1 Field Ambulance Explained

Unit Name:	1 Field Ambulance
Native Name:	French: 1<sup>re</sup> Ambulance de campagne
Dates:	1898–present
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:	la|Militi succurrimus|We hasten to aid the soldiers
Colors:	Sanguine, deep green
March:	"The Farmer's Boy"

1 Field Ambulance (fr|links=no|1^re Ambulance de campagne) 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.^{[1] [2]}

Notable members

• Master Corporal Paul Franklin, who lost his legs in Afghanistan in 2006 but continued to serve in uniform for several years.^[3]
• Corporal Andrew James Eykelenboom, killed in a suicide attack near Spin Boldak (August 11, 2006).^{[2] [4]}
• Private Colin William Wilmot, killed when a bomb detonated while he was on a foot patrol in the early morning of July 6, 2008.^{[2] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. News: Canada Day photo exhibit: Images of Afghanistan . 19 February 2021 . Ottawa Citizen . 30 June 2014.
2. News: Timeline: Death toll in Afghanistan . 19 February 2021 . National Post . May 29, 2011.
3. Web site: Edmonton soldier who lost legs in Afghanistan quits military . CBC . 7 September 2022.
4. 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
5. Web site: Soldier's body back on Canadian soil. 9 July 2008.
6. Web site: Canadian medic remembered as 'man of hope'. 16 July 2008.