Margaret Marjory Fraser
Canadian military nurse in World War I
About Margaret Marjory Fraser
Lived 1885 – 1918 (aged 33). Margaret Marjory Fraser was a Canadian military nurse.
Margaret Marjory "Pearl" Fraser (20 March 188527 June 1918) was a Canadian military nurse from Nova Scotia who served in the First World War. She died aboard HMHS Llandovery Castle when it was torpedoed and sunk.
Biography Pearl Fraser was born on 20 March 1885 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia to parents Duncan Cameron Fraser and Bessie Grant Fraser . Her father was the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia from 1906 until 1910. She had six siblings, among them Alistair Fraser, who served as lieutenant governor from 1952 until 1958. and enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Quebec on 28 September 1914.
Across her military career, Fraser was the recipient of the 1914–15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal. The New Glasgow writer Lynn MacLean included Fraser in her historical fiction book Bravest Hearts.
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Canadian military nurse in World War I (1885–1918)
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Margaret Marjory Fraser was born on 20 March 1885 in New Glasgow.
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Margaret Marjory Fraser died on 27 June 1918 in Quebec City.
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Margaret Marjory Fraser was a military nurse.
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Margaret Marjory Fraser was Canadian.
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