Fieldhouse, Norma: my Air Force recollections (November 23, 2005)

ABSTRACT: Norma Fieldhouse Norma Fieldhouse discusses her career as a Nursing Sister in Canada during World War Two. Her motivations for joining the air force was to further her nursing career. Norma also served at the NATO base in Melville (Marville?), France. She is currently the president of the Nursing Sisters Association.

Interviewer: Genest, Natalie

An interview/narrative of Norma Fieldhouse's experiences as a Nursing Sister in Canada during World War II. Interview took place on November 23, 2005.

Interviewee: Fieldhouse, Norma

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Fieldhouse, Norma
• Genest, Natalie

Subject

• World War (1939-1945)
• World War (1914-1918)
• Women soldiers
• Military history
• Military nursing

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 23, 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

• France--Marville

Coordinates

• 49.45215, 5.45486

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

Archival item identifier

• FN_525

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 25, 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/dknd-1c88

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