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Georgina Fane Pope and Canadian military nursing

Georgina Pope, head nurse of the first Canadian contingent, around 1898. Georgina Pope · A.G. Pittaway · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Georgina Fane Pope of Charlottetown was chosen in 1899 to lead Canada’s military nurses in the South African War and became the first Canadian to receive the Royal Red Cross. Appointed to the permanent Army Medical Corps in 1906, she became Canada’s first military nursing matron in 1908, in charge of all Canadian military nurses.

Scope & context

Pope as described in her designation.

Sources behind this record

Georgina Fane Pope National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text