Col. F.T. Bowerbank VISITS Trentham Troops In Te Rapa Isolation Camp

Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 22, 27 September 1940, Page 3

Col. F.T. Bowerbank VISITS Trentham Troops In Te Rapa Isolation Camp

The men were comfortably quai tered, were being well looked after, and were in good spirits, said the Director-General of Medical Services. Colonel F. T. Bowerbank, who recent ' ly visited the temporary isolation ] camp at Te Rapa,, racecourse, near Hamilton, where GOO Expeditionary Force troops, formerly stationed a' Trentham Mobilization Camp, were isolated because of the occurrence of measles among them during their journey north on transfer to Ngaruawahia Colonel Bowerbank said the National Patriotic Fund Committee in Hamilton had supplied the temporary camp with comforts and was generally doing everything possible for the men. He did not know yet ’ how long the men would have to remain there, but that would depend on how long the camp was affected by the epidemic. Speaking of the epidemic in military establishments generally, • Colonel Bowerbank said that though it had not yet abated, all new cases were of a mild type, and every possible precaution was being taken to prevent further spread of the complaint. All men affected were receiving adequate medical and nursing attention.