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Business and pleasure in London

Ms. Orford describes two interesting trips she had to London. The first was to attend a physiotherapy conference. The second, and the highlight, was to attend a ceremony in which her future brother-in-law received the Military Cross from King George VI at Buckingham Palace.

#24 Hospital at Horley

#24 Hospital in Horley, England. This was a much larger facility which dealt with soldiers wounded in battle. Ms. Orford describes the types of injuries she saw, and praises her patients, many of whom helped the nursing staff if they were able.

#9 Hospital at Horsham

Ms. Orford discusses the conversion of an alms house into #9 Hospital in Horsham, England. She describes the situation there as very busy, and well managed despite a lack of equipment.

Liverpool to Bramshott

Ms. Orford describes her experiences traveling from Liverpool to the manning depot at Bramshot, including experiencing a V-bomb attack at Waterloo Station in London.

A working passage

Ms. Orford describes being asked to treat patients aboard the HMCS Lady Nelson. She treats a variety of injuries, but remembers in particular a severely crippled polio patient.

Sailing on the HMCS Lady Nelson

Ms. Orford describes the protocol for women sailing overseas, and describes her trip to England aboard the first Canadian hospital ship, HMCS Lady Nelson.

Photos and correspondence

Ms. Orford describes how the military and media often photographed and printed pictures of events in her rehab center. She also describes being contacted by a woman who wrote to every service person she saw in the newspaper.

First posting

Ms. Orford describes her first posting to the Oakville Casualty Retraining Center, where she provided physiotherapy to soldiers injured at neighboring training camps.

Atomic Bomb

Mr. Bourbonniere talks about what it was like seeing some of the aftermath of the atomic bomb.

Forty nine pound sledge hammer

Mr. Bourbonniere tells a story about working with a sledge hammer and getting punished by a guard.

On a boat to Japan

Mr. Bourbonniere talks about the conditions on the boat on the way to Japan with the other prisoners.

His brother Hector

Mr. Bourbonniere tells a story about helping his sick brother before he left on a boat for Japan.

Date modified:: 2019-02-19