Nursing Sister Margaret Isabella Leitch Reid
Survivor of WW1
General Information
Conflict:
WW1
Regimental No.:
NA
Cause of Death (in war):
Survived
Branch:
Army
Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Battalion:
No. 10 Training Depot
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Victoria, British Columbia
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
26 years
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Date of Death:
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Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Graduate Nurse
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Margaret Westland Reid, Mother, Central Park, British Columbia
Address at Enlistment:
Central Park, British Columbia
Religion:
Presbyterian
Place of Enlistment:
Victoria, British Columbia
Was a Prisoner of War:
Not Specified
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Marital Status:
Not Specified
Prior Military Experience:
Not Specified
Saw Service in:
Great Britain
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| Conflict |
Rank |
Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW1 |
Nursing Sister |
Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Army |
No. 10 Training Depot |
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Notes
"Miss Margaret Reid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.G.L. Reid, Central Park, did wonderful work with the C.A.M.C. She joined that corps in 1917 and has recently passed special examination in nursing medical subjects with high honors at Buxton, England."
From The British Columbian Victory Edition, Columbian Printing Company, New Westminster 1917: "How Burnaby Ladies Helped in the War" Page 15
A photograph and short article on Margaret Reid appeared in the Vancouver Daily Sun on November 26th, 1917 (attached). Link to original
The text accompanying the photo was:
NURSE MARGARET REID
BURNABY, Nurse Margaret Reid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. L. Reid, of Central Park, left on Saturday evening for Winnipeg, where she has received orders to make her headquarters until drafted into an overseas unit. Nurse Reid is a graduate of the Vancouver General hospital, and volunteered some months ago for overseas service, but was not called until Saturday. Nurse Page1 also of the Vancouver General hospital, whose home is in Matsqui, left with Miss Reid for Winnipeg and will become attached to an overseas unit as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made.
1Veronica E. Page
