He saw heavy action in the last great battles of the war. In the summer of 1918, he was sent to France as a battalion medical officer. This work sparked his interest in surgery and research. First World Warįrederick Banting worked in military hospitals in England. Upon graduation, the Corps sent him abroad to serve as a medical officer. It graduated in 1916 because of the urgent need for doctors to serve in the First World War.Īs a student, Banting had enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical Corps. This was that his class of 1917 was condensed into a shorter final year. He later claimed his medical education was extremely lacking. Admission standards for medical studentsīanting was a quiet, unremarkable medical student. After failing the first year of a general arts course, he shifted focus. He had the vague idea of becoming aĬhristian minister. Shy and studious, he completed high school and entered the University of Toronto. The family lived in the Alliston area, about 60 km north of Toronto, Ontario.īanting enjoyed a normal boyhood on the farm. They were hard-working, straight-laced and prosperous farmers.
His father’s extended family was of British descent and Methodist faith. His parents were William Thompson Banting and Margaret Grant. Frederick Banting was the youngest of six children.
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