The Hospital in Rome
Heroes Remember
The Hospital in Rome
Transcript
Description
Ms. Carter describes treating German POWs at her field hospital, and being assisted very ably by a German prisoner.
Doris Carter
Doris Carter was born in Birkenhead, England on June 9, 1910. Her family emigrated to Woodstock, New Brunswick and in 1932 she enrolled in Nursing at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. Ms. Carter graduated in 1935, and was recruited to a wartime surgical team, prior to the war's onset. On November 30, 1940 she went overseas with #1 Military Hospital to nurse civilians injured in the bombings of Coventry and Birmingham. Ms. Carter was then sent to the Mediterranean with #5 Military Hospital. She served in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Northwestern Europe. After the war, Ms. Carter pursued a career in Public Health Nursing.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Recorded:
- March 8, 1998
- Duration:
- 1:13
- Person Interviewed:
- Doris Carter
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- Italy
- Battle/Campaign:
- Italian
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Occupation:
- Nurse
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