Frewen, Catherine: my Air Force recollections (November 8, 2006)

Interviewee: Frewen, Catherine

ABSTRACT: Catherine Frewen Cathy enlisted in the air force as a Nursing Officer in Regina Saskatchewan October, 1972. Her motivations for joining were for challenges, new experiences, and to further her career in nursing. She was a part of an eight member surgical team that was deployed to the Persian Gulf in January 1991, and assigned to the USNS Mercy. Cathy discusses the difference between the Canadian and American Military services, and her experience as a woman in the military.

An interview/narrative of Catherine Frewen's experiences whilst serving as a Nursing Officer in the Air Force. Interview took place on November 8, 2005.

Interviewer: Genest, Natalie

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Genest, Natalie
• Frewen, Catherine

Subject

• Military nursing
• Persian Gulf War (1991)
• Military history
• Women soldiers

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 8, 2005

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• Saskatchewan--Regina
• Persian Gulf

Coordinates

• 27, 51
• 50.45008, -104.6178

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording on audio cassette also available.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• interviews
• sound recordings
• oral histories (literary genre)
• reminiscences

Archival item identifier

• FC_526

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• July 26, 2012

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2012. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/m1ze-6194

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