No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital at Doullens. The interior of a church in Doullens, France was used as a stationary hospital. This painting by Gerald Moira depicts a nursing sister in the foreground looking over sick and injured soldiers. This hospital was later bombarded by German forces in May 1918, where three nurses and 29 other patients and hospital personnel were killed.
Wilfred Whitern's painting of the Canadian hospital ship Lady Nelson shows the brightly lit vessel in its distinctive paint scheme identifying it as a non combatant. Like all hospital ships, the Lady Nelson was painted white, with a broad green stripe and red crosses on its hull. At night, lights illuminated these markings, along with Red Cross flags and a red cross on the funnel. The Canadian military chartered the Lady Nelson, a Canadian National Steamships liner sunk, salvaged, and rebuilt as a hospital ship. While the medical staff, including Whitern, were military, the ship's crew were members of the merchant navy.
Portrait Painting. A nursing veteran (First World War), Lieutenant-Colonel Pense served as Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps overseas, 1939-1942.
Patients and Nursing Sisters in ward aboard No. 2 Canadian General Hospital Ship Letitia Liverpool, England, November 24, 1944.
Photo: Library and Archives Canada PA-128182
Transfusion
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Nursing Sister Lieutenant B. Rankin administers a blood transfusion to a wounded soldier in Montreuil, France, 10 September 1944.
Photo: Library and Archives Canada PA-128234
Servicewomen
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Canadian servicewomen in Korea heading off for a wash. Note the flip-flops on the woman at left. Typical of field conditions, no two women wear exactly the same uniform.
An important aspect of the Korean War was the return of Canadian and American wounded, who were supported by nurses from the USAF, USN and RCAF. RCAF nurse, F/O Joan Drummond (left), and USAF nurses watch medical attendants care for a wounded soldier.
Photo: Department of National Defence
Para Rescue
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Nursing Sister Thomson in para rescue uniform.
Photo: Department of National Defence
Ordinary Seaman
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Ordinary Seaman Lisa Nelson aboard HMCS Regina.
Photo: Department of National Defence
Medical Team
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Sergeant Viviane Jean Baptiste of the 34th Field Engineer Regiment helps the Canadian Forces medical team by translating the symptoms of the patients who require treatment due to the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010.
Photo: Department of National Defence
Naval Boarding Party
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A member of the Naval Boarding Party stands watch as Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Winnipeg participates in an SNMG1 port visit to Karachi Pakistan to increase awareness of NATO activities in the region.