1 Field Ambulance

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1 Field Ambulance
1re Ambulance de campagne
Active1898–present
Country Canada
Branch Canadian Armed Forces
Type Field ambulance
Role Military medicine
Part of 1 Health Services Group
Garrison/HQ CFB Edmonton
Motto(s)Militi succurrimus (Latin for 'We hasten to aid the soldiers')
ColorsSanguine, deep green
March"The Farmer's Boy"
Commanders
Colonel-in-chief Anne, Princess Royal

1 Field Ambulance (French: 1re Ambulance de campagne) is a medical unit with the Canadian Armed Forces in Edmonton, Alberta. 1 Field Ambulance sent a contingent to Kandahar Province in Afghanistan in the fall of 2009. [1] [2]

Notable members

References

  1. "Canada Day photo exhibit: Images of Afghanistan". Ottawa Citizen. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Timeline: Death toll in Afghanistan". National Post. May 29, 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. "Edmonton soldier who lost legs in Afghanistan quits military". CBC. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. Calgary Herald
  5. "Soldier's body back on Canadian soil". 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016.
  6. "Canadian medic remembered as 'man of hope'". 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016.