WILLIAM R. COLES, M.D.  

	Dr. William R. Coles, who is recognized in Regina as one of the most
able physicians in the city, specializes in the care and diseases of children.
The son of Charles and Elizabeth (Crabb) Coles, he was born in Prince
Edward Island, the birthplace of his parents, who resided there through-
out their lives. His father, a farmer by occupation, was an Orangeman
and voted with the Liberal party. He was related to the Hon. George
Coles, a leader in the government circles of Prince Edward Island for
many years and one of the fathers of the confederation. Mr. Coles was
also identified with the movement for better educational facilities in his
province and did much toward establishing the present excellent school
system. Twelve of the thirteen children born to Charles and Elizabeth
Coles grew to maturity and two are living in Saskatchewan-Dr. Coles
and his brother, C. S. Coles, a farmer of Bladworth. As the parents were
members of the Anglican church the children in the Coles family were
reared in that faith.
	William R. Coles received his early education in the public schools of
Prince Edward Island, following which he entered the Trinity Medical
School at Toronto, from which he graduated in 1901. Returning to his
native province he began the practice of his profession at Murray River.
After two years of experience there he came to Regina in the month of
August, 1903, where he has been engaged in medical work ever since and
now ranks third among his colleagues in the length of time he has been
practicing here. He has one of the largest practices in Regina and a very
important one, for he confines his attention to care and diseases of chil-
dren. During the more than twenty years he has been practicing Dr.
Coles has never ceased to be a student and is widely and thoroughly read
on professional subjects. Moreover, he has done graduate work whenever
he has had the opportunity, spending four months in the Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat Hospital of Chicago in 1905 and the entire year, 1912-1913, in
the famous clinics and hospitals of London, England.
	As a young man Dr. Coles had his first military experience as a mem-
ber of the militia artillery at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.  In
1909 he was commissioned in the Canadian Army Medical Corps and in
1916 volunteered for overseas service in the Great war. He was sent to
France that same year with the One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Battalion,
as its medical officer. Four of the fifteen months he spent in France he
was on duty with the Fourth Canadian Field Ambulance Corps. Return-
ing to Canada he was eventually discharged from the army, in August,
1919, and at once resumed his private practice in Regina. Dr. Coles is
now commander of one of the military units of M. D. 12, Casualty Clear-
ing Station No.7, holding the rank of lieutenant colonel.
		r. Coles was married to Miss Lilla Jane Richards of Prince Edward
Island, and they are the parents of two daughters: Constance and Etta,
now of school age. Dr. Coles retains his affiliations with the Anglican
church, in which he was reared, while his wife is a Presbyterian. He is
a Scottish Rite Mason and a Forester, and belongs to the Wascana Coun-
try Club, the Association of Great War Veterans, and the Military Insti-
tute of Regina. Dr. Coles has never sought office outside of the strict
path of his profession, preferring to concentrate all his energies upon his
practice, but his influence and aid are always given on the side of progress,
reform and improvement and he has high ideals of a citizen's and a physi-
cian's obligations to his fellowmen.



         
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