1 Field Ambulance

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|native_name= {{lang|fr|1re Ambulance de campagne}}

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|dates= 1898–present

|country= Canada

|branch= Canadian Armed Forces

|type= Field ambulance

|role= Military medicine

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|command_structure=1 Health Services Group

|garrison= CFB Edmonton

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|ceremonial_chief=Anne, Princess Royal

|ceremonial_chief_label=Colonel-in-chief

|motto={{langnf|la|Militi succurrimus|We hasten to aid the soldiers}}

|colors= Sanguine, deep green

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|march="The Farmer's Boy"

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1 Field Ambulance ({{langx|fr|links=no|1re 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.{{cite news |title=Canada Day photo exhibit: Images of Afghanistan |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/canada-day-photo-exhibit-images-of-afghanistan |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=30 June 2014}}{{cite news |title=Timeline: Death toll in Afghanistan |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/timeline-death-toll-in-afghanistan |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=National Post |date=May 29, 2011}}

Notable members

  • Master Corporal Paul Franklin, who lost his legs in Afghanistan in 2006 but continued to serve in uniform for several years.{{cite web |title=Edmonton soldier who lost legs in Afghanistan quits military |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-soldier-who-lost-legs-in-afghanistan-quits-military-1.826052 |website=CBC |access-date=7 September 2022}}
  • Corporal Andrew James Eykelenboom, killed in a suicide attack near Spin Boldak (August 11, 2006).[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]
  • Private Colin William Wilmot, killed when a bomb detonated while he was on a foot patrol in the early morning of July 6, 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/soldier-s-body-back-on-canadian-soil-1.307617|title=Soldier's body back on Canadian soil|date=9 July 2008}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/canadian-medic-remembered-as-man-of-hope-1.309311|title = Canadian medic remembered as 'man of hope'|date = 16 July 2008}}

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Category:Medical units and formations of Canada