Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 69, 20 November 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

AUSTRALASIAN WOUNDED IN ENGLAND. United' Press Association. (Received 8.55 a.in.) London, November 19. Large numbers of Australasian wounded recently arrived in England, and several prominent officers state that arrangements for the transport of the wounded are greatly improved. Many dysentery and enteric cases were brought to England, an cl also scores of cases requiring an operation. All are anxious for a speedy recovery to enable their earliest return to the Front. They are.determined to hold on to Gallipoli, if necessary, despite a rigorous winter and the possibilities of pneumonia. They emphasised that they cannot have too much warm clothing, although at present there is no shortage. The officers deplored the tendency to send more wounded to Egypt now that cooler weather is being experienced, because the constant arrival of wounded was likely to have a bad effect upon the natives. The authorities ought to send most to Lemnos, Malta, and England. The following New Zealanders are in Wnadsworth Hospital: Colonel Hughes, suffering from lumbago, slowly improving; Captain Jory (Medical Corps), enteric, convalescent; Captain Tunis, of Dunedin, dysentery, operation ■ satisfactory.