Category:Madeleine Frances Jaffray

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Madeleine Frances Jaffray 
Canadien nurse, the first Canadian woman to receive the Croix de Guerre (1889-1972)
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Date of birth8 July 1889
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Date of death23 July 1972
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English: Madeleine Frances Jaffray, one of ten nurses sent to France in 1915 by the Canadian National Nursing Association to join the French Flag Nursing Corps. Worked in a military hospital near Bordeaux and then in a front-line mobile ambulance unit in Adinkerke, Belgium. In recognition of her service, was awarded the Croix de Guerre with star, becoming the first Canadian woman to receive such honor.