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Description: | Ms diary (536pp), together with an edited ts transcription (76pp), recording his service as Medical Officer with the 1/2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance (54th Division) EEF in Egypt and Palestine, March 1916 - May 1918, including as part of a Mobile Medical Unit of the Desert Mobile Column (July - October 1916), describing his involvement in the advance across Sinai (January - March 1917) and capture of Jerusalem (December 1917) and including interesting references to his duties, conditions in the desert, his relations with Army Chaplains, recreational activities such as concerts and football matches, Christmas celebrations, a visit by the Prince of Wales (April 1916), the casualties sustained after the 3rd Battle of Gaza (November 1917), and sightseeing visits to Cairo, Gaza, Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Also held with the collection are two AB153s containing carbon copy field notes and messages including some relating to gas casualties; three programmes for concerts and divisional sports events; ms report (3pp plus map) by the OC 1/2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance on operations carried out on 26/27 March 1917; ms/ts nominal roll for the 1/2nd EAFA (1p); a Platoon Roll Book; two 1917 Christmas cards from Palestine; and a few printed army instructions.
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Catalogue date 2001-05-21 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 1/2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance British Army Royal Army Medical Corps Egyptian Expeditionary Force | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hinde, E B | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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