Margaret Agnes BRIGGS. Nursing Sister Canadian RCAMC.
Born 25 January 1910 to Matheson J. and Cora L. Briggs, of Harvey Station, New Brunswick. Enlisted 20 January 1941 at Montreal, Quebec.
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Lieut. Briggs, Born at York Mills, N.B., 35 years ago, was a daughter of Mrs. Cora Briggs and the Late James Matheson Briggs. When war was declared Lieut. Briggs was a member of the staff of Child's Welfare, Montreal, and enlisted as a nursing sister. She spent three years overseas, in hospitals in England and later in Italy. Enroute to Italy with a medical unit the hospital ship St. Helena was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. After six months' service in the Italian war zone, Lieut. Briggs developed a serious illness and was invalided home as a bed patient. She entered the Royal Victoria Hospital and passed away there on Thursday morning. Her deep devotion to her profession and kindness to all in her care will long be remembered.
At rest Knowx Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Harvey Station, New Brunswick, Canada.
Photograph credited to Tim Patterson, Carleton University.
Anne Gafiuk's WWII Women's Project
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