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Military service
Age:
33
Rank:
Nursing Sister
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Birth:
June 22, 1882
Zorra, Ontario
Death:
February 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. 5. Lot 60.
Additional information
Daughter of Alexander Ross and Christina (Murray) Ross, sister of Maggie Ross, Katie Ross, George Ross, Alice Ross, and John Ross.
Digital gallery of Nursing Sister Elsie Gertrude Ross
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Nursing Sister Elsie Gertrude Ross - Canadian Army Medical Corps. Died from pneumonia at the Toronto General Hospital. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2919&sqn=134&tt=1326&PHPSESSID=eo3hb5ee37gfi8ijliuqdh90d5 -
Inscription
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Cemetery
Photo of Avondale Cemetery located in Stratford, Ontario. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice at Avondale Cemetery. -
Grave marker
Avondale Cemetery gravestone for Elsie Gertrude Ross. A walking tour guide for the cemetery can be printed from www.stratfordpertharchives.on.ca -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: The Globe Toronto Wednesday March 1 1916 -
Newspaper Clipping
Credit www.heroesofzorra.ca -
Newspaper clipping
From the Brantford Expositor 1916. Submitted or the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Brantford Expositor 1916. Submitted or the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 156 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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STRATFORD (AVONDALE) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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