WOODMAN, Elizabeth Genevieve
Age at Death: 22
Rank Aircraftwoman 1st Class
Unit Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division
Service Number W300727
Place of Burial St. Augustine’s New Harbour Cemetery, NL
Date of Birth 1920.02.23
Place of Birth New Harbour NL
Enlistment November 27, 1941, Halifax NS
Date of Death 1942.08.11
Daughter of George and Mary Louise Woodman, of New Harbour
Elizabeth grew up with four sisters and two brothers. She was a store clerk and schoolteacher prior to enlisting. Her evaluation described her as “Good type and good general appearance.” She was taken on as an equipment assistant.
Less than two months after enlisting, she fell from her upper bunk bed in barracks. Although the injury did not seem serious at first, it worsened over the ensuing months and that summer, she had surgery for a broken vertebrae. The medical notes state, “It is unfortunate that the nature of the lesion was not recognized before the operation. It seems inevitable that tuberculosis meningitis will result—also a tuberculosis infection of the wound is extremely likely.” She was discharged on medical grounds, and died of tuberculosis meningitis a month after her surgery.
