William Silver Oliver, M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

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(1836, Kilfinane

Kilfinane

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 – 27 April 1908, Farnborough

Farnborough, Hampshire

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) was an Irish-born

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 Canadian

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 military

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 surgeon

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 remembered for describing Oliver's sign

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. He graduated in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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 and entered the Army

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 in 1857, serving mainly in India

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 and Canada

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. He was Honorary Deputy Surgeon-General stationed at Halifax, Nova Scotia on his retirement in 1883. He designed the Canadian Army's infantry equipment after serving with the 60th Rifles

King's Royal Rifle Corps

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and witnessing first hand the needs of infantry soldiers. He died in 1908 after a long illness, having spent the last 3 years of his life in England.