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3 unusual facts about Canadian Red Cross


Hillingdon House

On 19 November 1917, 114 officers and 1156 men of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Armament School moved into Hillingdon House, with the RFC making a donation of £2289 12s 9d to the Canadian Red Cross.

Keith Aulie

Off the ice, Aulie was honoured by the Canadian Red Cross for saving his father after he fell through ice on the family farm.

The Canadian Red Cross honoured Aulie with their Rescuer Award for his act.


Mary Ellen Smith

She was also an activist in her own right as a member of the Suffrage League of Canada, president of the Women's Canadian Club and of the Women's Forum, regent of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, and an executive member of the Canadian Red Cross.


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