Claim: Aldington George Curphey held a number of posts at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario and also served in the First World War as a medical officer.
Evidence: He was held a number of posts at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, and was coroner for Wentworth County, but in 1912 he entered the Jamaica Medical Service to become Medical Officer for Health for Saint Ann Parish; he also began work at Spanish Town Hospital and Lepers' Home. In the meantime, Curphey served in the First World War as a medical officer attached to the Jamaica War Contingent; he was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps as a captain, and won the Military Cross.