Copyright © 2010 by Shawna M. Quinn.
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Edited by Brent Wilson and Barry Norris.
Front cover images courtesy of Library and Archives Canada: LAC-PA-002562 (top), LAC-PA-006783 (bottom).
Back cover illustration entitled “Sister,” courtesy of Canadian War Museum: CWM 19700046-012, portrait of Agnes Warner courtesy of My Beloved Poilus, uniform courtesy of CWM 19590034-002.
Cover and interior page design by Jaye Haworth.
Art direction by Julie Scriver.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Quinn, Shawna M., 1977-
Agnes Warner and the Nursing Sisters of the Great War [electronic resource]/ Shawna M. Quinn.
(New Brunswick military heritage series; v. 15)
Co-published by: New Brunswick Military Heritage Project.
Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic monograph. Also issued in print format.
ISBN 978-0-86492-758-3
1. Warner, Agnes. 2. World War, 1914-1918 — Medical care — Canada. 3. World War, 1914-1918 — Personal narratives, Canadian. 4. Nurses — New Brunswick — Biography. I. New Brunswick Military Heritage Project II. Title. III. Series: New Brunswick military heritage series; v. 15
D629.C2Q56 2010 940.4’7571510922 C2010-904375-8
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Chapter One “I Have Been There, Too”
Chapter Two New Brunswick Nurses Go to War
Chapter Three Nursing Sister Agnes Warner
Chapter Four My Beloved Poilus
Chapter Five After My Beloved Poilus