Georgina Fane Pope

Georgina Fane Pope (HM2KR8)

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N 46° 23.563', W 63° 47.419'

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1862-1938

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Born in Charlottetown, Georgina Pope chose nursing as a career. After training and working in the United States, she was selected in 1899 to superintend Canada's military nurses in the South African War. She was the first Canadian to receive the Royal Red Cross. Appointed to the permanent Army Medical Corps in 1906, two years later she became Canada's first Nursing Matron, having charge of all Canadian military nurses. Stationed principally at Halifax, Matron Pope served overseas briefly during World War I, but was invalided home in 1918 and retired the following year. She died in Charlottetown.
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Née à Charlottetown, Georgina Pope devint infirmière en 1886. Après avoir étudié et travaillé aux États-Unis, elle fut choisie en 1894 pour diriger les infirmières canadiennes lors de la guerre des Boers. Elle reçut la "Royal Red Cross", étant la première Canadienne à se mériter cet honneur. Affectée au corps médical permanent de l'armée canadienne en 1906, elle devint la première infirmière-en-chef du Canada en 1908, avec autorité sur toutes les infirmières militaires. Après



avoir servi pendant la guerre de 1914-1918, elle prit sa retraite et mourut à Charlottetown.
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HM NumberHM2KR8
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Placed ByHistoric Sites and Monuments Board of Canada/Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
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Date Added Thursday, September 12th, 2019 at 11:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)20T E 439238 N 5137985
Decimal Degrees46.39271667, -63.79031667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 23.563', W 63° 47.419'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 23' 33.78" N, 63° 47' 25.14" W
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