Nursing Sister Roberta Macadams
Survivor of WW1
General Information
Conflict:
WW1
Regimental No.:
NA
Cause of Death (in war):
Survived
Branch:
Army
Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Battalion:
No. 16 Canadian General Hospital
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Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Sarnia, Ontario
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
35 years 6 months
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Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Dietician
Next of Kin:
Robert Macadams, Father, 233 Brock St. N., Sarnia, Ontario
Address at Enlistment:
233 Brock St. N., Sarnia, Ontario
Religion:
Church of England
Place of Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Was a Prisoner of War:
Not Specified
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Marital Status:
Not Specified
Prior Military Experience:
Not Specified
Saw Service in:
Great Britain
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| Conflict |
Rank |
Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW1 |
Nursing Sister |
Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Army |
No. 16 Canadian General Hospital |
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Notes
Elected to the Alberta Legislature in 1917. The second woman in the British Empire to be elected to a legislature and the first in the Empire to introduce a bill to a legislature.
According to her Wikipedia entry, Miss MacAdams was a Dietician.
Vancouver Daily Sun - 24 December 1917 - article entitled "Nurses Were Paid Splendid Tribute / Men of Alberta's Plains and Foothills Choose Miss Roberta MacAdams as Representing Best in Womanhood".
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