Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of Henrietta Mellett – © IWM (WWC H22-26)

Diary – From the War Diary of the 15th Canadian Field Hospital, recording the death of Nursing Sister Mellett.

Grave Marker – Grave of Nursing Sister Henrietta Mellett, St. Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland. More information can be found at www.canadianGreatWarProject.com.

Newspaper Clipping – Adventurous Canadian family of Sister Mellett, enlisted in London Ontario [Image 1916 City Directory BOWEN.] Yukon Museum - "Reverend R.J. Bowen came from England in 1895 and served first at Forty Mile, Yukon. Reverend Bowen and Susan Mellett were married by Bishop Bompas. Bowen was recalled from the Diocese of Alaska in 1897 to proceed to Dawson City where he built the first log church, St. Paul's. Unfortunately Reverend Bowen contracted typhoid malarial fever in 1899 and was forced to return to England to recover. He was recalled to the Yukon by Bishop Bompas, accepting the mission at Whitehorse, he arrived on August 1, 1900. He held his first services in a tent and lived in a 12 x 14 tent alongside. In October, 1900, he supervised the construction of the church, the present Old Log Church Museum, and the foundation was laid for the rectory on January 4, 1901. This was completed and occupied in June, 1901. In May, 1903, Reverend Bowen was again forced to leave the Yukon due to severe illness. He worked in Nanaimo and Ladysmith, BC, before retiring to London, Ontario. Reverend Bowen died in 1952.