Canadian Military Nurses
Four nurses accompanied Canada's first contingent to South Africa and four more joined the second, all with the honorary rank of Lieutenant. For five months after their arrival, the first group, with Georgina Pope as Senior Sister, served at British hospitals just north of Cape Town. Then, Nurse Pope and another sister proceeded north to Kroonstadt where, despite shortages of food and medical supplies, they took charge of the military hospital, successfully caring for 230 typhoid patients. In January 1902, Pope returned to South Africa a second time as Senior Sister in charge of a second group of eight Canadian nurses. Three other nurses among them were also returning for a second tour of duty. They served at a hospital in Natal until the end of the war in May 1902.
1st Nursing Contingent: Lead Nurse Georgina Fane Pope, Sarah Forbes, Minnie Affleck, Elizabeth Russell
2nd Nursing Contingent: Lead Nurse Deborah Hurcomb, Margaret Clotilde Macdonald, Marcella P. Richardson, Margaret L. Horne
In 1906, Nurse Pope began work as a member of the permanent Canadian Army Medical Corps at the Garrison Hospital in Halifax. Two years later, she attained the position of Matron, the first in the history of the Canadian Army Medical Corps. Nurse Pope went overseas in 1917, but was invalided back to Canada at the end of 1918. Cecily Jane Georgina Fane Pope was the first Canadian, awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal, for her relentless dedication, and gallant service. Georgina Pope RRC, who served in both the Boer war and WWI, she was also awarded Queen's South Africa Medal, British War Medal and WW1 British Victory Medal.
New South Wales Nurses
New South Wales Nurses: Ellen Julia (Nellie) Gould; Penelope Frater; Elizabeth Ward Lister; Nancy Newton; Mabel Steele; Julia Bligh Johnston; Anna Gardiner Garden; Marion Phillippa Martin; Elizabeth Nixon RRC; Theresa Emily Woodward; Anne Austin; Eliza Emily Hoadley; Annie Jane Matchett and Bessie Mary Annie Pocock.
Canadian Nurse Cecily Jane Georgine Pope RRC in Distinctive Canadian Dress & Work Uniforms
Four nurses accompanied Canada's first contingent to South Africa and four more joined the second, all with the honorary rank of Lieutenant. For five months after their arrival, the first group, with Georgina Pope as Senior Sister, served at British hospitals just north of Cape Town. Then, Nurse Pope and another sister proceeded north to Kroonstadt where, despite shortages of food and medical supplies, they took charge of the military hospital, successfully caring for 230 typhoid patients. In January 1902, Pope returned to South Africa a second time as Senior Sister in charge of a second group of eight Canadian nurses. Three other nurses among them were also returning for a second tour of duty. They served at a hospital in Natal until the end of the war in May 1902.
1st Nursing Contingent: Lead Nurse Georgina Fane Pope, Sarah Forbes, Minnie Affleck, Elizabeth Russell
2nd Nursing Contingent: Lead Nurse Deborah Hurcomb, Margaret Clotilde Macdonald, Marcella P. Richardson, Margaret L. Horne
In 1906, Nurse Pope began work as a member of the permanent Canadian Army Medical Corps at the Garrison Hospital in Halifax. Two years later, she attained the position of Matron, the first in the history of the Canadian Army Medical Corps. Nurse Pope went overseas in 1917, but was invalided back to Canada at the end of 1918. Cecily Jane Georgina Fane Pope was the first Canadian, awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal, for her relentless dedication, and gallant service. Georgina Pope RRC, who served in both the Boer war and WWI, she was also awarded Queen's South Africa Medal, British War Medal and WW1 British Victory Medal.
New South Wales Nurses
Canadian Nurse Cecily Jane Georgine Pope RRC in Distinctive Canadian Dress & Work Uniforms
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