Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps recruitment advertisement cut from a magazine depicting a smiling nursing sister from the shoulders up in military uniform and starched nurse's veil.
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps recruitment advertisement cut from a magazine depicting a smiling nursing sister from the shoulders up in military uniform and starched nurse's veil.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned and used by Lieutenant Nursing Sister Mary (Mae) MacKeigan RCAMC (Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps) 1943-45; donated to museum by daughter Mary Joan Barrett.
Dates
1939
1945
circa 1939-1945
Date Remarks
Created during World War II military service
Material
paper: cream
ink: blue, white, red, gold
Inscriptions
At top: "answers the Call of Duty"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-5 Box 23
Length
22.5 cm
Width
14.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 22.5 cm x Width 14.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Like new
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
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
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.