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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
More about Irene Atkins -
Born 1881
Died 1972
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Alice Boyle -
Born 1876
Died 1956
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital
More about Clara Louise Bowden -
Born 1887
Died 1980
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital
More about Nellie Claire Mccurdy, Arrc Later Fisher -
Born 1883
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Aimee Mary Christie -
Born 1890
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada
More about Delphine Maubourquette -
Born 1879
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Mary Agatha Bell -
Born 1889
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Margaret Bishop -
Born 1874
Died 1919
Other Empire Force Nursing Sister USA Base Hospital No. 2
More about Margaret Elisa Baker -
Born 1884
Died 1955
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Miriam Bowman -
Born 1889
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Marion Belle Trenchard -
Born 1887
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Gertrude Helen Burke -
Born 1882
Died 1932
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Catharine Moffat Graham -
Born 1886
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 15th Canadian General Hospital
More about Miriam Eastman Baker -
Born 1893
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Jean Melba Bennett -
Born 1887
Died 1956
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Marjorie Beacom Aitken -
Born 1880
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Margaret Isabella Cullen -
Born 1879
British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Emma Louise Crowe -
Born 1888
Died 1969
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 6th Canadian General Hospital
More about Marion Frances Haliburton -
Born 1877
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Maud Louise Francis