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Description: | British private served with Army Veterinary Corps in Salonika, Greece and on Western Front, 1916-1918
REEL 1: Background in GB: enlistment under Derby Scheme in Exeter, 6/1915; question of age; employment; called up, 1916; training at Riding School and Army Veterinary School. Aspects of operations with Army Veterinary Corps in Salonika, Greece and on Western Front, 1916-1918: description of voyage to Salonika aboard RMS Archangel via Marseilles and Malta; danger from German submarines and question of naval escort; mess orderly aboard ship; problem of seasickness; description of camp in Salonika; duties building hospital; posted to 18th Mobile Section, Army Veterinary Corps, France: story of Very lights; comparison of living conditions in Salonika and on Western Front; role in collecting wounded horses; leg injury; personnel in 18th Mobile Section; story of being gassed. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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