Lieutenant Bessie Irene Beyer
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Beyer,
Bessie Irene
Date of birth: 1891-09-26
Place of birth: Smiths Falls Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Fred Beyer, Mother, 40 Dacotah St., St. Catharines, Ontario
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Trained Nurse
Address:
40 Dacotah St., St. Catharines, Ontario
Gender: female
Religion: Baptist
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
42601
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B0713-S015
Uploader's Notes:
A working uniform belonging to a Nursing Sister Bessie Irene Dwyer, also from Smith's Falls, is held in the collections of the Canadian War Museum - online image. It appears that Dwyer may be her married name as the other details provided in the uniform description match up.
Previous service with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service ( QAIMNS ).
This attestation has details for the previous military service in France by this Nursing Sister. Chronological order is not indicated:
No. 36 Casualty Clearing Station (CCS), France - 2 months.No. 42 Casualty Clearing Station, France - 4 months.No. 2 Stationary Hospital, France - 9 months.No 14 General Hospital, France, 3 months.Uploader's Research notes: LAC originally had her surname indexed as "Beyes". A correction note was sent to LAC asking them to look at the spelling of her surname (Feb. 2010) as it appeared that it should be spelled "Beyer". As of April 2011, LAC revised her surname to "Beyer". (M. Pirie) [Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Army Medical Corps ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2008-08-18
Last modified: 2020-04-07