Background
Strike was born in Godalming, Surrey, England.
Strike was born in Godalming, Surrey, England.
She was so designated as she lived in Canada after the war, but had actually served in the British armed forces. Canada did not allow females to serve in the military until the Second World War. In 1914, she enlisted in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as a pay clerk.
She also had a son, James Stobie Junior., of Victoria, British Columbia, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren at the time of her death.
Strike died, aged 108, at Camp Hill Veterans Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was one among 46,000 people to receive the Jubilee medal in February 2003.
Queen Elizabeth had also sent congratulations every year since Strike turned 100.
Strike was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion as well.
