Power: The Riches of Clare

Africa Star Medal

Awarded to Josephine Canny of Mountshannon for her services in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Nursing Corps.

During the Second World War, she served as a nurse for a period in military hospitals in Sierra Leone, and Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt.

Ref: 2001.5

Josephine Canny Collection
Military Collection
Numismatics Collection
Insigna Collection

 

Clare Heritage Circle Exhibition at Tuamgraney: July-Sept. 2004
Kilkee Library Exhibition: January - March 2005

Africa Star Medal 2001.5