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Canadian Army Medical Corps [textual record]

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Series

Date:

1914-1920.

Reference:

R180-137-X-E, RG9-II-L-1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

211528

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Department of Militia and Defence fonds

Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Series includes:

210 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1914-1920.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

5.6 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of records created and/or maintained by the Canadian Army Medical Corps. The series includes admission and discharge books for hospital units in North America in which Canadian soldiers were treated during the First World War. Known as Admission and Discharge Books, A.B. 27, the records identify --in ledger format-- the soldier by name and generally by regimental number, indicate the nature of the illness/wound, the treatment given and the dates of his admission and discharge.

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Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps : The Canadian Army Medical Corps included field ambulance units, casually clearing stations, general hospitals, stationery hospitals, special hospitals, convalescent hospitals, sanitary sections, mobile laboratories and hospital ships. Field ambulance units removed casualties from dressing stations and regimental aid posts to casualty clearing stations where urgent surgery was performed. Patients then proceeded to general or stationery hospitals and thence to a special hospital or a convalescent hospital. Sanitary sections supervised the sanitation of camps, billets, etc. and inspected the water supplies in their allotted areas.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid's file level descriptions can be accessed through the consists of fields in the MIKAN record. A paper copy is also available in the Reference room. 9-71 (90: Open)

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Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Related material:

For related records see the Canadian Army Medical Corps historical records series (182668, R611-230-6-E, RG9-III-C-10), part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force sous-fonds (408, R611-10-3-E). See also the Director Medical Services, London series (182985, R611-322-0-E, RG9-III-B-2) and the Hospital and admission discharge books of the Canadian Army Medical Corps series (212455, R611-450-9-E, RG150), both part of the Ministry of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada fonds (407, R611-0-0-E, RG9-III).

Subject heading:

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World War, 1914-1918 Canada

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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2004-00900-4
RG9-II-L-1

Former archival reference no.:

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RG9-II-L-1
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG 9 II-L-1] 1--28

[Consultation 90 Open]

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