The photographs, which are displayed in no particular order chronologically, are intend to provide insight on the day-to-day lives and the contribution made by members of the Canadian Army Medical Corps and other allied medical services during World War One.
Map showing the key battles in France and Belgium
Map showing Balkans circa 1913 where Canadian Army Medical Corps resources were deployed
Officers and members No 5 Stationary Hospital (Queens) Reinforcements July 1913
No 7 General Hospital Cairo Egypt 1916-19
Canadian Advanced Dressing Station in the German line, east of Arras, France, September, 1918.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Wounded receiving initial care in trench prior to evacuation rearward
Typical day at No 1 Stationary Hospital.
Source: Trent University Archives
German POWs assist Canadian stretcher bearers carry casualty down difficult terrain
Source: TBD
Queens General Hospital following bombing 1918.
Source: TBD
German prisoners of war awaiting medical care in destroyed Belgium village
Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC) ambulance
Some patients and staff at No 2 Canadian General Hospital Le Treport France
CAMC personnel viewing the remains of a downed German Gotha bomber
CAMC Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) at St Remy Farm Ypres Belgium
Wounded arrive at CAMC Casualty Clearing Station
Stretcher bearers carry wounded through mud somewhere in France or Belgium
POW being assisted by colleague and CAMC medic WW I
Stretcher Bearers provide first aid to wounded soldier in frontlines.
Stretcher bearers carry wounded from battlefield.
Wound receiving medical care in trench
Wounded arrive at CAMC Casualty Clearing Station
CAMC personnel treat wounded soldier in France
Stretcher Bearers carry wounded from battlefield
Front line operating room (Note: no one wearing masks)
Draining infected leg wound in Canadian general hospital
Stretcher Bearer assist wounded from battlefield
German POWs help evacuate Canadian wounded on trench railway in France
Casualties being loaded on a horse drawn ambulance
Canadian Army Medical Corps ambulance
2 Canadian Field Ambulance motor ambulance and support vehicles
Queens Military Hospital Shorncliffe, Kent, England, circa 1916
Bombed ruins No 1 Canadian General Hospital
Source: Library and Archives Canada
No 7 General Hospital (Dalhousie) personnel
Interior No 7 General Hospital Étaples, France, 1917
No 1 Stationary Hospital Ward
Source: Trent University Archives
Typical day at No 1 Stationary Hospital.
Source: Trent University Archives
Queens General Hospital following bombing 1918.
Source: TBD
Canadian Army Medical Corps medical staff in rubble of bombed hospital in France
Canadian Army Medical Corps Nursing Sisters provide bedside patient care
Wounded soldier receiving first aid on battlefield
British soldier being treated in No.7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, France, for burns resulting from a Mustard Gas attack. Source: Library and Archives Canada
Wounded soldier receives first aid from stretcher bearer on the front-line
CAMC officers No 5 General Hospital (possibly Pemberton Operating Room Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria BC)
RCAMC personnel carry wounded from bombed building
Source: TBC
18th General Hospital R.C.A.M.C. personnel on parade.
Source: Cobourg and District Images
18th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps practice first aid
Source: City of Vancouver Archives
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