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Description: | Digital scans of his diary, transcribed with annotations and photographs added by his grandson (409pp), kept during his service with the 2nd Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps (October 1915 – July 1919) and describing daily life in a camp in Moascar, Egypt (February 1916), the journey to France onboard the SS ASCANIA (April 1916), his work at a hospital near Armentieres (May – June 1916), good details of his work as a stretcher bearer under heavy fire during the Battle of the Somme near Fricourt (September – October 1916), his work dressing wounds near Ploegsteert Wood during the Battle of Messines (June 1917) and a description of a failed attack made by a New Zealand regiment on Passchendaele Ridge (October 1917) and the looting of French towns by German and British soldiers during the German Spring Offensive (March 1918), as well as details of his post-war life and career.
Cataloguer BEK | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Robson, W R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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