The Tragic Sinking of S.S. "Caribou" The Tragic Sinking of S.S. “Caribou” South West Coast Historical Society & Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland & Labrador
Mrs. Harriet Burnard (nee Sheppard) was 23 years old when she boarded S.S. Caribou with her 8-month-old daughter Shirley. Both mother and baby drowned when the ferry sank […]
Sub-Lieutenant Agnes Wilkie was a Nursing Sister in the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II. She worked as the assistant matron of the Navy Hospital at H.M.C.S. […]
Sub-Lieutenant Margaret Brooke was a Nursing Sister and dietician in the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II. She worked in the Navy Hospital at H.M.C.S. Avalon in […]
Transcript of audio clip: Male voice: Nursing Sister Margaret Brooke and her colleague Nursing Sister Agnes Wilkie were returning from leave when they boarded the S.S. Caribou on […]
Photo captioned “Nursing Sister Brooke, a dietician at the Royal Canadian Naval Hospital, St. John’s, Newfoundland, 17 July 1943“ Nursing Sister Margaret M. Brooke was born in Ardath, […]
