Lieutenant Emma Gertrude Black
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Black,
Emma Gertrude
Date of birth: 1887-06-07
Place of birth: Fort William Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Colin Black, Denham Court, 745 Jarvis St., Vancouver, British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Nurse
Occupation (normalized): Professional Nurse, General
Gender: female
Religion: Presbyterian
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant (Navy).
Survived war: yes
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
45984
Service file: B0771-S049
Uploader's Notes:
The HMCHS Prince George was a 307 foot steel vessel drafted into the Royal Canadian Navy on August 8, 1914. At some point it was decided that Canada was not going to have a hospital ship and it was paid off on September 4, 1914 and returned to its owners. Elizabeth Pierce, Anne Dover, Gertrude Black, Penelope Mellen, Mabel Lindsay, and Bessie Watson spent a short period of time in the navy before resuming their nursing career in the army.
Gertrude Black, born in Fort William, Ontario in 1887, left for overseas in April 1915, serving until August 1919.
Uploader's Research notes: [Nursing Sister Navy Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Prince George (HS) Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 2 General Hospital, Le Treport, France ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2008-07-06
Last modified: 2012-09-02