Lieutenant Helen Barbara MacKay
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
Lieutenant (Army).
Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
Description: His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Royal Red Cross Decoration to the undermentioned ladies of the Nursing Services in recognition of their valuable service in connection with the War
Date of award: 1917-10-23
Date of award: 1917-10-24
Source: L/G 30350 p.10981 23/10/1917
RESEARCH INFORMATION
There are two attestations on file. The first 1915 attestation was approved by ? Macdonald, Matron-in-chief, for D.M.S., Canadian Contingents.
The second attestation is in the form of an Officers' Declaration Paper and is marked as a "Duplicate Copy" and includes a May 12, 1917 medical examination. On this form her present and next-of-kin addresses are R.R.4, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and her father's name is given as W. H. D. MacKay.
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A Royal Red Cross (Second Class) was awarded to a person named Helen McKay. Further research is required to confirm is this is the person in question.