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Object description
Interesting ts account (7pp, written January 2001) recording his National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), February 1952 - February 1954, including: basic training at Keogh Barracks and Crookham Barracks, February - ?April 1952; service in operating theatre work at Tidworth Military Hospital on Salisbury Plain, ?April - November 1952; the voyage in the troopship HMT EMPIRE ORWELL to Japan, November - December 1952; active service during the Korean War as an Operating Theatre Technician at the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, Japan, December 1952 - December 1953; the voyage to the UK in HMT EMPIRE ORWELL, December 1953 - January 1954; his demobilisation, February 1954; and commenting on life in Japan, his duties, his accommodation in Tenno Barracks, the transportation of casualties, the Japanese support staff, the surgical work carried out, the tremendous comradeship in the surgical team, and sightseeing in Japan. Also included are three diagrams (3pp) and eight photographs of the Britcom General Hospital at Kure (1p) and the reminiscences (15pp) of service at the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, Japan, by eight other RAMC personnel, August 1951 - October 1956; one Nursing Officer, holding the rank of Lieutenant, with the QARNC, March 1952 - September 1953; one soldier in the Gloucestershire Regiment who was treated in the hospital, April - May 1953; and one worker who served with the NAAFI in Kure House, October 1953 - October 1955, describing their duties; off-duty entertainment and leave; the conditions; treatments, notably for VD; and the NAAFI.
Content description
Interesting ts account (7pp, written January 2001) recording his National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), February 1952 - February 1954, including: basic training at Keogh Barracks and Crookham Barracks, February - ?April 1952; service in operating theatre work at Tidworth Military Hospital on Salisbury Plain, ?April - November 1952; the voyage in the troopship HMT EMPIRE ORWELL to Japan, November - December 1952; active service during the Korean War as an Operating Theatre Technician at the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, Japan, December 1952 - December 1953; the voyage to the UK in HMT EMPIRE ORWELL, December 1953 - January 1954; his demobilisation, February 1954; and commenting on life in Japan, his duties, his accommodation in Tenno Barracks, the transportation of casualties, the Japanese support staff, the surgical work carried out, the tremendous comradeship in the surgical team, and sightseeing in Japan. Also included are three diagrams (3pp) and eight photographs of the Britcom General Hospital at Kure (1p) and the reminiscences (15pp) of service at the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, Japan, by eight other RAMC personnel, August 1951 - October 1956; one Nursing Officer, holding the rank of Lieutenant, with the QARNC, March 1952 - September 1953; one soldier in the Gloucestershire Regiment who was treated in the hospital, April - May 1953; and one worker who served with the NAAFI in Kure House, October 1953 - October 1955, describing their duties; off-duty entertainment and leave; the conditions; treatments, notably for VD; and the NAAFI.
History note
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History note
Catalogue date 2001-02-12