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Bergey, Alma
Nursing-sister.
Enlisted Sept. 1917 with the American Red Cross.
United Brethren.
Born at Mannheim, and educated in Chicago.
She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan but her mother lives at R.R.No 2 Petersburg. Ontario.
Violet Thoman, 44 Pandora Ave., Kitchener.
Maude Bowman was born in West Montrose, Ontario, on 16 February 1885. Her father was Leander Bowman. When she attested, she was living at the Kingsley Hotel in London, England. Prior to joining the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Maude had served a year doing military nursing in Egypt under the Imperial Government.
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Bowman, Maude
Nurse.
Enlisted April 20, 1915 with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.
Transferred to Canadian Army Medical Corps. and went to France April 1917.
United Brethren.
Born February 16, 1885 two miles south of Winterbourne on the homestead in Woolwich Township.
Graduated from the General and Marine Hospital St. Catherines, Ontario in 1913.
Single.
She served one year in Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe, England.
One year in Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt and two years in France.
She is still with Canadian General Hospital in France.
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Bowman, Nellie
Matron of Hospital.
Enlisted September 21, 1916 as a nursing sister with Queen Alexandra Nursing Army Corps.
Anglican.
Born in Houston Renfrewshire, Scotland and educated at Carbrook St. School, Paisley.
Maude Lawson, Galt.
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Campbell, Margaret Batters
Nurse.
Enlisted October 1, 1918.
Church of England.
Born on her father's farm December 3, 1893.
Educated at Riverside School and at Galt Collegiate Institute.
Trained three years in Buffalo General Hospital graduating June 12, 1917.
Joined the American Red Cross and called October 1, 1918. Left for Camp Gordon, Georgia, and has served for six months at Base Hospital there.
John Campbell, 42 Rose St., Galt.
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Campbell, Sarah Lockie
Nurse.
Enlisted August 1917 with the American Red Cross, No 23 Buffalo Base Hospital.
Church of England.
Born on her father's farm North Dumfries, September 13, 1891. Educated at Riverside school and Galt Collegiate Institute. Trained in Buffalo General Hospital graduating June 1, 1916. Went overseas in fall of 1917, served almost one and a half years in France with American Expeditionary Force. Still Overseas.
John Campbell 42 Rose St., Galt.
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Dawson, Hazel
Lieutenant.
Enlisted for service as nurse at Waterloo, Ontario.
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Detweiler, Clara
Nursing sister.
She was born in Kitchener and is the youngest daughter of Mr. S. S. Detweiler R.R.3, Kitchener, Ontario.
She is a graduate of the Toronto General Hospital where she has returned since her return from France.
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Fraser, Edna E.
Enlisted in March 1915 and went overseas on May 17, 1915. She spent a short time in England and France and went in October to Salonika where she remained two years.
She returned to Basingstoke where she remained until coming home in October 1918.
She was here when the armistice was signed and so did not return.
She is now engaged at the Whitby Military Hospital.
She was born in Galt and educated at the Galt Collegiate Institute and was trained as a nurse in Toronto.
Her home is at 53 Bruce St., Galt with her parents.
A white index card containing the name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County. Card also includes a photograph, two red stars and red slash.
Jaffray, Madeleine F.
Nurse.
She joined a special unit of 10 Canadian nurses in December 1914
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A white index card containing the name, rank and military history of a soldier of Waterloo County. Card also includes a photograph, two red stars and red slash.
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Jaffray, Madeleine F.
Nurse.
She joined a special unit of 10 Canadian nurses in December 1914 to nurse French and Belgian wounded.
She left immediately for France via England.
She served directly behind the trenches in Northern France at a Casualty Station in the danger zone, bombarding and gassing going on constantly.
On June 4, 1917 the hospital was bombed by an airman 60 feet above.
She managed to get most of her patients into a passage way but she herself was badly wounded in the left foot which was split almost to the toes.
For her courage she was given the Croix de Guerre with palm and two Citations from Generals and the Minister of War.
She was the first woman in America to receive the decoration which is so rarely given to women.
She was sent to American Red Cross Hospital for six months and part of the foot was saved.
She has been in New York for a year as a Red Cross speaker in Liberty War Chest, Red Cross and Nurses' Recruiting campaigns speaking often twice a day.
She now walks without a cane.
She was the youngest girl who left Canada in 1915 with that particular company of nurses.
She was born in Chicago and came to Galt with her parents in 1896.
She attended Public School and Collegiate Institute in Galt and Loretto Abbey in Guelph.
She graduated from the Clifton Springs Training School for Nurses and is a New York State Registered Nurse.
She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Jaffray of Galt and granddaughter of the late William Jaffray formerly postmaster of Kitchener.
Fred Wilson, 72 Brook St., Galt, Ont.
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Kennedy, Mrs. Pearl McK.
Her address is Galt, Ontario.
She was overseas.
