New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
CHAPTER 4 — Greece
Contents
- [section] p. 98
- General Medical Administrative Arrangements p. 99
- New Zealand Medical Administration p. 100
- Topography p. 101
- Climate p. 102
- Endemic Diseases
- General Military Plan of the Campaign p. 104
- Move to the Line p. 105
- Medical Units
- The Medical Plan p. 107
- German Invasion Begins p. 111
- 5 Field Ambulance at Servia Pass p. 113
- Evacuation of 1 General Hospital p. 117
- Back to Thermopylae p. 119
- The Withdrawal of the New Zealand Division
- 4 Field Ambulance p. 120
- 5 Field Ambulance
- Action at Platamon Tunnel and Pinios Gorge p. 122
- The Thermopylae Line p. 125
- Evacuation of Greece p. 127
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MEDICAL REVIEW OF CAMPAIGN p. 134
- [section] p. 134
- Work of the RAPs
- Work of the Field Ambulances
- Treatment of the Wounded p. 135
- Evacuation by Road p. 136
- Train Evacuation p. 137
- Evacuation During the Retreat p. 138
- Food p. 139
- Health of Troops
- Supplies
- Equipment
- Personnel p. 140
- The Evacuation from Greece p. 141
- Evacuation from Greece of Sick and Wounded p. 142
- Visit of DDMS 2 NZEF to Greece
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LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE GREEK CAMPAIGN
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- 1.Need for Advanced Medical Planning p. 143
- 2. Undesirability of 600-Bed General Hospitals as L of C Units
- 3. Mobility of Forward Medical Units p. 145
- 4. Rapid Establishment of Field Ambulances
- 5. Grouping of Medical Convoys
- 6. Wireless Communication between Medical Units p. 146
- 7. Unreliability of Civil Employees in Foreign Countries
- 8. The Geneva Convention
- 9. The Stabilisation of Medical Units p. 147
- 10. Base Organisation of 2 NZEF
- Evacuation from Greece—Action taken in Egypt p. 148