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 1887

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

  • Born 1879

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

  • Profile picture for Dorothy Macleod Penner Cotton

    Born 1886

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

  • Born 1892

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

  • Profile picture for Grace Birchill Hiscock

    Born 1884

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

  • Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital

  • Profile picture for Jean Templeman

    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

  • 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

  • Profile picture for Elsie Gertrude Ross

    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

  • Profile picture for Emma Gertrude Black

    Born 1887

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

  • Born 1885

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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