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Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
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More than 2,800 trained civilian nurses enlisted with the Canadian army during the First World War, becoming the first women in the modern world to hold military commissions as officers. As members of the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC), the nursing sisters treated and cared for wounded soldiers overseas and at home. At least 58 died from disease or enemy action during the war.
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Nursing Sisters:
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Canadian Army Medical Corps Nursing Sisters:
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First World War:
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*Credits* :
Eden Pringle: Siobhan Williams
End Narrator: Molly Parker (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/molly-parker)
DOP: Craig Wrobleski
Composer: Andrea Wettstein
Editor: Bridget Durnford
Production Designer: Leslie Fraser
Director: Grant Harvey
Written by Stephen Massicotte
Producers: Scott Henuset and Brent Kawchuk
Produced by Corkscrew Media
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Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
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More than 2,800 trained civilian nurses enlisted with the Canadian army during the First World War, becoming the first women in the modern world to hold military commissions as officers. As members of the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC), the nursing sisters treated and cared for wounded soldiers overseas and at home. At least 58 died from disease or enemy action during the war.
*Learn more on _The Canadian Encyclopedia_* :
Nursing Sisters:
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nursing-sisters
Canadian Army Medical Corps Nursing Sisters:
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-army-medical-corps-nursing-sisters
First World War:
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/first-world-war-wwi
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*More educational content at* :
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thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
*Credits* :
Eden Pringle: Siobhan Williams
End Narrator: Molly Parker (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/molly-parker)
DOP: Craig Wrobleski
Composer: Andrea Wettstein
Editor: Bridget Durnford
Production Designer: Leslie Fraser
Director: Grant Harvey
Written by Stephen Massicotte
Producers: Scott Henuset and Brent Kawchuk
Produced by Corkscrew Media
