Remembering World War II

Jessie Margaret MacLeod

Sources: Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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."