The Military Museums, Calgary, presented an exhibit titled “Blood, Sweat and Tears: Canadian Military Medicine” which ran from October 20, 2023, until March 3, 2024. The exhibit dedicated to Canada’s military services and those who have served reflected the period from the 1885 “North-West Rebellion” to the “Russia-Ukraine War”. The exhibit was made possible through the generousity of private and institutional lenders across the country....

That on April 24, 1885, in the chaos of a battle over Canada’s new western territories, this flag became the first recorded use of the Red Cross emblem in Canada for Geneva Convention-approved purposes. It was created and used by Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Codd, during the Battle of Fish Creek in present-day Saskatchewan. In 1885 Codd was an experienced 42-year-old military surgeon attached to the Winnipeg Field Battalion. The battalion was...

Texte francais suite The article a “Medical Officer in Armoured” provides insight on life in a WWII Regimental Aid Post (RAP) in battle which differed significantly from that of a WWI RAP as pace of the modern battle obviously made the task of the medical officer both hazardous and strenuous. L’article intitulé “Un médecin militaire régimentaire chez les blindés” donne un aperçu de la vie dans un poste de secours...

Former Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson (left) served as medical orderly with No 4 Canadian General Hospital (University of Toronto) in Egypt, Salonika and Greece during WWI

Le texte français suit LCol Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger, VC, MD was commissioned into the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1912. During the Second Battle of Ypres on 25 April 1915 at Saint-Julien, Wieltje Salient, Belgium, Captain Scrimger, then serving as the medical officer of the 14th Battalion, Royal Montreal Regiment, was in charge of an advanced dressing station in a farmhouse...

(Bilingual message/Message bilingue) On behalf of the Surgeon General, CFHS Division Commander and the Group Chief  // Au nom du Médecin général du commandant de la division des SSFC et de l’adjudant-chef du Groupe des SSFC For widest distribution and action (as applicable) / Pour la plus grande diffusion et action (le cas échéant) Mention élogieuse à l’Intention des unités des...