
Alfreda Jenness Attrill, 1909
Hilda Correlli, Class of 1909
During the war, nursing sister Corelli served in both England and France and was stationed at the Duchess of Connaught’s Red Cross Hospital, No. 3 Canadian General Hospital, No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Canadian Special Hospital (Tubercular Hospital) in Lenham and on the hospital ship H.M.A.T Araguaya. For her service, she was awarded the Royal Red Cross First Class in June 1918.
After the war, she took courses in child welfare work and received certification issued by the Central Midwives Board, while working in East London. In 1921, Hilda returned to Winnipeg where she worked until her until her retirement in 1952 when she returned to England. She died in Sussex, England on July 3, 1963.
Please click on the links below to read about other graduates from Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing, 1909, that served as nursing sisters during World War I.