Appeared in The Toronto World, 25 June 1918, pg. 10.
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Dated: June 25, 1918
CANADIAN NURSES RECEIVE DECORATIONS
Among recent decorations to nurses appear the names of many from Toronto, several going to nurses who went overseas with the University of Toronto unit, which served in France, Salonica and are now stationed at Basingstoke, England.
Miss Gertrude L. Spanner is the daughter of Charles Spanner, Hambly avenue. She receives the Royal Red Cross of the second class. Miss Spanner is a graduate of the Hospital for Sick Children, and enlisted in the University of Toronto.
Miss Cecil M. Oatman, who was also decorated, made her home in Toronto at 191 Langley avenue. Her father resides in Springford, Oxford County. She is a graduate of Grace Hospital, and is on the staff of the University of Toronto General Hospital.
Miss Alison Dickison, first-class Royal Red Cross, was on the staff of the Toronto General Hospital for some time prior to the outbreak of war. She is a graduate of an English hospital.
Miss Mary Allwood, second-class Royal Red Cross, was on the staff of the Toronto General Hospital when war broke out. She went overseas with the University of Toronto Hospital. She is a graduate of an English institution.
Miss Elizabeth Campbell, who receives the second-class nursing decoration, is understood to be a graduate of the Toronto General, and her home is in Priceville, Ont. She went overseas with the University of Toronto Hospital.
Matron Bessie Mitchell, who receives the first-class decoration, is a graduate of the Hospital for Sick Children.
Miss Lillian Galbraith, a graduate of the Hospital for Sick Children, now on the staff of a Shorncliffe hospital, is awarded the second-class decoration. Her home is in Toronto.
Miss Alice Grindlay, a graduate of the same institution, and with the local War Hospital, is a step-daughter of Bishop Reeve, 544 Huron street. She is given a similar decoration.
Miss Marion Ruddick, Hospital for Sick Children, went overseas when war broke out with a draft of nurses. Her home is in Ottawa, where here father is cold-storage commissioner. Her decoration is a first-class medal.
Miss Maude Wilkinson is a graduate of the Hospital for Sick Children, and her home is in Toronto. She receives the second-class decoration. She is with the University of Toronto Hospital.
Miss Helen M. MacCallum is a graduate of St. Michael's Hospital. She went overseas with the University of Toronto Hospital and receives the second-class decoration. Her home is in Deloro, Ont.
Miss Cecil M. Oatman - http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/person/3030-nursing-sister-cecil-matilda-oatman
