Canadian Nurses in Japan.....

[Voltigeur]

MH 33011
The first Canadian nurses in Japan are shown upon their arrival at Haneda Air Force Base, Tokyo. Left to right: Lieutenant Wilma Kilpatrick, Lieutenant Margaret Scott, Lieutenant Rachel Plant, Captain Ann Boully (Royal Australian Nursing Service, who was on hand to greet the nurses), and Captain Margaret Poddridge, senior nurse of the group.

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...3597/large.jpg

[Bill A]

Jo, is there a date on the image? The uniforms look post Second WW.

[Voltigeur]

Here's the whole original page Bill.........
Jo
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205190317

[Blackadder1916]

That photo would probably have been taken in July 1951, as that was when the first Canadian Nursing Sisters were attached to the BCGH at Kure, Japan.

https://www.friends-amis.org/index.p...orean-war/file

Early in the war the major medical facility for treating injured Canadian soldiers was the British Commonwealth General Hospital (BCGH) in Kure, Japan. Formerly associated with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan, it was situated at the former Japanese Naval Base (on the bay, near Hiroshima). The first six Canadian Nursing sisters reported for duty to BCGH in July, 1951 under the leadership of Matron (Captain) Margaret M. Dodderidge.

note: The IWM description got Capt Dodderidge's name wrong.

[Voltigeur]

Thanks Blackadder

"The IWM description got Capt Dodderidge's name wrong".
You can add that mistake to the the 9,999 other ones

Jo