Ruby Peterkin - Letter to Dear People - December 3rd, 1915
Item
Title
Ruby Peterkin - Letter to Dear People - December 3rd, 1915
Description
This is a page from a letter Ruby Peterkin wrote to her family and friends on December 3rd, 1915. Peterkin was a military nurse who served with the No. 4 Canadian General Hospital and was mobilized to Montreal. She also served with the No. 5 Canadian General Hospital in Britain and with the No. 4 Hospital in Salonica, Greece. Peterkin wrote regularly to those she called "Dear People" detailing many of her experiences of the war. In this letter, she writes about water and food shortages as well as cold weather and how she coped with it. In this page, Peterkin declares there is never a dull moment and that "there is no lack of excitement."
Date
December 3rd, 1915
Publisher
Library & Archives of Canada
Rights
Library & Archives of Canada
Subject
A letter from Ruby Peterkin to her friends and family detailing her experience as a military nurse in WWI.
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- WW1 Nurses Omeka Project
