Nursing Sister Elsie Dorothy Collis
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
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Harpenden, Bedfordshire
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
29 years 2 months
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Country Born:
England
Trade or Calling:
Professional Nurse
Next of Kin:
Mary Collis, 725 Esquimalt Rd., Victoria, British Columbia
Address at Enlistment:
Religion:
Church of England
Place of Enlistment:
London, England
Was a Prisoner of War:
Not Specified
Height:
5 ft 7.0 in / 170 cm
Weight:
Chest:
40.0 in / 102 cm
Expansion:
3.0 in / 8 cm
Marital Status:
Not Specified
Prior Military Experience:
Yes
Saw Service in:
Europe
Place of Discharge:
Discharge Type:
Discharge Notes:
Battle Died/Wounded:
Length of Service:
Buried at:
Links
Ranks
| Conflict |
Rank |
Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW1 |
Nursing Sister |
Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Army |
Canadian Army Medical Corps |
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Notes
Attestation approved by ? Macdonald, Matron-in-chief, for D.M.S., Canadian Contingents.
Birth year unconfirmed
Nursing Sister Mary Ethel Morrison kept a photo album which became the subject of a book entitled Battlefront Nurses in WWI, written by her niece. She included information from the wartime diary of NS Elsie Dorothy Collis in this publication:
Battlefront Nurses in WW I
Author: Maureen Duffus
Published 2009, Victoria, BC
ISBN 978-0-9733809-1-0
168 pages
A diary, a memoir & photo albums from two British Columbia Nursing Sisters.
Nursing Sisters of British Columbia
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