HELPING THE WOUNDED
A WAR RECORD
At the New Zealand Medical Corps re-uuion on Saturday night some interesting particulars wcro given in regard to tho war service of. the various branches of the corps. At. the outbreak of hostilities the strength of the Territorial' K.Z.M.O. comprised only So" officers, 3 quartermasters, and 750 n.c.o.'s and other ranks, but just before the Armistice the strength had risen to a total of 209 officers, 1390 other ranks, overseas. This increase in strength and efficiency-was'chiefly due to tho strong interest in medical work displayed by the Defence Minister, the Hon. Sir James Allen, G.C.M.G.
When, the war started there was no nursing service; there was merely a
paper representation of such a potential service. At the close of the war the strength was 311 N.Z.A.N.S. matrons, sisters, and nurses; and including V.A.D.'s, -female and. male assistants, the attached combined personnel employed in the N.Z.E.IT. Medical Service- in Europo was 2605. A total of 550 N.Z.A.N.S. was dispatched overseas at various times, including the service of the hospital ships. Ten persons wore lost in the Marquette. The casualties uunibcred: Deaths, 201; wounded. 461.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 36, 11 August 1930, Page 10
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HELPING THE WOUNDED
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 36, 11 August 1930, Page 10
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