Unwanted WarriorsUnwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canadas first casualties of the Great War men who tried to enlist but were deemed unfit for service by medical examiners. Condemned as shirkers for not being in uniform, rejected volunteers faced severe ostracism. Nagging guilt, coupled with self doubt about their social and physical worth, led many of these men to divorce themselves from society or worse. Nic Clarke draws on the service files of 3,400