Born in 1891 at Eel Brook , Yarmouth County , Nova Scotia , Pothier was educated at Saint Anne 's College and Dalhousie Medical School . A fourth year medical student at the time of the Halifax Explosion , Pothier was called into service to help treat the survivors . Pothier continued his medical studies at Saint Vincent 's Hospital in New York City
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
Hector J. Pothier