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The Field Ambulance was a complete medical unit made up of previously separate and independent entities. These were The Bearer Division [previously working as Bearer Companies]; The Tent Division [previously working as Field Hospitals] and The Transport Division. | The Field Ambulance was a complete medical unit made up of previously separate and independent entities. These were The Bearer Division [previously working as Bearer Companies]; The Tent Division [previously working as Field Hospitals] and The Transport Division. | ||
| − | The Field Ambulance at full strength composed of 10 Officers and 224 men. The Bearer Division had 18 stretcher squads each of 6 men. The Tent Division was comprised of doctors: 9 medical officers and 1 dental officer, as well as 1 Quartermaster of stores, batmen, clerks, cooks, dispensers, nursing orderlies, and the Transport Division, which had 60 men attached from the Army Service Corps. | + | The Field Ambulance at full strength composed of 10 Officers and 224 men. The Bearer Division had 18 stretcher squads each of 6 men. The Tent Division was comprised of doctors: 9 medical officers and 1 dental officer, as well as 1 Quartermaster of stores, batmen, clerks, cooks, dispensers, nursing orderlies, and the Transport Division, which had 60 men attached from the Army Service Corps. All this made up medical support for one infantry brigade. [Three to every Division]. |
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| − | All this made up medical support for one infantry brigade. [Three to every Division]. | ||
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| + | Thirty one men while they were posted to this unit, two in Australia and 29 in France and Belgium as a result of enemy action. | ||
==Individual Honours== | ==Individual Honours== | ||
| − | + | * 2 x Distinguished Service order | |
| + | * 1 x Military Cross | ||
| + | * 1 x Bar to Military Cross | ||
| + | * 3 x Distinguished Conduct Medal | ||
| + | * 57 x Military Medal | ||
| + | * 5 x Bar to Military Medal | ||
| + | * 3 x Meritorious Service Medal | ||
| + | * 9 x Mentioned in Despatches | ||
| + | * 1 x Belgium Croix de Guerre | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Brief History
The Field Ambulance was a complete medical unit made up of previously separate and independent entities. These were The Bearer Division [previously working as Bearer Companies]; The Tent Division [previously working as Field Hospitals] and The Transport Division.
The Field Ambulance at full strength composed of 10 Officers and 224 men. The Bearer Division had 18 stretcher squads each of 6 men. The Tent Division was comprised of doctors: 9 medical officers and 1 dental officer, as well as 1 Quartermaster of stores, batmen, clerks, cooks, dispensers, nursing orderlies, and the Transport Division, which had 60 men attached from the Army Service Corps. All this made up medical support for one infantry brigade. [Three to every Division].
Thirty one men while they were posted to this unit, two in Australia and 29 in France and Belgium as a result of enemy action.
Individual Honours
- 2 x Distinguished Service order
- 1 x Military Cross
- 1 x Bar to Military Cross
- 3 x Distinguished Conduct Medal
- 57 x Military Medal
- 5 x Bar to Military Medal
- 3 x Meritorious Service Medal
- 9 x Mentioned in Despatches
- 1 x Belgium Croix de Guerre
Notes
Content for the history and honours sections has come from a combination of Wikipedia and the Australian War Memorial websites.
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