Elizabeth Smellie

Elizabeth Smellie
Born(1884-03-22)March 22, 1884
DiedMarch 5, 1968(1968-03-05) (aged 83)
Toronto, Ontario
Buried
Riverside Cemetery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
AllegianceCanada
BranchCanadian Army
RankColonel
CommandsCanadian Women's Army Medical Corps (1940–44)
ConflictsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Royal Red Cross

Elizabeth Lawrie Smellie, CBE, RRC (March 22, 1884 – March 5, 1968) was a Canadian nurse and the first woman to be promoted to the rank of colonel in the Canadian Army.