Rena McLean
Dublin Core
Title
Rena McLean
Description
Growing up in Souris, Prince Edward Island, at the age of 34, Rena McLean was a trained nurse who applied to join the Army Medical Services. Upon medical examination, McLean was deemed healthy such that she did not present any of the causes of rejection specified in the Regulations for Army Medical Services, and was then thus enlisted on September 28th, 1914, to join the Canadian Army Medical Corp as a nursing sister. During her time within the Canadian Army Medical Corp, McLean had served first on the Royal Red Cross No. 2 Stationary Hospital, for which she was then transferred to work on the Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle. However, on June 27th, 1918, the Llandovery Castle had sunk, allowing officials to presume that McLean had drowned on or since this date. Despite this, McLean, along with many others have been commemorated at the Halifax memorial in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Date
1914-1918
Type
Person
Coverage
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
1880
Birthplace
Souris, Canada
Death Date
1918
Occupation
Nursing Sister
Portrait Credit
Library and Archives Canada, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7051-22, “Form R. 149.”, 1918, 162183 records.
Citation
“Rena McLean,” Recipro: The history of international and humanitarian aid, accessed May 20, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/recipro/items/show/565.