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pa-133244lg.jpg A wounded man of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division receives first aid from members of the Regimental Aid Post, with help from the regiment's Padre, near Caen, Normandy, 15 July 1944.

Photo by Harold G. Aikman. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA-133244.
pa-140192lg.jpg A wounded man of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division is evacuated by members of the Regimental Aid Post, with help from the regiment's Padre, near Caen, Normandy, 15 July 1944.

Photo by Harold G. Aikman. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA-140192.
pa-141498lg.jpg Nursing Sister D. Mick reading patient's chart during rounds of a ward at No. 15 Canadian General Hospital, R.C.A.M.C., El Arrouch, Algeria, August 1943. During the Sicilian campaign, wounded men were evacuated to Algeria for treatment.

Photo by Frederick G. Whitcombe. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA-141498
pa-131427lg.jpg Private F. Madore has dressings checked by nursing sister M.F. Giles at R.C.A.F. Airport in France, 16 June 1944. Close to the front, nursing sisters were a comforting presence as they cared for the wounded men.

Photo by Ken Bell. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA-131427.
pa-141703lg.jpg Lance Corporal W.J. Curtis, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, fixes the burned leg of a French boy, while his young brother looks on. Between Colomby-sur-Thaon and Villons-les-Buissons, Normandy, 19 June 1944.

Photo by Ken Bell. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA-141703.
pa-115198lg.jpg Captain A.W. Hardy, Medical Officer with the West Nova Scotia Regiment, lying wounded in a copse, shot through the foot by Italian paratrooper while treating a wounded West Nova Scotian, with Private W.E. Dexter, WNSR, a stretcher-bearer who was wounded in the head. Near Santa Christina, Italy, September 1943.

Photo by Terry F. Rowe. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA- 115198.
pa-161313lg.jpg Death, the unavoidable reality of war. These Canadian soldiers were killed while on patrol duty in Wyler, Germany,February 9, 1945.

Photo by Michael M. Dean. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA-161313.
pa-142458lg.jpg General view of operating room on board H.M.C.S. PUNCHER showing Surgeon Lieutenant Commander J. Calder giving anaesthetic while Lieutenant W. James Hart begins minor operation, 31 May 1944.

Photo by Leslie F. Sheraton. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA-142458.
w_still_01 Wounded man treated
w_still_02 Helping wounded
w_stills_03 Wounded
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Video
w_001.mpg Wounded man on stretcher heading back to Britain from the Normandy coast. 8 sec
w_002.mpg

Wounded man loaded on to a plane.

5 sec
w_003.mpg Wounded moved on a multi-levelled ambulance. 5 sec
w.004.mpg A wounded soldier is bandaged in the street. 4 sec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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