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Lieutenant Evelyn Verrall McKay

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1892-11-24
Place of birth: Galt Ontario Canada
Next of kin: M.S. McKay (Father), 85 Rose St., Galt, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Graduate Nurse
Occupation (normalized): Professional Nurse, General
Address: 85 Rose St., Galt, Ontario
Gender: female
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1918-11-04
Cause of death: Died of illness
Buried: Terlincthun British Cemetery, VII. C. 26.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Rank detail
  1. Lieutenant (Army).
  2. Lieutenant (Army).
  3. Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Galt Ontario War Memorial

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 4026319
LAC ID: 164247
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B6924-S054
Uploader's Notes:

Daughter of Mark S. and Sarah M. McKay, of Galt, Ontario.

Globe and Mail death notice states she died in No. 3 Canadian General Hospital on November 4th at Boulogne, France in her 26th year of broncho-pneumonia. She was the youngest daughter of Mark S. and Mrs. McKay of Galt.

Evelyn McKay was born in Galt, Ontario, and was the only Nursing Sister to appear on the Galt Ontario War Memorial. Photos of the memorial are on her record at the Canadian Virtual Memorial.

Nursing Sister McKay's photo appeared in the Toronto Star on November 8th, 1918. (See her Virtual Memorial Record to view this photo).

McKay was a graduate of Grace Hospital, Toronto. Her obituary in the Toronto Star (see C.V.M.) indicated that Evelyn was well-known in Toronto. She served for one year at Toronto's Base Hospital (Gerrard St.) at at the Canadian Exhibition Camp. She went overseas in 1916.

Uploader's Research notes:

Globe and Mail - November 9, 1918 Page 8 Death notice

Note: Closeups of the names on the Galt Ontario Cenotaph are available by contacting M. I. Pirie at imagesofcanada@ hotmail.com

[Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Base Hospital, Toronto Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Exhibition Camp Hospital, Toronto Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps 3rd Canadian General Hospital ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2016-08-27