Archive Record
Images
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Metadata
Accession # |
A2006.214 |
Title |
Nursing Sister Alice Cook (1893-1918), Mount Forest. |
Date |
2006 |
Description |
Digital copies of photographs of Nursing Sister Alice Cook (1893-1918) of Mount Forest, ca. 1918; reproduced 2006 by Bill Cockburn. Donation includes two images on CD-ROM, one a portrait with the inscription "Alice", "Xmas 1914", "H.S.C" [Hospital for Sick Children?]: CD-ROM with large and small images stored AVC13. - ph 23115: Digital copy of a memorial-portrait photograph of Alice Cook in nursing uniform, Christmas 1914. Photographer unknown. - ph 23116: Colour print out on paper of a digital photograph of the framed memorial-portrait of Alice Cook in nursing uniform, showing medal, ca. 2006. Glare of flash reflecting off of glass. Text on back of medal: Presented to N.S. A. Cook by the citizens of Mt. Forest for gallant services, Great War 1914-1918. Alice Cook, daughter of J.J. and Annie Cook (nee Stovel), was born in Mount Forest 29 Dec. 1893. She became a nurse and was a graduate of the Hospital for Sick Children, in Toronto. She died on 31 Dec. 1918, aged 25, from influenza and pneumonia, while serving on the staff of the Hospital for Invalid Soldiers on Isabella Street in Toronto, for which patrioic service she had volunteered. She was the only female from Wellington County to die as a result of war service in the Great War of 1914-1918. Nursing Sister Cook has three sisters and one brother: Joy (Mrs. N.S. McKechnie of Coburg); Effie (Mrs. H.L. Emmett of Fonthill; Agnes (Mrs. G.E. Cockburn of Mount Forest); and Roy Cook of Toronto. The text above from a portrait-memorial panel. |
Creator \ Maker |
Cockburn, Bill [MAKER] |
Item Name |
Print Cd-rom |
Person \ Organization |
Hospital For Sick Children Hospital For Invalid Soldiers Corporation of the Town of Mount Forest Cook, Alice Cook, Joy Cook, Effie Cook, Agnes Cook, Roy |
Place |
Mount Forest Toronto |
Subject |
Portrait Genealogy |
Photo, Map # |
ph 23115 ph 23115 - ph 23116 ph 23116 |
Year Range from |
2006 |
Year Range to |
2006 |
Accession # |
A2006.214 |
Containers |
STACKS AVC13 |