Service highlights
- Name: Eve Sherwin
- Rank: Lieutenant, Nursing Sister
- Service: Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC)
- Conflict: Second World War
- Community recognition: Honoured through the Branch 236 Veteran Banner Program
- Notes: Public, searchable details are limited so far. This page is a starting point and will be expanded as more information is found or shared.
A Life and Service, Remembered
Eve Sherwin is remembered in our community as a Nursing Sister, a role that carried both skill and quiet courage. Nursing Sisters were commissioned officers who cared for Canadians when war made ordinary life impossible, tending wounds, monitoring fevers, easing pain, and helping soldiers hold on to hope, often under exhausting conditions.
Right now, the details of Eve’s own path through the war are still coming into focus. What we do know is that her name is carried forward with respect: not as a footnote, but as someone who served. In a time when so much attention falls on battles and uniforms, her title reminds us of the work that happened just behind the lines and in the wards, where endurance looked like steady hands and long nights.
If you have information that could help complete Eve’s story, even small details matter. A photo, a service number, a nursing school, a hospital unit, where she lived before or after the war, or family connections, each piece helps turn a name into a life remembered.
Postings and roles
Not yet confirmed from accessible public records:
- Training locations and dates
- Hospital, station, or unit postings
- Overseas service (if any) and theatres served
- Decorations, qualifications, or specialties
- Discharge date and post-war work
Learn More
- Veterans Affairs Canada, Nursing Sisters of Canada: veterans.gc.ca
- Library and Archives Canada, Second World War research guide: Canada
- Library and Archives Canada, Personnel records of the Second World War (how to request files): Canada
- Veterans Affairs Canada, how to find military service records: veterans.gc.ca