HMHS Llandovery Castle Sinking Commemoration
HMHS Llandovery Castle was sunk by a German torpedo 27 June 1918 with th loss of 234 lives, including 94 Canadian Army Medical Corps personnel. The 100th anniversary of this tragic even was commemorated with special events in Ottawa and HalifaxMemberships
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A solemn scene from an unidentified hospital operating room, circa 1945. Learn about the history of naval hospital facilities at CFB Esquimalt: www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/museum/distinguished-buildings/history-of-the-hospital-buildings-e...
Image VR2007.128.70 from the museum archives.
Today was the Graduation Parade of MED QL 3 (Franco) and MED QL 4 (Franco) at the Canadian Forces Health Services Training Centre at CFB Borden. The guest of honour was the LCol Poirier, CO 55 Fd Amb. We would like to congratulate all graduate students and Pvt Leclerc from 51 Fd Amb, the top student on QL 3 and Cpl Drab from 51 Fd Amb, the top student on QL 4.
Aujourd'hui avait lieu la parade de graduation de graduation du NQ 3 Med (français) et NQ 4 Med (français) au Centre d'instruction des services de santé des Forces canadiennes à la BFC Borden. L'invité d'honneur était le Lcol Poirier, Cmdt 55 Amb c. Nous souhaiterions féliciter tous les diplômés et le sdt Leclerc de la 51 Amb c, pour le titre de premier de cours du NQ 3 Med et le cpl Drab de la 51 Amb c, pour le titre de premier de cours du NQ 4 med.
Photos/Pictures: AdjWo Bruneau 52e Amb c/52 Fd Amb.Vendredi 17 août 18 avait lieu la parade de graduation des cours A- Med NQ3 & NQ4 au CISSFC a Borden. Cette parade était sous la présidence d'honneur du Lcol Richard Poirier et de sont SMR, l'Adjuc Christian Dubois membres de la 55eAmb de campagne.
46 Sdt et Cpl provenant des trois Ambulance de campagne du Québec (51e, 52e et 55e Amb) ce sont vue remettre leur certificat pour leur accomplissement des 8 dernières semaines.
Le Cpl Drab et le Sdt Demers , tous les deux membres de la 51e Amb ont remporté les honneurs pour leurs performances académiques et en leadership.
Félicitations.
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100 years ago.
The Irish-born stretcher-bearer with the 7 th Battalion was 39 years old when he found himself at the Battle of Hill 70. His citation reads:
For three days and nights Pte. O’Rourke, who is a stretcher-bearer, worked unceasingly in bringing the wounded into safety, dressing them and getting them food and water. During the whole of this period the area in which he worked was subjected to very severe shelling and swept by heavy machine gun and rifle fire. On several occasions he was knocked down and partially buried by enemy shells. Again he went forward about 50 yards in front of our barrage under very heavy and accurate fire from enemy machine guns and snipers, and brought in a comrade. On a subsequent occasion, when the line of advanced posts was retired to the line to be consolidated, he went forward under very heavy enemy fire of every description and brought back a wounded man who had been left behind.
Uncannily, Pte. O'Rourke made it through the battle and the war without as much as a scratch. At least not a physical wound. He ended up in Vancouver, living on "skid row" and finding occasional work on the docks to augment his $10-a-month disability pension. He once led a protest parade of striking longshoremen, proudly wearing his medals while carrying the union flag. He lived to the age of 79.
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