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Officer - Order of the British Empire

MacNEILL, Isabel Janet, LCdr W, RCNS, Senior Wren Officer

Issued: 10-Jun-1944, Canada Gazette

"Lieutenant-Commander MacNeill has served with the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service since its inception. She is the first and only woman in the Canadian Navy to be in command of a ship. As Commanding Officer of HMCS Conestoga, she has been responsible for the basic training of almost every member of the Service. Her wide knowledge, her profound sympathy and her unfailing and inspiring devotion to duty have made her contribution one without parallel in the Service."