IN THE FAR EAST
N.Z. DOCTORS AND NURSES
The Joint Council of the Order of St John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society has received a communication from Dr. Hector Tremewan, the second doctor to be appointed by the council for service in the Far East. His letter, received by air mail, is dated March 17, and was/posted'at Hong Kong. He was all in readiness on that date to leave for Hankow via Canton when a notice was received from Dr. Maxwell, who is in charge of the, medical personnel, advising him to wait a few days as" Hankow was far too congested for anybody to do anything.
. Dr. Robert Grey, the first doctor to be sent, is working with the Chinese civilian population in the vicinity of Hankow.
A letter has • been received by the Joint Council from the Hong Kong and China District of the St John Ambulance Association advising that Dr. Grey asked the association to locate several New Zealand nurses at the request of the New Zealand Registered Nurses' Association. An advertisement was inserted in the Press, and Petty Officer Bale, of H.M.S. Adventure, who is a New Zealander, replied that he was in touch with the nurses, and all were well. , /
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 13
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