Lenna Mae Jenner
Dublin Core
Title
Lenna Mae Jenner
Description
Lenna Mae Jenner was born on November 17, 1889, in Brookfield, Nova Scotia. Lenna was a daughter of Baptist Rev. John Hugh and Mary Fisher Jenner, sister to Hugh Burton Jenner and Ada Blanche Ross. Lenna enlisted into the Canadian Army Corps (M.D,6th) on June 25, 1918, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Lenna was sent to England to be a nursing sister.
On October 18, 1918, Lenna went to the West Cliffe Eye & Ear Hospital in Folkstone, England, because of losing length, weight, and pain in the left side after exertion. The examination of the heart and lungs was negative, but there was considerable swelling of the abdomen, particularly on the left side. On December 10, 1918, Lenna became ill, receiving abdominal surgery. On December 12, 1918, Lenna died of natural causes. The medical records reveal that Leanna died of Septicemia or blood poising as it is commonly known. Lenna’s final resting place is at the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom.
On October 18, 1918, Lenna went to the West Cliffe Eye & Ear Hospital in Folkstone, England, because of losing length, weight, and pain in the left side after exertion. The examination of the heart and lungs was negative, but there was considerable swelling of the abdomen, particularly on the left side. On December 10, 1918, Lenna became ill, receiving abdominal surgery. On December 12, 1918, Lenna died of natural causes. The medical records reveal that Leanna died of Septicemia or blood poising as it is commonly known. Lenna’s final resting place is at the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom.
Creator
Fingerut, Vladimir
Type
Person
Language
English
Rights
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
1889
Birthplace
Brookfield, Nova Scotia
Death Date
1918
Place of Death
Folkstone, England
Occupation
Nursing Sister
Portrait Credit
Army Medical Corps. Lenna Mae Jenner. Photograph. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/399413?Lenna%20Mae%20Jenner
Citation
Fingerut, Vladimir, “Lenna Mae Jenner,” Recipro: The history of international and humanitarian aid, accessed October 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/recipro/items/show/548.