Schaefer, Ruby Katherine

War
World War II, 1939-1945
Unit
C.W.A.C.

W1080
Canadian Women's Army Corp (C.W.A.C.)
Lance Corporal

Born: May 23rd 1914, Tavistock
Died: September 11th 2000, Stratford
Attended: Tavistock Public
After School: Worked for Riverside Silk Mills, Galt; worked for Canadian Red Cross
Enlisted: November 1941
Trained: CWAC Provost Corps, London; Kitchener, Ottawa, Winnipeg
Served: Canada, England, Holland
Discharged: 1946

After the War: Lived in Southampton, ON after the war until 1972, then moved to Stratford. She worked at Town and Country Fashions in Stratford from 1972-1979

Family: Parents - Jacob L. and Lydia Mogk
Sisters - Lillian Sage, Gertie Morgenroth
Brothers - Elgin, Jack, Robert, Otto, Paul
Married Marme Burrows on April 2nd 1946
Twin daughters - Susan and Sandra

Comments: Tavistock's first woman to join; employed at National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa; Secretary of Southampton Legion, Branch 155 and Member of the Legion Auxiliary

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