World War Two

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 Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps  and other allied medical services during World War Two.

 

 

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC) medic treating injured child

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC) medic treating injured child

Casualties being transported by jeep ambulance in Italy

Casualties being transported by jeep ambulance in Italy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patient being loaded in to ambulance in Italy

Patient being loaded in to ambulance in Italy

Soldier being treated for a facial wound

Soldier being treated for a facial wound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patient being load in to jeep ambulance in Italy

Patient being load in to jeep ambulance in Italy

RCAMC medics provide casualty care

RCAMC medics provide casualty care

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patient receiving transfusion in an Advance Dressing Station (ADS) in Italy

Patient receiving transfusion in an Advance Dressing Station (ADS) in Italy

Stretcher bearers recovery casualty from rubble during Italian campaign

Stretcher bearers recovery casualty from rubble in Ortona during Italian campaign

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comrades contemplate next steps in treating wounded soldier

Comrades contemplate next steps in treating wounded soldier

Medic checks dressing on injured soldier

Medic checks dressing on injured soldier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patient being helped from a jeep ambulance in Italy

Patient being helped from a jeep ambulance in Italy

Casualties being evacuated bu jeep ambulance

Casualties being evacuated bu jeep ambulance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Casualty receiving care for multiple wounds

Casualty receiving care for multiple wounds

Medics load patient on jeep ambulance in Italy Source: Library and Archives Canada / PA-113872

Medics load patient on jeep ambulance in Italy
Source: Library and Archives Canada / PA-113872

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18th Field Ambulance medical assistant offers a drink to patient Bourgtheroulde, France, 26 August 1944. Source: TBC

18th Field Ambulance medical assistant offers a drink to patient Bourgtheroulde, France, 26 August 1944.
Source: TBD

RCAMC nursing sisters examining the wreckage of a German tank Source: TBC

RCAMC nursing sisters examining the wreckage of a German tank
Source: TBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel of No.5 Field Dressing Station and Surgical Unit (R.C.A.M.C.) performing an aspiration to draw blood out of the cavity surrounding the lungs of a patient with a chest and abdomen injury. The location of the unit is on the road between Cleve and Udem, Germany, 2 March 1945 Source: Canadian Army Image Gallery

Personnel of No.5 Field Dressing Station and Surgical Unit (R.C.A.M.C.) performing an aspiration to draw blood out of the cavity surrounding the lungs of a patient with a chest and abdomen injury. Unit was located on the road between Cleve and Udem, Germany, 2 March 1945
Source: Canadian Army Image Gallery

No 6 Casualty Clearing Station, a basic hospital for surgery and short-term convalescence in support of the First Canadian Army, then stationed in England. Source: TBC

No 6 Casualty Clearing Station, a basic hospital for surgery and short-term convalescence in support of the First Canadian Army, then stationed in England.
Source: TBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nursing Sister reading patient's chart during rounds of a ward at No.15 Canadian General Hospital, R.C.A.M.C. August 1943, El Arouch, Algeria.

Nursing Sister reading patient’s chart during rounds of a ward at No.15 Canadian General Hospital, R.C.A.M.C. August 1943, El Arouch, Algeria.

RCAMC personnel treating casualties during rehearsal in England for raid on Dieppe. Source Global News

RCAMC personnel treating casualties during rehearsal in England for raid on Dieppe.
Source: Global News

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian wounded disembarking on return from Normandy Source: TBD

Canadian wounded disembarking on return from Normandy
Source: TBD