Picturing the Past
 
Step 6:
Montreal to Toronto
Part A:
August 22nd 1940

The Lady Nelson, a Canadian luxury liner, sailing under the Red Cross; Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps personnel of the hospital posing with Captain George W. Welch, Master of the shipThe Lady Nelson sailing under the Red Cross
Nursing sister serving lunch to wounded soldiers aboard the Lady Nelson, a hospital shipNursing sister serving lunch to wounded soldiers aboard the Lady Nelson, a hospital ship
A nurse speaks with one of her patients in a hospital train carA nurse speaks with one of her patients in a hospital train car
One hundred and fifty Canadian nurses en route overseasOne hundred and fifty Canadian nurses en route overseas
 
Themes
Nursing and war
Women in the Armed Forces
War work
Bombing
Hospital trains

Characters
Anne
Nurses in train car

Stop Description: Anne has decided to take a walk through the train and comes to a car filled with Canadian nurses in uniform; she has a discussion with them.

 
Nurse 1: Hello there, dear.

Anne: How do you do? May I ask why are you all wearing uniforms? You look like soldiers.

Nurse 1: [laughs]: We aren’t soldiers, but we are army nurses! We have to meet with other nurses for training, and then we will all go together across the Atlantic Ocean to help the hurt soldiers.

Anne: I just came from England. It is scary there now with all the bombs falling.

Nurse 1: We need to help the people who get hurt by those bombs. We will work in special hospitals taking care of soldiers who come back from battle with injuries.

Nurse 2: Some of us will stay here and help the soldiers who are hurt to get home safely on special hospital trains.

Anne: Wow! Those sound like very important jobs. Is it dangerous?

Nurse 1: Yes, sometimes we will be right in the thick of things, but it is our duty to help.

Anne: May I take your picture? I wish to show my mother how willing Canada is to help win the war!

Nurse 2: Sure! That would be a swell idea.

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