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Vancouver Girl Third Officer Florence Williamson Macpherson
12/11/2024
Second World War Navy Canadian Women at war
By Sally McGlone

United Kingdom

Third Officer Florence Macpherson
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Third Officer Florence Williamson MacPherson The Story of the Aguila Wrens 12 Scarborough-based Y Station Wrens were lost in a torpedo attack, including former BC school teacher, Florence Williamson Macpherson.

Her husband was killed earlier in the war. Her father died in the First World War.

 https://www.gchq.gov.uk/information/aguila-wrns?fbclid=IwY2xjawEU1lpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHVzrRBQkQn5F0pA9L16jGPgFAC0GRX9BH3I1u06IWnrcVs5flpDDccxBPg_aem_20FddWKFovYkWToCJeVAzw