Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

NEWMAN, Edith Lillian

Member - Order of the British Empire

NEWMAN, Edith Lillian, Lieutenant (S) W, RCNS

Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette

"Lieutenant (S) Newman has served over a period of two years as Leave and Transportation Officer in HMCS Cornwallis and, during this period, has been most diligent in the performance of her duties. Her task was a most difficult one in view of the large numbers of personnel passing through this establishment. Her steadfast faithfulness and untiring efforts in the interests of the Service have been exemplary."