Lieutenant Constance Elspeth Bruce

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Bruce, Constance Elspeth

Date of birth: 1887-02-26

Place of birth: Saint John New Brunswick Canada

Next of kin: Rev. Dr. George Bruce, 241 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto, Ontario

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Trained Nurse

Gender: female

Religion: Presbyterian

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA

Highest Rank: Lieutenant

Rank detail

Lieutenant (Army).

Degree of service: Mesopotamia

Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 71441

Service file: B1197A-S064

Uploader's Notes:

The British Journal of Nursing, published October 24, 1914, page 325:

"The following contingent of nurses have arrived in England from Canada by H.M.T. Franconia for service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and are at present the guests of St. Thomas' Hospital."

NURSING SISTERS NO. 1 GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Sister: Constance E. Bruce
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Uploader's Research notes:

An April 1916 photo of a group of Canadian nurses at Salonika with No. 1 Canadian Stationary Hospital includes a nurse with the surname Bruce. This is Constance Bruce.
Photo / Trent University Archives.

In addition at the same archives, there is a poem written by Constance Bruce about their stay at Lemnos (1915/16). Link to original poem.

[Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 1 Canadian General Hospital ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-07-06

Last modified: 2020-04-22