Edith R Dick
Canadian Army nurse
About Edith R Dick
Lived 1906 – 1978 (aged 71–72).
Edith Rainsford Dick (1 March 1906 – 29 March 1978) was a Canadian nurse who served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps for World War II as a Major Matron. She was a recipient of the Royal Red Cross First Class Award.
Biography Dick was born in Milton, Ontario on 1 March 1906 to W.I. Dick and Margaret Young, one of nine children. She attended her early schooling in Milton. Dick went to the University of Toronto for a Bachelor of Arts for two years, which she left to enroll in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. which she then completed a Certificate in Public Health Nursing from the University.
Dick was inducted into the Milton Walk of Fame in 2014 for her influence on Canadian nursing standards.
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Who was Edith R Dick?
Canadian Army nurse (1906–1978)
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Edith R Dick was born on 1 March 1906.
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Edith R Dick died in 1978.
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