SECOND GENERAL HOSPITAL
Surgical Division Command The appointment of Dr. I’. A. Ardagh, Christchurch, to the position of Officer Commanding the Surgical Division of the Second New. Zealand General Hospital, with the temporary rank of lieu-tenant-colonel, is announced by Military Headquarters. Dr. Ardagh served in the Great War of 1914-18 in the Field Ambulance. Division with the rank of captain, and had a distinguished career, being awarded the D.S.O. and M.C. He was again mentioned in dispatches and recommended for the V.C. for personal gallantry in establishing and working in an advanced medical depot which was under shellfire for 36 hours at Crove-Coeur. Dr. Ardagh was president of the Christchurch branch of the British Medical Association in 1938, and is a member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He will enter camp next month.
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 21, 3 May 1940, Page 7
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