Shovel Sword and Scalpel: A record of service of medical units of the second New Zealand expeditionary force in the Pacific

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Chapter	Page
One—7th Field Ambulance
I—Fijian Garrison	11
II—New Zealand Interlude	21
III—New Caledonia	23
IV—Treasury Group Operations	27
V—Homeward Bound	37
Two—4th General Hospital
I—Forbears	40
II—Hamilton	42
III—Boguen	44
IV—Dumbea Days	52
V—In Retrospect	57
Three—22nd Field Ambulance
I—Fiji	61
II—New Zealand	64
III—New Caledonia	66
IV—New Hebrides and Guadalcanal	70
V—Vella Lavella	71
VI—Nissan Island	78
VII—Withdrawal	85
Four—Supplies Sanitation and Surveys
I—Advanced Depot o£ Medical Stores	88
II—6th Field Hygiene Section	94
III—No. 1 NZ Malaria Control Unit	99
Five—Necal and Niaoulis
I—Base Camp Reception Hospital	107
II—Base Hygiene Section	112
III—4th Motor Ambulance Convoy	116
Six—2nd Casualty Clearing Station
I—The Beginning	121
II—First Destination	122
III—On Active Service	124
IV—Return Journey	130 page 10
Seven—24th Field Ambulance
I—Embryo	132
II—Outward Bound	134
III—To the Solomons	137
IV—Final Preparations	142
V—Nissan	145
VI—New Caledonia	149
Eight—2nd Convalescent Depot and Kalavere Hospital
I—Preliminaries to Active Service	150
II—The Gonde Roadhouse	153
III—Kalavere	154
IV—The Organisation and Work of a Convalescent Depot	157
V—Development	162
VI—Decline	167

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