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A First War Group to Nursing Sister Curry; Canadian Army Medical Corps

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A First War Group to Nursing Sister Curry; Canadian Army Medical Corps

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A First War Group to Nursing Sister Curry; Canadian Army Medical Corps

Canada; British War Medal (N. SISTER. L.I.M. CURRY.); Victory Medal (N. SISTER L.I.M. CURRY.); and a bronze Lindsay's Welcome to Returned Soldiers CEF Medal (NURSING SISTER L.I.M. CURRY NO. 1 CAN. GEN. HOSPITAL FRANCE PRESENTED June 1 - 1918). Naming is officially impressed on the First War pair, the inscription is engraved on the reverse of the LWRSCEFM. Un-mounted, original ribbon suspended from an ornate bronze hanger with pinback on the LWRSCEFM, replacement ribbons and light contact on the BWM and VM, better than very fine. Footnote: Laura Isabel Moir Curry was born on March 18, 1885 in Minden, Haliburton County, Ontario. She was a resident of Lindsay, Ontario when she enlisted with the Canadian Army Medical Corps on June 8, 1916, signing her Officers' Declaration Paper as a Nursing Sister on June 10, 1916 in Kingston, Ontario, at the age of 31, naming her next-of-kin as her father, F.R. Curry of Brockville, Ontario, stating that she was with an active militia, the Army Medical Corps, that she had no previous military service, that her religion was Anglican and that her occupation was that of Professional Nurse. Curry left Canada on June 19, 1916 and was taken on strength of the Canadian Army Medical Corps in England, on July 5, 1916. She was transferred to No. 1 Canadian General Hospital on July 9th and was taken on strength at the hospital in Etaples, France. Curry was admitted to No. 24 General Hospital at Etaples on December 25, 1916, with a case of Influenza. She remained in hospital for eight days, before being discharged to her unit on January 2, 1917. Seven and a half weeks later, she returned to No. 24 General Hospital on February 23, 1917, again suffering from Influenza. Her stay this time would entail eleven days, after which she was transferred to the Convalescent Home at Ardelot on March 6th for a one week stay, before being discharged on March 13th and rejoining her unit. She was granted two fourteen day leaves, in May 1917 and January 1918. Curry returned to England and was posted to the Canadian Army Medical Corps Depot at Shorncliffe on March 26, 1918, then transferred to No. 12 Canadian General Hospital the following day. Two weeks after her transfer to No. 12 Canadian General Hospital, she returned to Canada aboard the H.M.T. Mauretania on April 9, 1918, arriving on the 15th. Nursing Sister Laura Isabel Moir Curry was struck off strength of the Canadian Army Medical Corps on April 19, 1918, "being permitted to resign" her commission, credited with having served in Canada, England and France with the Canadian Army Medical Corps at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital and No. 12 Canadian General Hospital. For her First World War service, she was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. When she returned to Lindsay, she was honoured for her wartime service, receiving Lindsay's Welcome to Returned Soldiers CEF Medal, presented to her on June 1, 1918. Her mother, Madeleine D. Curry of Brockville, received her pay throughout the war. Curry later moved to Claresholm, Alberta and died on July 24, 1933 at the age of 48.