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DR. J. W. CRAVEN
(By Telegrapli—Press Association,)
AUCKLAND, June 10,
The Medical Superintendent of the Auckland Hospital, Dr. J. W. Craven, has received instructions from the War Office, London, to report overseas for service with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Dr. Craven, who has the rank of lieutenant-colonel, was granted extended leave of absence by the Hospital Board tonight. He expects to leave New Zealand early next month.
Dr. Craven, who has been superintendent at the hospital since 1932, has a distinguished Great War record. With the rank of captain he went to France in April, 1915, with the Ist Northumbria Field Ambulance, commanding the field ambulance in the latter stages of the war. He returned from active service in June, 1919, as lieutenantcolonel. When he came to New Zealand in 1926 he was transferred to the Reserve of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Dr. Craven was awarded a Military Cross and the Croix de Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 137, 11 June 1940, Page 6
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