Nursing Sister Georgina Dean Long
Survivor of WW1
General Information
Conflict:
WW1
Regimental No.:
NA
Cause of Death (in war):
Survived
Branch:
Army
Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Battalion:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
35 years 6 months
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Country Born:
USA
Trade or Calling:
Graduate Nurse
Next of Kin:
Miss Katherine Long, Sister, 26 Boustead Av., Toronto, Ontario
Address at Enlistment:
26 Boustead Av., Toronto, Ontario
Religion:
Methodist
Place of Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Was a Prisoner of War:
Not Specified
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Marital Status:
Single
Prior Military Experience:
No
Saw Service in:
Europe
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Battle Died/Wounded:
Bombing of No. 1 Canadian General Hospital at Etaples, France
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| WW1 |
Nursing Sister |
Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Army |
Canadian Army Medical Corps |
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Available Transcriptions
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Canadian Nurses Heroic Under Fire |
Notes
Nursing Sister Georgina D. Long was profiled in a Toronto Star article that was published on October 4th, 1916. The article was captioned "Wounded Nurse Returning / Nursing Sister Georgina D. Long, a Stretcher Case - Wounded in Spine and Wrist". (This image will be attached shortly.)
Nursing Sister Long was wounded in a German attack upon No. 1 Canadian General Hospital hospital in Etaples on May 19th, 1918. The article, including her photo, explained that she would be returning to Toronto that evening. She had already spent 13 weeks in hospital in England recovering from her wounds.
The article also includes information about the bombing raid where she was wounded, and indicates that she was one of a group of Nursing Sisters in a bedroom at the time of the raid. One was killed immediately, another died of wounds in France, and a third died of wounds received in the attack in England. Only Miss Long and another nurse survived this attack.
The military attestation transcribed here relates to her enlistment to serve at Base Hospital in Toronto. Base Hospital was located on 400 Gerrard Street East in Military District No. 2.
Prior to the war, Miss Long worked as a school nurse at Perth Avenue and Keele Street Schools in Toronto. Her father was no longer alive in 1918. The Toronto Evening Telegram article (see attached image) indicated that she was born in Canada, however, her attestation puts her birthplace as Chicago, Illinois. She trained for nursing at the General Hospital in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
After enlisting to serve in March 1917, she went overseas. She was initially stationed at Orpington Hospital and then at Shorncliffe (both in England). She was sent to No. 1 CGH in Etaples in December 1917.
A brother-in-law, Major Norman Campbell Pilcher, 5th C.M.R., of Sherbrooke, Quebec, was killed in action at Ypres in 1916.
Research Notes
Researched by: M. I. Pirie
