New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy

Contents

• • [covers]
  • Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45
  • [frontispiece]
  • [title page]
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps and Diagrams
• • CHAPTER 1 — The Inter-War Years, 1919–39
    • [section]
    • Compulsory Territorial Training
    • Changes in Administration
    • Compulsory Training Suspended
    • New Zealand Army Nursing Service
    • Change of DMS
    • Awakening to Defence Needs
    • Medical Equipment
    • Strength of Units, 1939
    • National Medical Committee
    • Medical Standards and Classification
    • Hospital Provision
    • Administrative Policy for Sick and Wounded
    • Nursing Council
    • Outbreak of War—Changes in Army Medical Administration
    • Extension of Responsibility of National Medical Committee
    • Meeting of Nursing Council
    • Duties and Responsibilities of Medical Administrators
  • CHAPTER 2 — Medical Organisation and Training, 1939-40
    • [section]
    • Hospital Treatment-Convalescent Depots and Camp Hospitals
    • Motor Ambulances
    • Health of Troops
    • Camp Medical Arrangements
    • Venereal Disease Policy
    • Chest X-ray Examinations
    • Diet
    • Appreciation of Hospital Requirements Overseas
    • RAISING AND TRAINING OF MEDICAL UNITS
      • 4 Field Ambulance and 4 Field Hygiene Section
      • Embarkation of First Echelon
      • Medical Units with Second Echelon
      • Medical Units with Third Echelon
      • 3 General Hospital (4th Reinforcements)
      • First Echelon—Voyage to Middle East
      • Second Echelon—Voyage to United Kingdom
      • Third Echelon—Voyage to Middle East
  • CHAPTER 3 — Medical Arrangements in Egypt and England, 1940
    • [section]
    • Maadi Camp
    • Water
    • Maadi Swimming Bath
    • Showers
    • Washing
    • Laundry
    • General Precautions
    • Food
    • Cooks
    • Mess Utensils
    • Drinks
    • Ice-cream
    • Flies
    • Mosquitoes and Bedbugs
    • Latrines
    • Urinals
    • Rubbish
    • Kitchen Refuse
    • Swill
    • Sumps
    • Native Labour
    • Barbers' Shops
    • Hospital Arrangements
    • Establishment of a New Zealand General Hospital in Egypt
    • 4 NZ General Hospital Opens at Helwan
    • 2 NZ General Hospital Arrives
    • Defence of Egypt
    • Field Ambulance Equipment and Training
    • Water Supplies
    • Food
    • Hygiene
    • British Offensive
    • Lessons from the Campaign
    • Developments at Base—Changes in Administration
    • 1 NZ Camp Hospital
    • NZ Base Hygiene Section
    • 1 NZ General Hospital, Helmieh
    • 2 NZ General Hospital, Helwan
    • 1 NZ Convalescent Depot
    • Medical Stores on Transports
    • New Zealand Medical Stores Depot
    • Division at Helwan Camp
    • Fourth Reinforcements
    • Climate
    • Health of the Troops
    • Dysentery
    • Venereal Diseases
    • Medical Inspections
    • Inoculations
    • Medical Arrangements in United Kingdom
    • Pinewood Hospital—1 NZ General Hospital
    • Warbrook Convalescent Home
    • Activities of 5 Field Ambulance
    • Recruitment of New Zealand Doctors in United Kingdom
    • Appendix A — Food Ration Scale, Middle East, 1940 (1941 variations in brackets)
    • Appendix B — Health Precautions Issued by HQ 2 NZEF in Egypt, 1940
      • messing
      • cookhouses
      • dysentery
      • flies
      • latrines
      • sandfly fever
      • conservancy
      • heat exhaustion and cramps
      • earthenware jars used for drinking water (zeers)
  • CHAPTER 4 — Greece
    • [section]
    • General Medical Administrative Arrangements
    • New Zealand Medical Administration
    • Topography
    • Climate
    • Endemic Diseases
    • General Military Plan of the Campaign
    • Move to the Line
    • Medical Units
    • The Medical Plan
    • German Invasion Begins
    • 5 Field Ambulance at Servia Pass
    • Evacuation of 1 General Hospital
    • Back to Thermopylae
    • The Withdrawal of the New Zealand Division
    • 4 Field Ambulance
    • 5 Field Ambulance
    • Action at Platamon Tunnel and Pinios Gorge
    • The Thermopylae Line
    • Evacuation of Greece
    • MEDICAL REVIEW OF CAMPAIGN
      • [section]
      • Work of the RAPs
      • Work of the Field Ambulances
      • Treatment of the Wounded
      • Evacuation by Road
      • Train Evacuation
      • Evacuation During the Retreat
      • Food
      • Health of Troops
      • Supplies
      • Equipment
      • Personnel
      • The Evacuation from Greece
      • Evacuation from Greece of Sick and Wounded
      • Visit of DDMS 2 NZEF to Greece
    • LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE GREEK CAMPAIGN
      • [section]
      • 1.Need for Advanced Medical Planning
      • 2. Undesirability of 600-Bed General Hospitals as L of C Units
      • 3. Mobility of Forward Medical Units
      • 4. Rapid Establishment of Field Ambulances
      • 5. Grouping of Medical Convoys
      • 6. Wireless Communication between Medical Units
      • 7. Unreliability of Civil Employees in Foreign Countries
      • 8. The Geneva Convention
      • 9. The Stabilisation of Medical Units
      • 10. Base Organisation of 2 NZEF
      • Evacuation from Greece—Action taken in Egypt
  • CHAPTER 5 — Crete
    • [section]
    • British General Hospital
    • Initial New Zealand Arrangements
    • NZANS at 7 General Hospital
    • Departure of NZANS
    • Belated Arrivals
    • Health of Troops
    • General Military Situation
    • The Medical Plan
    • Medical Command
    • Difficulties of Medical Organisation
    • Medical Stores and Equipment
    • Transport
    • Communications
    • Air Attack
    • 5 Field Ambulance re-located at Modhion
    • 4 Field Hygiene Section Attached to 5 Field Ambulance
    • ASC Drivers Join 10 Infantry Brigade
    • Hospital Ship Aba
    • 7 General Hospital Bombed
    • Invasion Begins
    • 6 Field Ambulance Captured
    • 6 Field Ambulance Released and Re-established
    • 7 General Hospital Released and Re-established
    • The RMOs of 5 Brigade—Treatment and Evacuation of Wounded
    • 5 Field Ambulance after Invasion
    • Casualties from 4 and 10 Brigades
    • Developments in the Battle
    • 5 Field Ambulance Withdraws towards Canea
    • Bombing of 6 MDS
    • Battle for Galatas
    • The Line Breaks
    • Medical Units during the Withdrawal
    • Medical Staffs Remain with Wounded
    • Move to Kalivia
    • General Withdrawal towards Sfakia
    • Dressing Station at Imvros
    • First Evacuation from Beach
    • Main Embarkation, 29–30 May
    • Final Embarkation
    • Courage of the Wounded
    • Medical Staffs Volunteer to Remain
    • Reception in Egypt of Battle Casualties
    • Food and Water in Crete
    • Disembarkation of Troops in Egypt
    • Casualties Suffered and Work Done
    • REVIEW OF CRETE CAMPAIGN
      • Geneva Convention
      • Medical Transport
      • The Work of the RMOs
      • Siting of Medical Units
      • Health of Troops
      • Treatment of the Wounded
      • The Leaving Behind of Medical Personnel
      • Evacuation
      • LESSONS FROM CRETE
  • CHAPTER 6 — Reorganisation in Egypt and Base Administration
    • [section]
    • 1 General Hospital
    • Field Medical Units
    • General Health
    • Influenza Epidemic – 5th Reinforcements
    • 3 NZ General Hospital, Helmieh
    • Visit of Prime Minister
    • Reinforcements
    • Posting of Medical Officers
    • Re-equipment
    • Ceremonial Parade of Divisional Medical Units
    • Hygiene and Sanitation in Divisional Camps
    • Health of Troops
    • Dress
    • Food
    • Inoculation States
    • Training
    • Hospital Ship Maunganui
    • Netherlands Hospital Ship Oranje
    • Divisional Units in Canal Zone
    • MEDICAL WORK AT BASE HOSPITALS
      • 2 NZ General Hospital
      • 3 NZ General Hospital
      • 1 NZ Convalescent Depot
      • Maadi Camp Hospital
      • Infectious Disease in Reinforcements
    • SURGICAL WORK AT BASE HOSPITALS
      • 2 NZ General Hospital
      • Auxiliary Departments of Hospitals
      • Patients in British Hospitals
      • Activities of the Consultants
      • Joint Council of Order of St. John and Red Cross Society
      • Dental Services
      • Re-formation of 1 General Hospital
      • Shortage of Specialists
      • 1 NZ General Hospital Takes Over Helwan Hospital
      • Review of Work at Helwan
      • Provision of Mobile Surgical Unit
      • Formation of CCS
      • Anzac War Relief Ambulances
      • Abolition of Rank of Staff Nurse
      • Promotion of NCOs
      • Problem of Down-Graded Men
      • Graded Men
      • Medical Boarding
      • Enemy Air Raids on Canal Zone
  • CHAPTER 7 — Libya, 1941
    • [section]
    • Medical Arrangements at Baggush
    • 2 NZ General Hospital at Garawla
    • Detachment 3 NZ General Hospital, Alexandria
    • The Plan of Battle
    • New Zealand Division's Part
    • General Medical Plan
    • New Zealand Medical Units in the Campaign
    • Sinking of SS Chakdina
    • The ADS with 4 Brigade
    • The ADS with 5 Brigade
    • The ADS with 6 Brigade
    • Detachment of 4 Field Ambulance
    • Captured Medical Centre at ‘Whistling Wadi’
    • Mobile Surgical Unit
    • Bardia Prisoners
    • REVIEW OF CAMPAIGN
      • [section]
      • NZMC Casualties
      • Wounded Treated
      • Losses of Medical Equipment
      • Transport Losses
      • General Health of Troops
      • Hygiene and Sanitation
      • Medical Plan Reviewed
    • REVIEW OF MEDICAL WORK OF THE DIVISION
      • [section]
      • Surgery in Mobile Surgical Unit, 23 November–5 December 1941
      • Staffing of Ambulance Trains and Naval Carriers
      • Base Hospitals
      • Work of NZ units at Alexandria and Garawla
    • LESSONS FROM THE CAMPAIGN
      • Medical Supplies
      • Transport
      • Evacuation of Wounded
      • Location of ADMS
      • Communications
      • Utilisation of Field Ambulances in Desert Warfare
  • CHAPTER 8 — Egypt and Syria, January - June 1942
    • [section]
    • New Zealand Women's War Service Auxiliary (Hospital Division)
    • Invalids Returned to New Zealand
    • Control of New Zealand Dental Corps
    • Convalescent Homes
    • Marriages of NZANS Sisters
    • Medical Records Section
    • Red Cross Administration
    • Venereal Disease Treatment Centres
    • Formation of New Zealand Section, Motor Ambulance Convoy
    • Plastic Surgery
    • First Repatriation of NZMC Prisoners of War
    • Classification of Invalids on Hospital Ship
    • Base Medical Activities
    • Re-equipment of Divisional Units
    • Moves to Maadi and Suez Canal Zone
    • Combined Operations
    • 5 Field Ambulance Returns to Western Desert
    • Formation of Casualty Clearing Station
    • Move to Syria
    • Medical Arrangements
    • Training
    • Convalescent Depot
    • The Hospitals
    • Greek Brigade
    • Hygiene and Sanitation
    • Divisional Laundry
    • Water
    • Food
    • Typhus-Disinfestation
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Medical Work in the Division in Syria
    • Clinical Meetings
    • Change of DMS 2 NZEF1
    • Enemy Attacks in Western Desert
    • The Division Returns to the Desert
    • Arrangements for Medical Units
  • CHAPTER 9 — Battle for Egypt
    • [section]
    • Medical Arrangements
    • Battle Situation
    • Minqar Qaim
    • Evacuation of Wounded
    • Preparations for Breakthrough
    • The Breakthrough
    • Medical Units in the Breakthrough
    • The Alamein Line
    • Enemy Attacks
    • Withdrawal from Kaponga Box
    • Medical Units
    • Attack on Ruweisat Ridge
    • The Attack on El Mreir Depression
    • Medical Units in Battle
    • General Situation
    • Review of Medical Aspects of July Campaigns
    • Air Evacuation
    • Review of Operations
    • American Field Service
    • 1 NZ Casualty Clearing Station
    • Axis Threat to Egypt
    • Work at Base Hospitals
    • Summer at Alamein
    • Changes in Command
    • The Medical Units
    • The Enemy Attacks
    • Operations of Medical Units
    • REVIEW OF MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS
      • [section]
      • Evacuation of Wounded
      • Red Cross Protection
      • The Work of the Regimental Medical Officers
      • Surgery During the Campaign
      • Resuscitation
      • Sterilised Dressings
      • Wound Treatment
      • Splinting
      • Treatment of Special Cases
      • Infection
      • Anaesthesia
      • General
      • Standard of Surgery
      • Hygiene and Sanitation
      • Campaign Against Flies
      • Rations
      • Health of Troops
      • Infective Hepatitis
      • Physical Exhaustion
      • Base Medical Units
      • 23 NZ Field Ambulance
      • 2 NZ Field Transfusion Unit
      • Return of Brigadier MacCormick
    • LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE CAMPAIGN
      • [section]
      • Importance of Hygiene
      • Recuperation
      • Messages of Appreciation
  • CHAPTER 10 — Alamein to Tripoli
    • [section]
    • Plan for the Offensive
    • Terrain of the Battle Area
    • Medical Plan for the Battle
    • Divisional Medical Arrangements for the Battle
    • Siting of New Zealand Medical Units
    • Battle of Alamein Begins
    • The Work of the Regimental Medical Officers
    • Functioning of Medical Units
    • General Situation
    • Medical Arrangements
    • Battle of the ‘Break-Out’
    • Medical Units in the Battle
    • REVIEW OF CAMPAIGN FROM MEDICAL POINT OF VIEW
      • [section]
      • The Work of the Advanced Dressing Stations
      • The Work of the Main Dressing Stations
      • Work at 1 NZ CCS
      • Dispersal and Red Cross Protection
      • Work of the Ambulance Cars
      • Surgery at Alamein
      • Surgical Treatment During the Battle of Alamein
      • Base Hospitals
      • Medical Lessons from Alamein Battle
      • Medical Plan of 10 Corps for Advance
      • Signal Communication
      • Medical Arrangements of 2 NZ Division for the Advance
      • The Advance Begins
      • General Situation – The Pursuit to the Frontier
      • The Medical Units
      • General Situation, December 1942
      • Medical Preparations for ‘Left Hook‘
      • ‘Left Hook’ at Agheila
      • Part of Medical Units
      • The Advance to Tripoli
      • Medical Arrangements for Advance to Tripoli
      • Working of Medical Units
      • At Tripoli
      • Medical Lessons from the Advance to Tripoli
      • Hygiene and Sanitation in Tripoli
      • ADMS 2 NZ Division Promoted to DDMS 30 Corps
  • CHAPTER 11 — Tunisia
    • [section]
    • The Mareth Line
    • Siting of Medical Units
    • The Battle of Medenine
    • Functioning of Medical Arrangements
    • Casualties
    • Turning the Mareth Line
    • Medical Arrangements for ‘Left Hook’ at Mareth
    • The Main Assault
    • Functioning of Medical Units
    • Review of Medical Operations
    • The Pursuit into Tunisia
    • Medical Units in Pursuit
    • The Situation in Tunisia
    • Medical Arrangements
    • The Attack on Takrouna
    • Treatment of Casualties
    • The End in Tunisia
    • Division Returns to Maadi Camp
    • Functioning of 1 NZ Mobile CCS during Campaign
    • Operation at the MDS
    • Grouping of CCSs
    • Field Surgical Units
    • First Army Arrangements
    • Consultant Surgeon
    • The Evacuation from the Operating Centres
    • REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS
      • [section]
      • The General Hospitals
      • General Health of Troops during the Campaign
      • Diseases in Tunisia
      • Showers and Disinfestation
      • Sanitation
      • Water
      • Rations
      • Supplies
      • Equipment
      • Clothing
    • REVIEW OF FORWARD SURGERY AT THE END OF THE NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS
      • [section]
      • The Work of a Forward Operating Centre
      • Splinting of Fractures:
      • Operative Technique
      • Treatment of Different Injuries
      • Post-Operative Care
      • Evacuation of Cases from the Forward Operating Centres
      • The Type of Wounds
      • Infection in Wounds
      • Sulphonamides
      • Amputation
      • Summary
  • CHAPTER 12 — Administration and Base Units, October 1942 - December 1943
    • [chapter]
    • Furlough Drafts
    • Death of Colonel F. M. Spencer
    • Change of DMS 2 NZEF
    • CCS Surgical Team in Sicily
    • 3 General Hospital Receives Casualties from Sicily
    • Moves of 1 NZ Convalescent Depot
    • CCS Returns to Egypt
    • Conferences
    • Education of Medical Officers
    • Standing Medical Board
    • Revision of Medical Boarding
    • Medical Reinforcements from New Zealand
    • Ninth and Tenth Reinforcements
    • Rank of Eighth Reinforcements
    • Staffing of New Zealand Medical Corps
    • Appointment of Senior Clerks as Registrars of Hospitals
    • Dispensers Appointed to Commissions
    • Increase in Number of Charge Sisters in General Hospitals
    • Voluntary Aids—NZWAAC (Medical Division)
    • Strength of Units—Other Ranks
    • Health of Troops
    • Unfit and War-worn Men
    • Out-patients
    • Ophthalmic Work
    • Health of NZANS and NZWAAC
    • Repatriation of Prisoners of War
    • Preparations for Move to Italy
    • Liaison Officer HS Oranje
  • CHAPTER 13 — The Move to Italy—Sangro and Orsogna Battles
    • [section]
    • Proposed New Establishments for Field Medical Units
    • 102 VD Treatment Centre becomes Mobile Unit
    • 1 CCS Becomes Fully Mobile
    • Move to Burg el Arab
    • Arrangements in Italy
    • Preparation for Move to Italy
    • Division Moves to Italy
    • Medical Arrangements
    • 3 General Hospital at Bari
    • Start of Italian Winter
    • Move to the Front and Establishment of Chain of Evacuation
    • General Situation
    • Into the Attack
    • Struggles for Orsogna
    • The Medical Side
    • Medical Arrangements for Sangro Crossing
    • Work at the Battle MDS
    • Work of 4 MDS at Atessa
    • Wound Lesions
    • Deaths
    • Operations
    • Work of a Forward Surgical Team
    • Transfusion Team
    • Civilian Casualties
    • Evacuation from MDS and CCS
    • The Work of the CCS
    • Surgical Policy
    • Surgery
    • Penicillin
    • Results of Penicillin Treatment
    • Penicillin in Gas Gangrene
    • At 3 General Hospital
    • Health of the Troops
    • Malaria
    • Venereal Disease
    • Typhus
    • Immersion or Trench Foot
    • Clothing
    • Red Cross Stores
    • Water
    • Rations
    • Sanitation
    • LESSONS FROM INITIAL OPERATIONS IN ITALY
  • CHAPTER 14 — Cassino
    • [section]
    • Division Joins Fifth Army
    • Battle Situation at Cassino
    • Siting of 2 NZ General Hospital
    • NZ Corps Medical Arrangements
    • Siting of Divisional Units
    • Assault on Cassino
    • Treatment of Casualties
    • An Incident between Attacks
    • The Second Attack
    • Casualties
    • Stretcher-Bearers of Combatant Units
    • ASC Drivers
    • RAP in Cassino
    • Functioning of Medical Units
    • Surgical Policy
    • Surgery at the CCS
    • Work of 1 General Hospital Surgical Team
    • Work at 2 General Hospital
    • Work at 3 General Hospital
    • Results of Treatment:
    • Dental Work in the Division
    • Battle Situation and Regrouping
    • Evacuation Problems
    • Breakthrough towards Rome
    • 2 NZ Division Breaks off Pursuit
    • Moves of Medical Units
    • Reception of Escaped Allied Prisoners of War
    • 2 NZEF Casualties
    • Climatic Conditions
    • Health of the Troops
    • Rations
    • Clothing
    • Hygiene
    • Venereal Disease
    • Atypical Pneumonia
    • Exhaustion Cases
    • Infective Hepatitis
    • Malaria
    • Medical Cases at 2 NZ General Hospital
    • Medical Cases at 3 General Hospital
    • Work at the Convalescent Depot
    • Furlough Scheme
    • New Zealand Forces Clubs
  • CHAPTER 15 — Administration in Italy, November 1943–December 1944
    • [section]
    • Hospital Ship Policy
    • Medical Layout
    • Tour by Director-General of Medical Services
    • Closing of 1 NZ Rest Home
    • Visit of Prime Minister of New Zealand
    • More Prisoners of War Repatriated
    • Arrival of Second Section, 11th Reinforcements
    • 14 Optician Unit
    • New Medical Units Formed
    • Plans for Move Forward of Base Units
    • Shortage of Medical Officers
    • Promotion of Specialists in the NZMC
    • Recruitment of New Zealand Doctors in the United Kingdom
    • Non-professional Officers
    • Average Strength of 2 NZEF
    • Furlough for Medical Officers
    • NZANS
    • NZWAAC (Medical Division)
    • Red Cross Organisation
    • Hospital Staff for Repatriation Units in United Kingdom
  • CHAPTER 16 — Florence
    • [section]
    • Medical Arrangements for the Attack on Arezzo
    • Thrust Towards Florence
    • Medical Layout
    • CCS at Siena
    • The Paula Line
    • The Decisive Battle for Florence
    • Work of Medical Units
    • 6 MDS
    • 4 MDS
    • Moves Following Regrouping
    • Relief of Division
    • REVIEW OF CAMPAIGN
      • Evacuation in the Forward Areas
      • ADSs
      • MDS
      • Shortage of Medical Officers
      • Work at the CCS
      • Admissions to Other Than New Zealand Hospitals
      • Special Surgical Work at this Period
      • Scarcity of Experienced Surgeons
      • Work of the Convalescent Depot
      • Work of the Optician Unit
      • Reorganisation of Hygiene Company
      • Malaria Control
      • Health of the Troops
      • Physical Exhaustion
      • Evacuations to New Zealand by Hospital Ship
  • CHAPTER 17 — Rimini and Faenza
    • [section]
    • Battle Situation
    • General Freyberg in Hospital
    • Moves to Senigallia of HQ 2 NZEF and Medical Units
    • 2 General Hospital
    • Attack on Rimini
    • MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS
      • MDS at Riccione
      • MDS at Viserba
      • Forward Evacuation
      • Surgical Policy
      • General Situation
      • MDS at Igiea Marina
      • Crossing the Rivers
      • Withdrawal of 2 NZ Division to Fabriano
      • Reorganisation of the Field Ambulances
      • The Move to the Front Line
      • Change of ADMS 2 NZ Division
      • Medical Units in Forli
      • Medical Operations
      • MDS Opens in Faenza
      • Attack Towards the Senio River
    • GENERAL MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS DURING THE PERIOD
      • [section]
      • Work at the ADS
      • The Work at the MDS
      • Work at the CCS
      • The Work of the Field Surgical Unit
      • Work of the Field Transfusion Unit
      • Shortage of Medical Officers
      • Surgery at 1 General Hospital
      • Surgery at 3 General Hospital
      • Surgery at 2 General Hospital
      • Neurosurgical Cases
      • Review of Surgery
      • Climate
      • Health and Hygiene
      • Sickness
      • Prevalent Diseases
      • Admissions to other than New Zealand Hospitals
      • Deaths in New Zealand Medical Units, September–December 1944
  • CHAPTER 18 — Senio to Trieste
    • [section]
    • Activities of Medical Units
    • MDS
    • CCS
    • Work at the Base Hospitals
    • Work at the Convalescent Depot
    • Returned Prisoners of War
    • 2 NZ Division Withdrawn from Senio Front
    • General Situation, April 1945
    • Medical Arrangements for Attack
    • Attack on the Senio
    • From the Senio to the Santerno
    • Across the Sillaro
    • Across the Idice
    • Across the Po
    • Across the Adige
    • To Venice
    • To Trieste
    • The Surrender
    • MEDICAL REVIEW
    • Medical Work During the Advance
    • The RAPs
    • The ADSs
    • MDSs
    • FSU
    • FTU
    • The Work of the CCS
    • Evacuation in Forward Areas
    • Evacuation from the CCS
    • Work of the Base Hospitals
    • Surgery in the Final Battles
    • Tenseness in Trieste
    • Post-Armistice Medical Arrangements
    • Health of Troops
    • Accidental Injuries
    • Malaria
    • Venereal Disease
    • Dysentery
    • Hygiene
  • CHAPTER 19 — Final Period in Italy
    • [section]
    • Staff for Repatriation Unit, United Kingdom
    • Medical Services with Prisoner-of-war Repatriation Group
    • Italy—Uncertainty before VJ Day
    • Medical Administration 2 NZ Division
    • Disbandment of Units
    • Concentration in Florence
    • HYGIENE DURING THE FINAL PERIOD IN ITALY
      • Trieste Area
      • Lake Trasimene
      • Florence
      • Diseases
      • Graded Men in 2 NZEF
      • Optician Unit
      • Evacuation of Invalids from Italy and Egypt
      • United Kingdom Leave Scheme
      • Reorganisation
      • Wind-up in Southern Italy
      • Closing Days in Egypt
  • Appendix I
  • Glossary
  • Index of Names
  • Index
• [backmatter]

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Title: New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy

Author: Stout, T. Duncan M.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1956, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

Key subjects of this text: New Zealand Medical Services

Keywords: New Zealand World War II History

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