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Bluebirds: Canadian Nurses of WW1
Bluebirds: Canadian Nurses of WW1
This community was inspired by the Library and Archives Canada exhibit, "The Call to Duty: Canada's Nursing Sisters," which explores the lives of six women who served as nursing sisters during the First World War. The community is not limited to these six, however, and I am adding more women to the group as I find them. Canadian nurses were nicknamed bluebirds because of their blue dresses, accented by white aprons and sheer veils. When I've found them, however, I've also included Canadian nurses who for whatever reason served with other forces, and therefore wore a different uniform.
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Born 1894
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Jean Isabella Drummond -
Born 1888
Died 1957
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing sister Canadian Army Medical Corps No 9 Canadian Stationary Hospital
More about Leonora Gregory-Allen -
Born 1882
Died 1932
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Edna Mabel Auger -
Born 1891
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Christina Blackadder -
Born 1891
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Edith Maria Davies -
Born 1891
Died 1951
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Marion Crawford Maxwell -
Born 1889
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps Number 6 General Hospital
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps H.M. Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle
More about Gladys Irene Sare -
Born 1889
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps, No 5 General Hospital
More about Mary Maude Miller -
Born 1888
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Mildred M Cullen -
Born 1884
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Alice Mary Blackwell -
Born 1891
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Constance Hamilton Armstrong -
Born 1893
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Beulah Vernice Philip -
Born 1890
Other Empire Force British Red Cross
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Myrtle Celia Burt -
Born 1883
Died 1932
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister, Acting Matron Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Louise Brock -
Born 1874
British Army Matron British General Hospital
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister, Matron Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Gertrude Muldrew -
Born 1891
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Anne Isabelle Macaulay -
Born 1882
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Elizabeth Aitken -
Born 1876
British Army Nursing Sister British General Hospital
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Mary Jane Allwood -
Born 1886
Died 1969
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital
More about Lily Maude Mabe -
Born 1892
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Margaret Angus