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1 Field Ambulance

Field	Value
unit_name	1 Field Ambulance
native_name	1re Ambulance de campagne
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country	Canada
branch	Canadian Armed Forces
type	Field ambulance
role	Military medicine
command_structure	1 Health Services Group
garrison	CFB Edmonton
ceremonial_chief	Anne, Princess Royal
ceremonial_chief_label	Colonel-in-chief
motto
colors	Sanguine, deep green
march	"The Farmer's Boy"

1 Field Ambulance () is a medical unit with the Canadian Armed Forces in Edmonton, Alberta. 1 Field Ambulance sent a contingent to Kandahar Province in Afghanistan in the fall of 2009.

Notable members

Master Corporal Paul Franklin, who lost his legs in Afghanistan in 2006 but continued to serve in uniform for several years.
Corporal Andrew James Eykelenboom, killed in a suicide attack near Spin Boldak (August 11, 2006).
Private Colin William Wilmot, killed when a bomb detonated while he was on a foot patrol in the early morning of July 6, 2008.

References

(30 June 2014). "Canada Day photo exhibit: Images of Afghanistan". Ottawa Citizen.
(2010-07-21). "Timeline: Death toll in Afghanistan".
"Edmonton soldier who lost legs in Afghanistan quits military".
[https://calgaryherald.com/news/Andrew+James+Eykelenboom+Canadian+Forces+medic+with+Field+Ambulance+based+Edmonton+killed+Friday+2003+suicide+attack+near+Spin+Boldak+about+kilometres+south+Kandahar/3757149/story.html Calgary Herald]
(9 July 2008). "Soldier's body back on Canadian soil".
(16 July 2008). "Canadian medic remembered as 'man of hope'".

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