Square cotton fabric handkerchief possibly lawn style of fabric; embroidered grey floral and vine pattern in one corner; square shaped cutouts in same corner.
Square cotton fabric handkerchief possibly lawn style of fabric; embroidered grey floral and vine pattern in one corner; square shaped cutouts in same corner.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned and used by Lieutenant Nursing Sister Miriam Hartrick during World War II.
Dates
1930
1950
circa 1930-1950
Date Remarks
Belonged to Nursing Sister Miriam Hartrick (World War II)
Material
fabric: white, grey
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007-V1-1 Box 1
Length
26.1 cm
Width
25.1 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 26.1 cm x Width 25.1 cm
Condition Remarks
slighty dirty
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Museum
Reference Comments
“Nursing Sister’s apron, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC),” Museum of Health Care. http://artefact.museumofhealthcare.ca/?p=79
Research Facts
Nursing Sister Miriam Hartrick (1909-2001) served in England, France, and Italy during the Second World War. She graduated from the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1931.
More than 4000 women served as military nurses during the Second World War playing a vital role in the care and comfort of wounded soldiers, sailors, and airmen. As commissioned officers known by rank and title as Nursing Sisters, they served as fully-integrated members of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Most of them worked overseas in military hospitals and casualty clearing stations. After the lean years of the 1930s when there were few available positions for graduate nurses, even with the dangers of warfare, military nursing offered a job with a good salary, benefits, status, and a chance to travel.