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Canadian nurse Madeleine Jaffray
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Madeleine Jaffray volunteered with the Red Cross French Flag Nursing Corps and served in French field hospitals during the war. In 1917, she was wounded when her hospital was bombarded by the Germans, resulting in the amputation of her leg. As a result of her actions while under attack, she became the first Canadian woman to be awarded the French Croix de Guerre. From the Madeleine Morrison fonds, PR1986.0054/4.
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