Talk:Heather Erxleben

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Found what I could
After Goggling for her name in quotes, I went through 10 pages and found all that I could. I found that lots of places mirror Wikipedia. :) --EarthPerson 03:58, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Her date of birth (DOB) was determined from two sources. One said she was 22 when she graduated or completed training at Wainwright.  But 1989 minus 22 is 1967.  However, another article said she was 40 when quoted talking about Goddard, who died this spring, so her DOB is sometime between January 19 and May 19 1966.
 * Source that gives first assignment 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry as being in Victoria, BC which I believe to be incorrect, per the Wikipedia article and this |Canadian Army site.
 * As for where she is a nurse, I found that in a PDF for the British Columbia Nurse's Union but did not know how to put that in and I've got too many refs it seems.


 * 3 PPCLI was in BC at that time, so that is correct (I've struck out your comments above). She is also the first Regular Force infantry soldier IIRC - there were several reserve infanteers before her that I believe passed a reserve infantry course. Michael Dorosh  Talk  04:58, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I see. A move of the organization was not something that occurred to me.  Many thanks.  IIRC, does that mean "If I recall correctly?" or does it mean something like "(?) Individual Reserve Component" and relate to service.  Is it shorthand or military lingo?  I'm thinking of the IRR - "Individual Ready Reserve", a term relating to the US Army.   --EarthPerson 05:31, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


 * It's internet speak."If I recall correctly":-) Actually, the timing of the reserve female infantrymen may be off - unfortunately I don't think there is a source online of when the first reservist passed the course. I still think it is a useful distinction to make, as we don't know for sure when the first reservist passed the course. The problem with using newspapers as sources is that they are not very reliable and usually get the details of stuff wrong. Michael Dorosh  Talk  14:11, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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21 other women had attempted to pass the 16 month training course, but she was the first to succeed
 * Aside from starting with a numeral, does this refer to the same course serial she was on, or to the course in general? And was it 16 months or 16 weeks? Michael Dorosh  Talk  23:22, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I can guarantee that there were not 21 females on her course with her. The course was 16 weeks. I was there as a participant of the CREW trials Feb-July 1989. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eme421 (talk • contribs) 03:21, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

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