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Remembering World War II
Jessie Margaret MacLeod
Name:
Jessie Margaret MacLeod
Rank:
Flying Officer (Nursing Sister)
Service No.:
C/4169
Service:
RCAF Station Hospital, Dartmouth
Royal Canadian Air Force, Women’s Division
Date of Birth:
April 1, 1900
Place of Birth:
Fox Brook, Pictou Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
May 25, 1940
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, NS
Address at Enlistment:
South Park St, Halifax, NS
Age at Enlistment:
38
Height:
5 feet, 1 ¼ inches
Complexion:
Medium
Eyes:
Brown
Hair:
Brown
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Registered Nurse
Religion:
United Church
Next of Kin:
James MacLeod, (Brother) Kirkland Lake, Ontario
Date of Death:
April 29, 1941
Age:
39
Cemetery:
Hopewell Fox Brook (MacLeod) Cemetery
Inscription:
“Her sun has gone down when it was yet day”
Commemorated on Page 36 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on January 29
Jessie Margaret MacLeod was the daughter of George MacLeod (1837-1911) and Ellen Ann (Sinnis) MacLeod
(1869-1921); sister of James W. MacLeod (1895-1980 and Marian MacLeod Bonner (1893-1975).
Jessie was a registered nurse from 1920 and she served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps from
June 1, 1940, until November 15, 1940. She transferred directly to the RCAF’s Women’s Division on
November 15, 1940. Her enlistment for active service in WWII was signed May 25, 1940, in Halifax.
Jessie was admitted as a bed patient at the RCAF’s Dartmouth base hospital with Spinal Meningitis on April
28th. She died the next day on April 29, 1941. She had served 168 days in the Royal Canadian Army
Medical Corps and 165 days in the RCAF.
Jessie’s brother, James, received a letter from Air Vice Marshall Breadner dated May 4, 1941:
"Your sister was extremely popular and efficient, and her loss is greatly deplored and keenly felt by all
who served with her."