Na 3368 - WWII; 429-649-098 - Korean War
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Captain, Nursing Sister

Born: R.R. 5, Embro, Lot 18, Conc. 9, East Zorra
Died: March 22, 2019 at Woodstock General Hospital in Woodstock, Ontario ... 92 years old
Attended: SS # 11, West Zorra; Woodstock Collegiate Inst., University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
After School: Trained as a Registered Nurse at Woodstock General Hospital

Enlisted: London, March 15th 1945, WWll; June 1949, Korean War
Served: Canada, Korea, Japan, Germany, USA
Medals or Awards: War Medal 1939-1945; Korean Volunteer Medal 1950-54; Special Peacetime Service Medal and Bar; United Nations Service Medal; 2002 Queens Golden Jubilee Medal; Canadian Forces Decoration and Clasp
Discharged: September 18th 1972

After the War: University - Diploma in Public Health; worked in Oxford County doing Public Health for 2 years; rejoined the Army June 1949 and served until 1972 and then retired

Comments: Public Health Nurse in Army Camps across Canada - Petawawa; Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Calgary, Alberta; Shilo, Manitoba; Toronto and London, ON.
In 1953 during the Korean War was stationed at Kure, Japan nursing at the British Commonwealth Hospital. In December 1953 went to #25 Canadian Field Dressing Station south of Seoul, Korea to nurse the soldiers. In 1965 spent 6 months at Fort Sam Houston in Texas taking an Administration Course.

Family: Parents - Robert and Elizabeth (Shepherd)
Brothers - James T., Ralph, Lorne

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