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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  • Ada Lillian Buckle

    Born 1888

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Mary Townley Burgess

    Born 1889

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Alberta Labenia Burns

    Born 1883

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Louise Wills Burns

    Born 1879

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Marie Jane Burns

    Born 1897

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Olga Mae Bushfield

    Born 1893

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Evelyn Alice Butler

    Born 1886

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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    Christina Campbell

    Born 1877

    Died 1918

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Sarah Agnes Campbell

    Born 1880

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Mary King Greenwood

    Born 1886

    Died 1962

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Lillian Gertrude Halladay

    Born 1890

    Died 1969

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Gertrude Eleanor Halpenny

    Born 1882

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Marjorie Macdonnell

    Born 1894

    Died 1936

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Frances Athill Harman

    Born 1881

    Died 1958

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Julia Ethel Margaret Hill

    Born 1881

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Laura Holland

    Born 1883

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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    Gwendolyn Holland

    Born 1885

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Profile picture for Grace Birchill Hiscock

    Grace Birchill Hiscock

    Born 1884

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Edith Fanny Hudson

    Born 1885

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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  • Edith Hunter

    Born 1889

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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