AT CLAERING STATION

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 33, 3 November 1942, Page 5

AT CLAERING STATION

Outstanding Work By Ret Cross Men Outstanding services were provided at the casualty clearing {station re S' el )!- I J , members ot the Ist and 2nd Y ell n„toii Men’s Detachments, said the hoiiora y secretary of the Dominion Council,o tn New Zealand Red Cross Men s 5 oluntery Aid Detachments yesterday. . “It was the biggest and heaviest j>o the men have vet been culled upon to <lo, and they rose’ to the occasion inagnihcently,” he said. “The a_ggi'egate number of hours worked was (><(), which goes some indication ot the effort of the men, who wore called upon-to nstsun ns HUHvUin the patients comfortable, to shave t.iem. to serve meals, to send telegrams aim make inquiries, to help the nursing start will) dressings, to clean out and tul.v the wards, and to aid the medical boards in checking nnd seeing that, each man went through tlie various stages of boiiriling. Several members of the detachments.also accompanied patients on long tram journeys, tending cut cases. "Some of the orderlies had light™ --J--tics than others, but each gave ot ms best and did what he had to do thoroughIv and efficiently, Reports which hare been received, specially in regard to tlie cure and attention given to cot discs, speak in the highest terms of praise at the work of these, men. who give their services voluntarily. Special thanks are due to the Centre Commandant, Mr. U. R. Harkness, who gave up a week of his holidays to spend the. whole of that time assisting (it the. hospital. “It is gratifying to know that despite the depletion of' the ranks on aceour.. of military call-ups, the records shew that not only in Wellington, but throughout the Dominion, the work pt tlie net. Cross Men’s Detachments is being carried on with undiminished zeal.”