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The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army.
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FunctionsThe corps provided medical services to the Canadian Army. History During the First World War, the corps provided field ambulances, a casualty clearing station and sanitary sections for the Canadian Corps in France, as well as Canadian general and stationary hospitals in the UK and on the continent. Four Canadian stationary hospitals served with British formations during the Gallipoli campaign, and a field ambulance and stationary hospital served with the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force in 1919. Two members of the Canadian Army Medical Corps were awarded the Victoria Cross, Captain F.A.C. Scrimger, for actions during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and Captain B.S. Hutcheson, MC, for actions during September 1918. In the Second World War, a wide range of medical units deployed around the world, including field ambulance units, surgical teams and hospitals and convalescent depots. Soldiers deployed in support of many missions after the war, including the United Nations mission in Korea, and various peacekeeping missions. In 1974, the corps was reorganized with the medical services of the naval and air forces of Canada as part of Unification to become the Medical Service Branch of the Canadian Forces. Insignia The insignia of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps is described as follows:
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