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Windham George Coffin's Royal Canadian Legion Application
18 September 1969
Gaspe, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Bay Chaleur Military Museum

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Royal Highlanders of Canada Battle Dress Tunic
World War I, 1914-1918
Port Daniel, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Bay Chaleur Military Museum

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Sargent E. Lauder Sweetman

Sargent E. Lauder Sweetman was born February 6,th 1893 to Claude H. Sweetman and Amelia McGee of Port Daniel, Quebec. He enlisted in the 148th Battalion of the Royal Highlanders of Canada (The Blackwatch) during the First World War. Lauder's younger brother, Carl, also enlisted and fought in France. Carl died in France but Lauder returned and married Eva Lawrence in the 1940's. They had a daughter, Margaret Ann. E. Lauder Sweetman passed away in his native town of Port Daniel on July 7,th 1972 at the age of 79.

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E. Lauder Sweetman
World War I, 1914-1918
Port Daniel, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Bay Chaleur Military Museum

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2005 Exhibit, World War I Nursing
World War I, 1914-1918
Bay Chaleur Military Museum, New Richmond, Quebec Canada

Credits:
Bay Chaleur Military Museum

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Nursing at the Front

Mary K. Nelson, an American nurse, kept a journal while she served at the hospital in Yvetot, France during the War:

"I scrubbed up shortly after three p.m. and had my gloves off only about half an hour for a bite of dinner in the sterilizing room about eight that evening. It was four-thirty the next morning before we finished, only to begin again that afternoon. As ever so many of our ‘grands blessés' are bad joint wounds, the work in the wards does not lighten." (Mary Nelson, October. 26, 1915)

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Red Cross Nurse Recruiting Poster
World War I, 1914-1918

Credits:
Bay Chaleur Military Museum

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Red Cross Nurse Recruiting Poster
World War I, 1914-1918

Credits:
Bay Chaleur Military Museum

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Red Cross Nurse Recruiting Poster
World War I, 1914-1918

Credits:
Bay Chaleur Military Museum

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Wanda Jane MacLellan

This U. S. Red Cross Nurse's uniform belonged to Wanda Jane MacLellan. She was born to Tom MacLellan and Margaret Colville, and grew up in Caplan, Quebec. Her father owned a store and ran a lobster cannery in Caplan. As a young woman, Wanda traveled to the United States to find work and study. She worked as a bookkeeper in a shop while also taking night courses in bookkeeping.

When the war broke out in 1914 she felt a need to make a contribution and yearned to be in the Canadian Red Cross. She was unable to serve overseas with Canada as only qualified nurses were allowed to enlist in the Canadian Red Cross. This prior qualification was not required for service in the U. S. Red Cross so Wanda enlisted and was sent overseas. Wanda Jane MacLellan's bilingualism became a decided asset while serving in France and she helped write many letters for wounded French soldiers. She was eventually assigned to the postal service where her bookkeeping skills were employed. After the war she married Hugh Cameron Watson, a local blacksmith in New Richmond. Wanda Jane McLellan later volunteered for the Red Cross as a secretary of the New Richmond branch during the Second World War.

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Wanda Jane MacLellan
World War I, 1914-1918
Black Cape, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Bay Chaleur Military Museum
Gaspesian British Heritage Village

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Wanda Jane MacLellan's Red Cross Nurse Uniform
World War I, 1914-1918
Caplan, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Bay Chaleur Military Museum

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Wanda Jane MacLellan's Photos & Certificates
World War I, 1914-1918
Caplan, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Bay Chaleur Military Museum

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A Veteran of Two Wars

Charles LeBlanc, son of Sylvestre LeBlanc, was born in New Richmond in December of 1896. He served as a private in the 3rd Canadian Engineers Battalion during the First World War. When war erupted again in 1939, he re-enlisted and served as a cook for the Canadian Home Guard at the 44th German POW Internment Camp in Grande Ligne, Quebec.