Lieutenant Bessie Long Colter
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Colter,
Bessie Long
Date of birth: 1874-10-16
Place of birth: Keswick York Co. New Brunswick Canada
Next of kin: Mr. W. S. Colter, Father, Burtts Corner, Route 3, York Co., New Brunswick
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Graduate Nurse
Occupation (normalized): Professional Nurse, General
Address:
The Dorchester, Dorchester St., Montreal, Quebec
Gender: female
Religion: Church of England
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
Lieutenant (Army).
Survived war: yes
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
111139
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B1891-S027
Uploader's Notes: Bessie Colter, daughter of Samuel William Colter and Annie Elizabeth Long, was initially attached to No 9 General Hospital (Shorncliffe) after arriving in England . In November 1917 she was temporarily attached to No 4 Canadian General Hospital to await embarkation to France with No 8 Canadian Stationary Hospital. She was with the unit when it arrived in France in December 1917 at Camiers. She was also with the unit when it was set up in Charmes in April 1918. In July 1918 after becomiing ill she was evacuated to a Base Hospital in Boulgne and SOS.
Uploader's Research notes:
No 8 Canadian Stationary Hospital War Diary
N/S O.M. Rogan Personal Diary
1901 Census of Canada: Bright, York, New Brunswick
1881 Census of Canada
[Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2008-08-19
Last modified: 2012-11-14