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Margaret Agnes Briggs

In memory of:

Lieutenant (Nursing Sister) Margaret Agnes Briggs

February 22, 1945
Montreal, Quebec

Military Service


Age:

35

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Citation(s):

Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, the 1939-1945 Star and the Italy Star.

Additional Information


Born:

January 25, 1910
Harvey Station, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

January 20, 1941
Montreal, Quebec

Daughter of Matheson J. and Cora L. Briggs, of Harvey Station, New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 498 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HARVEY STATION (KNOX PRESBYTERIAN)CHURCH CEM.
New Brunswick, Canada

Grave Reference:

Leighton Family Plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Margaret Briggs– Photo: Tim Patterson, Carleton University
  • Photo of Margaret Briggs– Photo: Tim Patterson, Carleton University
  • Photo of Margaret Briggs
  • Grave marker– Grave marker of Lieutenant (Nursing Sister) Margaret Agnes BRIGGS at Harvey Station (Knox Pres.) Cemetery, Harvey NB, Canada.
(Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD)
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Gleaner 23 Feb 1945. Submitted by Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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