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INDEX

• Aba, HS, 95, 102

• Adams, Maj A. B., 168

• Afrika Korps, 144

• Ag Demetrios, 77, 80

• Agheila line, 247

• Aiken, Maj M. H., 289

• Ain Sukhna, 292

• Air evacuation, 215, 237, 251–2, 254, 258, 262, 267–9, 363, 375, 425

• Ajax, HMS, 110–11

• Alam Halfa, 218–19

• Aleppo, 193–5

• Alamein, 229–38

  • line, 210

• Alexander, Field Marshal Viscount, 217

• Alexander, Maj I. A., 417

• Alexandria, 50, 65, 148, 182–3, 296–7

• Aliakmon line, 72, 79

• Ambulance, see Field Ambulance (unit references)

• American Field Service, see unit references

• AMGOT office, 329

• Amiriya, 64

• Anson, Lt-Col G. F. V., 436

• Anzac Corps, 79, 91, 95, 97

• Anzac Day, 100, 113, 280, 418

• Anzio, 340

• Aquitania, 16–18

• Arce, 364–5

• Ardagh, Brig P. A., 11, 189, 199, 207, 263, 270

• Army Nursing Service, see unit references

• ASC, see unit references

• Ashley-Jones, Sgt A., 49

• Ashworth, S-Sgt G., 108

• Assisi, 382, 433

• Atessa, 316–7, 322, 326

• Athens, 68–9

• Athlone Castle, 61

• Atina, 360–1

• Auchinleck, General Sir C. J. F., 216

• Australian medical units—

  • 2/1 Field Ambulance, 81, 83, 98, 100, 105, 135

  • 2/2 Field Ambulance, 138

  • ⅔ CCS, 81, 83, 99

  • ⅖ General Hospital, 94

  • MAC, 90

  • Red Cross, 185

  • Sisters, 117–18

• Ay Marina, 114, 116–7, 119

• Baalbek, 192

• Baggush, 39, 41, 130–1

  • Box, 154

• Ballantyne, Capt D. A., 91, 124–5, 134

• Bari, 307–9, 322–3

• Barpeta, SS, 66

• Bartrum, Maj J. W., 357

• Base Hygiene Section, 42

• Begg, Maj N. C., 399, 414

• Beirut, 198, 202–4

• Belhamed, 160, 166, 167

• Bennett, Lt-Col F. O., 407

• Bennett, Lt-Col L. A., 289

• Bicknell, Maj N. E., 41, 69, 109

• Blamey, Field Marshal Sir T., 79

• Boag, Lt-Col N. F., 9

• Bombay, 19–21, 22–3

• Borrie, Maj A. W. H., 212, 352

• Borrie, Capt J., 94, 107, 142

• Bowerbank, Maj-Gen Sir F. T., 13, 354

• Boyd, Col J. R., 8, 94, 151

• Boyd, Lt-Col W. J., 192, 207, 214, 216

• Brennan, Sgt H., 330

• Bridge, Lt-Col K. B., 184, 185, 272, 434

• Britain, Battle of, 58

• British medical units —

  • 1 Lt Field Ambulance, 214

  • 1 Mob Ophthalmic Unit, 279

  • 1 Marine Tented Hospital, 132

  • 2 General Hospital, 338

  • ⅖ CCS, 39

  • ⅖ General Hospital, 39

  • 2/10 General Hospital, 26–31

  • 2 Field Surgical Unit, 255

  • 3 CCS, 268

  • 4 CCS, 375

  • 4 Neurosurgical Unit, 279

  • 7 Adv Depot Medical Stores, 302

  • 7 General Hospital, 108, 113–14, 120, 122, 124–31

  • 8 Field Surgical Unit, 342, 348

  • 10 CCS, 234

  • 14 CCS, 166, 176, 209, 210, 214, 268, 274

  • 14 Lt Field Ambulance, 247

  • 15 CCS, 162, 210, 214, 245

  • 24 CCS, 78, 83

  • 26 General Hospital, 68, 94, 99, 101, 106–8

  • 48 General Hospital, 259, 283

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  • 58 General Hospital, 375

  • 70 General Hospital, 302, 306

  • 98 General Hospital, 308

  • 127 Para Field Ambulance, 326

  • 151 Lt Field Ambulance, 214, 255

  • 166 Field Ambulance, 232

  • 168 Field Ambulance, 272

  • 174 Field Ambulance, 289

  • 189 Field Ambulance, 78, 114, 130, 132

  • Connaught Hospital, 427

  • MAC, 215, 219

  • QAIMNS, 27, 36, 103, 117–18

  • RASC drivers, 224

  • Surgical team, 214, 255

  • Transfusion unit, 219

• Brown, Matron D. I., 35, 43, 294

• Brown, Maj W. M., 236, 289, 321

• Bryant, Maj A. L., 409

• Bull, Lt-Col W. H. B., 11, 63, 91, 92, 114, 132–3, 135, 141

• Bunckenburg, Capt H. H., 110

• Burbeita, see Maaten Burbeita

• Burg el Arab, 295

• Burley, WO I H. W., 328

• Burns, Lt-Col C. R., 435

• Button, Lt-Col E. L., 36, 182, 321, 342

• Calcutta, HMS, 102

• Cannell, Sister M. W., 322

• Cairo, 31–2

• Canea, 115–16

• Caneva Hospital, 258–60

• Cape Matapan, Battle of, 67

• Cape Town, 6, 17

• Carlisle, HMS, 104

• Casalanguida, 315

• Casamassima, 355

• Casa Vecchia, 377

• Caserta, 338–9, 353–4, 378–9

• Castelfrentano, 326–35

• Castellina, 368–9

• Castiglion Fiorentino, 367

• Castle Hill, 340, 353

• 1 Casualty Clearing Station, see unit references

• Casualty Clearing Hospital, 147, 185

• Caughey, Col J. E., 11, 418, 431, 435

• Cawkwell, Maj W. I., 420

• Cawthorn, Lt R. W., 179

• Chakdina, SS, 179

• Chisholm, Principal Matron M., 43, 51, 285, 294, 379, 430

• Choukri Ghanum, 202–4

• Christie, Col H. K., 8, 91, 104, 131, 138, 294

• Christmas, 45, 181, 183, 331–3, 404–5

• Churchill, Rt. Hon. W., 58, 59, 259, 380, 424

• Civita Castellana, 368, 397

• Clark, Lt-Col A. G., 374, 403

• Clark, Gen Mark, 412

• Clarke, Lt-Col J. M., 354

• de Clive Lowe, Maj S. G., 104, 133

• Clyde, Firth of, 18, 53

• Colombo, 15, 147, 185

• Consultant Physician, 8

• Consultant Surgeon, 8

• 1 Convalescent Depot, see unit references

• Corinth Canal, 105

• Cottrell, Col J. D., 204

• Coutts, Lt-Col J. M., 211, 369

• Cowell, Maj-Gen Sir E., 354

• Cowie, Maj G. B. A., 326

• Crete, 113–43

• Cunningham, Admiral Viscount, 67

• Curtis, WO I P., 123, 126, 136, 139, 140

• D'Arcy, Maj C. N., 351

• Dawson, Maj E. O., 328

• Dawson, Maj R. H., 399

• Deolali, 21, 22

• DDMS Crete, 114, 135, 142

• Dental Corps, see unit references

• Dittmer, Brig G., 173

• Djebibina, 280

• Djedeide, 191

• Dolikhe, 77, 80

• Dorsetshire, HS, 307, 355

• Douglas, Maj A. W., 236, 272

• Douglas, Maj H. S., 324, 344

• Douglas, Capt L., 112

• Drake, Sgt A. C., 436

• Duchess of Bedford, 61–2

• Duncan, Maj E. W., 212, 249, 269

• Dunera, HMT, 7, 14–16

• Edmundson, Col F. B., 159, 178, 206, 318, 360, 431, 434

• Egra, 305

• Egyptian Daily Mail, 155

• Eighth Army, 154, 215

• Eisenhower, Gen D. D., 282

• El Ballah, 225–6

• El Djem, 276, 277–9

• Elevtherokhorion, 80, 89

• Elliott, Lt-Col J. K., 6, 87, 114, 291, 310, 341

• Elliott, Col R. A., 6, 209, 230, 255, 342, 401

• El Mreir depression, 212–15

• Empress of Australia, 23

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• Empress of Britain, 16–18

• ENSA, 304, 395

• Erenstrom, Lt-Col A. E., 339

• Ewshott, 53, 54

• Fabriano, 393–7, 411–12

• Faenza, 399–402

• Farndale, HMS, 179

• Felix Roussel, 21–2

• Fisher, Col W. B., 80, 82, 104, 125, 134, 137, 263, 273, 314, 324, 326, 379

• Fleming, WO II F., 70, 83, 85, 87, 217

• Flies, Alamein line, 216–17

• Florence, 377

• Ford, WO I D. W., 150

• Foreman, Capt H. M., 94, 107, 142

• Forli, 398, 402–7

• Forsman, Rev. Fr. E. A., 175

• Fraser, Rt. Hon. P., 13, 145, 360

• Fremantle, 15, 16, 17, 22, 147, 185

• Freetown, 18

• Freyberg, Lady, 189

• Freyberg, Lt-Gen Lord, 33, 38, 88, 137, 143, 146, 164, 199, 207, 227, 265, 281, 360

• Frosinone, 363–4

• Fulton, Lt-Col J. R. H., 184

• Furkert, Col F. P., 9, 159, 173, 174, 193, 219, 249, 251, 258, 263, 291

• Furlough drafts, 287–8, 291–3

• Gabes, 272

• Galatas, 115, 118, 124

• Ganzanigo, 415

• Garawi, 149

• Gatteo, 392

• General Election, 293

• General Hospitals, see unit references; see also Australian and British medical units

• Georgic, 45, 60

• Gerawla, 156–7, 181–4, 244

• Gharbanyat, 221–4, 234–7

• Gilfillan, Charge Sister J., 404

• Gissi, 316

• Gleeson, Maj N. M., 214

• Glengyle, 102, 113, 140–1

• Gothic line, 385

• Gower, Brig G. W., 12, 22, 201, 284, 430

• Granarola, 414

• Graves, Col P. V., 6, 38, 63

• Gray, Capt W. G., 104, 131

• Greece, 63–112

• Green, Pte A. T., 304

• Grey, Cpl C. W., 289

• Grigg, Rt. Hon. Sir J., 284

• Gustav line, 340

• Haine, Hospital, see unit references

• Halfaya Pass, 242

• Hall, Maj G. F., 402, 413

• Harrison, Maj T. W., 160, 180, 236

• Hawksworth, Lt-Col W., 395

• Helmieh, 45–8, 50–2, 153

• Helwan, 34–5, 36–7, 226–8

• Helwan camp, 49

• Henley, Capt J. C., 171

• Hennessy, Matron M., 182

• Hetherington, Capt O. S., 130, 142

• Hiddlestone, Rev. J., 133

• Highland Brigade, 338

• Hodges, Matron V. M., 199, 294, 426

• Homestead, The, 37

• Hopkins, Rev. H. I., 124, 134

• Hospital, see General Hospitals, unit references

• Howden, Maj P. F., 420

• Hunter, Lt-Col L. J., 8, 94, 199, 236

• Hygiene Section, see unit references

• Hymettus camp, 68

• Iesi, 383

• Igiea Marina, 390–1, 393

• Ikingi Maryut, 39, 295–6

• Imvros, 137–9

• Ionia, 65, 118

• Irwin, Maj B. T. Wyn, 6, 63

• Italy, declares war, 34

• Jack, Maj D. M., 174, 178, 206

• Jackson, Matron M. E., 118, 294, 435

• Jackson, Matron M. J., 435

• Japan, enters war, 180

• Jones, Hon. F., 283

• Kabrit, 190

• Kalivia, 135

• Kalokouri, 74–5

• Kamena Voula, 96

• Kaponga Box, 210

• Katerine, 70–2

• Kato Melia, 75

• Kea Island, 104

• Kennedy, Lt-Col D. P., 206, 340, 422, 434

• Kenrick, Brig H. S., 9, 17, 64, 84, 87, 99, 102, 114, 118, 142, 162, 163, 283, 354, 430

• Keucke, Cpl L. J., 87

• Kfar Vitkin, 225

• Kidman, Maj C. H., 6

• Kilroy, S-Sgt P., 407

• King George VI, 54–5, 284, 370

• King, WO I H. S., 142

• King, Snr Cmdr M., 186, 431

• King, Brig R. D., 8, 94, 163, 176, 177, 178, 269, 291, 324, 340, 396

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• Kingan, Rev. Fr. J. L., 161

• Kippenberger, Maj-Gen Sir H. K., 174, 178

• Kirk, Lt-Col G. R., 94, 107

• Kirker, Lt-Col A. H., 189

• Kiwi Club, 37, 49, 152

• Kiwi Concert Party, 41, 221, 286, 365, 395, 405

• Knights, Maj H. T., 329, 358

• Kokkinoplos, 85–6

• Korinthia, SS, 67

• Koukos, 75

• Kriekouki, 111

• La Hencha, 276

• Lamia, 87

• Lampson, Lady, 45, 188

• Levien, Maj G. H., 166

• Lewis, Matron E. M., 146

• Livanates, 97

• Llandovery Castle, HS, 245, 290

• Loeber, Capt C. C., 108

• Lomas, Maj A. L., 174, 340

• London, 53–4, 58

• Longmore, Maj L. V. H., 130

• Lovell, Lt-Col A. A., 76, 124–5, 150, 174, 427

• Lowry Hut, 25, 186, 293

• Lucas, Matron C. M., 435

• Lucignano, 371

• Lusk, Capt W. B. de L., 82, 83, 104

• MacCormac, Maj T. J., 278, 318, 344

• MacCormick, Brig K., 17, 38, 42, 55, 146, 283

• McCreery, Lt-Gen R. L., 435

• McDonald, Capt P. N. R., 107

• Macfarlane, Maj T. A., 99, 214

• Mackay, Principal Matron E. C., 53, 117, 294, 430

• McKenzie, Maj D. D., 233

• MacKenzie, Maj J. A. S., 93

• McKillop, Col A. C., 7, 55, 59, 64, 94, 95

• MacKinnon, Matron I., 431

• McLean, Mrs. Alberta, 53

• McQuilkin, Lt-Col J. P., 6, 98, 195

• McVeigh, Maj J. S., 324