Second World War

Artifact W2-15: Nursing Sister Served as Model for Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

Prepared by Mike Street, based on photographs and documents from Catherine and Susan Pfister, close neighbours of E.M. Lowe in Lindsay.

W2 15 Medals EMLowe

W2 15 Medals EMLowe
WWII Medals awarded to N/S Lt. Ethel Mae Lowe – ARRC, CVSM, 1939-45 War Medal.
W2 15 Medal clipping EMLowe
Undated clipping from the Lindsay (ON) Daily Post mentioning that N/S Lowe was one of the models for the CVSM.

For her service N/S Lowe was awarded the Associate of the Royal Red Cross, Second Class – RCAMC – per Canada Gazette dated 15 June 1946. She returned to Reserve Status on 26 June 1946. Subsequently she was asked to serve as the model for the Nursing Service figure on the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. After the war Ethel Lowe returned to Lindsay and enjoyed a long career as the Public Health Nurse for Lindsay and District. She died at Lindsay on 18 May 2006. In addition to close friends, several members of the community who remembered her public health nurse role attended her funeral.

W2 15 CVSM models list crop
N/S Lowe’s personal copy of the list of men and women who represented their services as models for the CVSM
W2 15 Service record EMLowe
N/S E. M. Lowe’s WWII Certificate of Service

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