cartography of land they had yet to cross, by taking aerial photos
of territory. In October 1918, he completed several tasks and
objectives for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross,
a military decoration awarded for 'acts of valour, courage, or
devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the
enemy'. Dr. Carrie was shot down only once and managed to escape
with his Observer before the aircraft was totally destroyed by
German troops. After the war he attended medical school and
practiced medicine in St. Thomas between 1924 and 1963. During this
time he was the Chief Surgeon at Memorial Hospital.
