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 1887
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1879
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1886
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1892
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1884
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital
Born 1885
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps Number 1 General Hospital
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps Ontario Military Hospital Orpington
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Born 1885
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1877
Other Empire Force
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister, Matron Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1893
Died 1956
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1886
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1889
Died 1949
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1885
Died 1954
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
British Army Nurse Attached Military Hospital
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1885
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps Ontario Military Hospital Orpington
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps Kitchener War Hospital, Brighton
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1887
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1882
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force Matron Military Hospital for Returned Sick Soldiers College Street Toronto
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1886
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1887
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1885
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps