Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse Ruth Isobel Moffat
Survivor of WW1
General Information
Conflict:
WW1
Regimental No.:
NA
Cause of Death (in war):
Survived
Branch:
British Army
Regiment:
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Battalion:
1st London General Hospital, Camberwell
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Kitchener, Ontario
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
22 years 6 months
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Date of Death:
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Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Bank clerk
Next of Kin:
S.Nisbet Moffat, Father, Paris, Ontario
Address at Enlistment:
Paris, Ontario
Religion:
Unknown
Place of Enlistment:
London, England
Was a Prisoner of War:
No
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Chest:
Expansion:
Marital Status:
Single
Prior Military Experience:
No
Saw Service in:
Great Britain
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V.A.D. Ruth Isabel Moffat
Ranks
| Conflict |
Rank |
Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW1 |
Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse |
Voluntary Aid Detachment |
British Army |
1st London General Hospital, Camberwell |
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Notes
Nursing District # 30, St. Thomas, Ontario
Posted April 12, 1918 to April 1, 1919 - Served overseas 12 months
From "Letters from the front", Canadian Bank of Commerce:
V.A.D. Born at Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Father, S. N. Moffat, Manager The Canadian Bank of Commerce, Paris, Ontario. Educated at Truro Academy, Truro, N.S., and University of Toronto, Trinity College (graduated in Arts, 1915). Entered the service of the Bank, 23rd November, 1917. Enlisted, 27th February, 1918, from Paris branch, for service in First London General Hospital, Camberwell, London, England. Served as a V.A.D. Nurse in Military Hospitals. Demobilized, 1st April, 1919. Returned to duty with the Bank, 20th January, 1920.
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The following biography is transcribed from The War Memorial Volume of Trinity College, Toronto. Edited by A. H. Young and W. A. Kirkwood. Printers Guild, Limited, Toronto, 1922. It is transcribed as it originally appeared and it may contain typos or other errors. (Note: this record uses the spelling "Isabel").
MOFFAT, RUTH ISABEL; Paris, Ontario. Daughter of S. Nisbet Moffat, Dundas, Ontario; B.A. 1915; St. John's Ambulance Brigade, V.A.D.; Overseas March 1918; 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell, London, England.
Father - S.N. Moffat, Manager, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Paris, Ontario
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