Nursing Sister Clare Gass
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. 3 Canadian General Hospital
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
28 years 1 month
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Graduate Nurse
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Robert Gass, Mother, Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Address at Enlistment:
Religion:
Church of England
Place of Enlistment:
Montreal, Quebec
Was a Prisoner of War:
No
Height:
5 ft 5.0 in / 165 cm
Weight:
Chest:
38.0 in / 97 cm
Expansion:
2.0 in / 5 cm
Marital Status:
Single
Prior Military Experience:
No
Saw Service in:
Europe
Place of Discharge:
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Battle Died/Wounded:
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Buried at:
Links
Ranks
| Conflict |
Rank |
Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW1 |
Nursing Sister |
Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Army |
No. 3 Canadian General Hospital |
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Notes
Named on Nominal Roll for No. 3 General Hospital (McGill), embarkation Port - Montreal, Ship - S.S. Metagama, and dated 06 May 1915.
Nursing Sister Clare Gass wrote a war diary which was published in 2000:
Susan Mann (ed.), The War diary of Clare Gass, 1915-1918, Montreal and London, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. Illustrated.
Online edition (partial) at Google Books.
Gass served in eight hospitals in the U.K. and France. The publication includes personal photographs taken by Gass which show the living conditions of Nursing Sisters.
A book review by M. J. Denham - details.
A book review by L. McNeill - details.
The digitized service record for Clare Gass is online at the Lest We Forget Project
At least 5 children of Robert and Nerissa Gass served in the C.E.F. during WWI. In descending order of age they were:
Nursing Sister Clare Gass (survived)Corporal Gerald Gass 2479 (survived)Lance Corporal Cyril Gass 67097 (survived)Lance Corporal Blanchard Gass 69064 (KIA - Vimy Ridge)Private Athelstan Gass 901864 (survived)
On page 346 of "Wall of Fire: The Battle of Vimy Ridge," author Michael Krawchuk mentions Lieutenant Laurence Gass' death on April 8th, indicating he was her brother. However, on his Attestation he gives his father's name as J. B. Gass of Iroquois, Ontario. He may have been a relative, but census data does not show him as her brother.
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