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Journey to France
Mrs. Page talks about penicillin (or the newness of it), and then going over to France to work.
Nursing Training
Ms. Seeley recalls her nursing training and her deep desire to serve her country during the Second World War.
Treating Severe Burns Victims
Ms. Moore describes her arrival at a Canadian Army Hospital in East Grimstead, England.
Dangerous Travel
In 1943, the hospital in Colchester, England where Ms. Moll was working prepared to make a major move. It was an eventful and dangerous voyage. The group eventually arrived in North Africa for a short stay in Algiers before going on briefly to Naples, Italy and eventually to Avellino as the push for Rome was beginning.
Dieppe Landing Patients
Ms. Moll thinks back to the Dieppe landing and the very large number of patients that sent to her hospital.
Hospital Area is Bombed
Ms. Moll was asked for her reaction to the first bombing of the area of the hospital at which she was stationed, near Birmingham, England. She also relates the story of her recollections of a German prisoner of war who was a patient at the hospital in Marsden Green.
Train Travel
Ms. Moll speaks of how she and other newly enlisted nursing sisters in Montreal travelled by train to Halifax, Nova Scotia on their way overseas.
Off Duty Activities
Ms. MacKinnon remembers the details of meeting the Canadian Army officer who would later become her husband.
Hospital Work
Ms. MacKinnon speaks of arriving in France during the First World War, the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918 and several interesting stories from her hospital work.
D-Day Patients
Ms. Seeley remembers D-Day and speaks of several moving experiences with her patients.
Prisoner of the Japanese
Ms. Cook talks about her friend and the rough time she had when she was captured in Hong Kong.
Peace is declared
Nora Cook talks about the end of the war, and how tired everyone was. They got a leave, and she had the chance to go to Ireland, but decided to come home instead. Ms. Cook was treated like a hero when she came home, but felt that she had only done what everyone else had done. She was just glad to be home.
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