Lieutenant Edith Tilley Hegan
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Hegan,
Edith Tilley
Date of birth: 1881-03-11
Place of birth: Saint John New Brunswick Canada
Next of kin: Annie Louise Hegan, 51 Hazen St., Saint John, New Brunswick
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Trained Nurse
Gender: female
Religion: Church of England
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant (Army). ? to 1916-07-10
Survived war: yes
Awards
Royal Red Cross
Date of award: 1918-06-21
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
461341
Service file: B4232-S040
Uploader's Notes: Matron Edith Hegan, of St. John, N.B., who is at present visiting in Ottawa, is matron in charge of hospitals in New Brunswick and has a distinguished record in the overseas nursing service, having been awarded the Royal Red Cross of the first class. Miss Hegan was in Germany when the war broke out and it took her four months to get out of that country. Then she entered the Red Cross service and returned overseas early in 1915. After seeing much service in Etaples and other hospitals in France she was sent to the Russian front and was in Petrograd when the revolution broke out that dethroned the Czar and made first Kerensky and then Thotzky and Lenine dictators of Russia. Returning to England from Russia she was attached to several hospitals including the new Canadian institution at Cliveden. She was brought back to Canada some five months ago to engage in her present work. Source: Quebec Chronicle, March 27, 1919, page 12
Uploader's Research notes: [Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station Proceed to London for duty. Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps No 11 General Hospital Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe Royal Red Cross ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2008-09-29
Last modified: 2011-05-29