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service was redesignated "The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps" on 3 November 1919; the militia component was granted the same honour on 29 April 1936, becoming the "Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps". These two elements were re-organized for administrative purposes following the Second World War, on 22 March 1948, as "The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps". The corps suffix "RCAMC" was added to the designation of all corps units from 1944.
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were absorbed into the corps on 2 July 1904. The regular component was titled the "Permanent Active Militia Medical Corps" (PAMC) and the militia component was titled the "Army Medical Corps" (AMC). As the origin of a permanent medical corps, this date has since been considered the "birth" of the
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Separate titles for permanent and non-permanent components of the medical corps were discarded during the re-organization of 1 May 1909. Thereafter, both permanent (regular) and non-permanent (reserve) components using the title "Canadian Army Medical Corps" (CAMC). The regular component of the
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Nurses were first employed by the Canadian military during the North West Rebellion in 1885, being at that time civilian auxiliaries. Canada was one of the first nations to establish nurses as integral military personnel, first as officers of the militia (reserve) force in 1900, and in 1906 as
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The Militia Medical Service was established in 1898. It consisted of an Army Medical Service (officers) and an Army Medical Corps (other ranks). Sir F.W. Borden was appointed Honorary Colonel of the militia's "Canadian Army Medical Corps" on 1 August 1901.
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Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps for purposes of seniority among the corps of the Canadian Army, coming after the Royal Army Service Corps, 1903. (Though in the Militia the medical corps was the first of the support branches to be formed.)
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After the Second World War, a series of coloured berets were adopted, with other arms and services wearing midnight blue berets, with a large coloured "flash" in corps colours – dull cherry for the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps.
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A jeep ambulance of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) bringing in two wounded Canadian soldiers on the Moro River front, south of San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, December 10, 1943
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was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the RCAMC in 1954, at the time of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the corps.
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Canadian Forces publication A-AD-200-000/AG-000, "The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces"
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by J. George Adami. London: Colour Ltd.; The Rolls House Publishing Co., 1918, online edition at
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Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914-19 : The Medical Services
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Canadian Forces Medical Service—Introduction to its History and Heritage
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Seventy Years of Service: A History of The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Floor Plan of No. 1 Canadian Stationary Hospital, West Mudros, World War I
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The Regiments and Corps of The Canadian Army (Queen's Printer, 1964)
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The Regiments and Corps of The Canadian Army (Queen's Printer, 1964)
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Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
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http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/adami/camc/camc.html
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In 1959 the RCAMC joined with the medical services of the
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Military units and formations of Canada in World War II
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Royal visit to RCAMC, Bramshott, England, 17 March 1941
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