-3000+ nurses serves overseas on the battlefield
-Called bluebirds because of their uniforms
-Their average age was 24
-They were part of the CEF
-Nurses had to be in and see the horrors and dangers of the war and worked under terrible conditions to help soldiers
-There was a high death rate that produced many casualties per day
-Many bluebirds had seen deaths but little faced the loss of several patients
-Some the patients were young men barely out of their teens
-Nurses served in the front line at Casualty Clearing Stations
-Some times the front lines would change and often resulted in many nurses lives lost or under fire as well
-Three bluebirds lost their lives as there was a intentional bombing on the hospital in Étapes, France
-Called bluebirds because of their uniforms
-Their average age was 24
-They were part of the CEF
-Nurses had to be in and see the horrors and dangers of the war and worked under terrible conditions to help soldiers
-There was a high death rate that produced many casualties per day
-Many bluebirds had seen deaths but little faced the loss of several patients
-Some the patients were young men barely out of their teens
-Nurses served in the front line at Casualty Clearing Stations
-Some times the front lines would change and often resulted in many nurses lives lost or under fire as well
-Three bluebirds lost their lives as there was a intentional bombing on the hospital in Étapes, France