Elza Medeiros, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elza Medeiros

Brazilian Army officer

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1921

Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date of Death: 08-Dec-2009

Profession: military personnel, nurse

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Elza Cansanção Medeiros, popularly known as Major Elza (October 21, 1921 – December 8, 2009), was a Brazilian Army officer and World War II veteran.
She was the highest-ranking female officer in the Brazilian Army with the rank of Major, having deployed to Italy during the war along with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force as a nurse.
Medeiros used to lecture about the Brazilian participation in World War II.