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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 1888
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1885
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1890
Died 1983
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1882
Died 1962
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Allan -
Born 1882
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps Shaughnessy Military Hospital
More about Bertha Cunliffe -
Born 1882
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Elizabeth Janet Reid -
Born 1886
Died 1964
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Agnes Mckeague -
Born 1884
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Isabel Mary Currie -
Born 1891
British Army Nursing Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Nancy Eleanor Dunn -
Born 1879
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps Queen's Military Hospital, Kingston, Ontario.
More about Grace Maria Burnham -
Born 1884
Died 1919
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Grace Mabel Grant -
Born 1877
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Maud Emily Austin -
Born 1881
Died 1931
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Jessie Violet Irene Lusk -
Born 1876
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Florence Mary Kelly -
Born 1889
Died 1948
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Anna Duff Kay -
Born 1884
Died 1943
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Gertrude Alice French -
Born 1863
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Arabella Ramsay Gibson -
Born 1888
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Bertha Spearman -
Born 1893
Died 1931
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Marion Belle Harvie