VISIT TO NEW ZEALANDERS AT THE FRONT.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 231, 1 December 1916, Page 5 (Supplement)

VISIT TO NEW ZEALANDERS AT THE FRONT.

SLR LAMBERT ORMSBY'S INTERESTING TOUR. Lieut.-Colonei Sir Lambert Ormsby, Consulting Surgeon to the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, has, by the desire of the High Commisioner of the Dominion, and by the permission of the War Office, "recently completed a most interesting tour in France, ranging from the firing line in the trenches on the Somm.e to the Base and thence to England, where he inspected the condition of the wounded and the best and most rapid mode of their transport, passing through the various stages orf surgical attention and treatment, including in order the Regimental Aid Post, First Advance Dressing Station of Ambulance, tho Second Advance Field Ambulance Station, the Field Ambulance, the conveyance in motor ambulances to the Casualty Clearing Stations, then the evacuation by motor ambulance to hospital ambulance train or barge to the Base, statioary and general hospitals, and the evacuation of these to the Hospital ship for conveyance to England. Sir Lambert Ormsby studied and inspected all these conditions very carefully, travelling himself in the various modes of conveyance, returning at the end of his tour in a hospital ship from Havre to Southampton, and in order to possess first-hand information in ali these matters he witnessed the disembarkation of 1800 sick and wounded officers and men from two ships at Southampton. His report when completed wdl be both interesting and instructive, detailing his experiences of the various stages through which the wounded soldier passes from the moment of receiving his wound, and, if serious, to his arrival in England or at the Base hospital; at the same time it will be a report on the very creditable and highly efficient standard achieved by the Royal Army Medical Corps, including officers and men, whose indefatigable and successful exertions in attending and alleviating the sufferings of the wounded in their various stages of transport from the receipt of the wound to their ultimate destination, are beyond ail praise. In no previous campaign have the medical arrangements reached so high a position of excellenoe, and it should be a satisfaction to the relatives of our brave soldiers to know that the wounde receive the best and most prompt of treatment and attention in all stages and conditions.