106-year-old woman earns Jubilee medal
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 | 12:01 PM ET
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Alice Strike was a young volunteer working as a clerk with the Royal Air Corps in England during the First World War. On Tuesday, she became the oldest Canadian to receive the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.
The 106-year-old told Nova Scotia's Lieut.-Gov. Myra Freeman she would wear the medallion always.
About 46,000 of the commemorative medals have been given out to Canadians.
Strike received hers in honour of her service to the British military, and to the Royal Canadian Legion.
Alice Strike receives the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal from Nova Scotia Lt.-Gov. Myra Freeman (CP PHOTO)
She married a Canadian, and they moved to Canada following the war.
"It is a pleasure and an honour to present you as the most senior recipient to ever receive this award in Canada," Freeman said, while presenting the medal at Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Hospital in Halifax.
"I'm supposed to be 106," Strike replied. "Well, I know I'm old."
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