AFTER THE BATTLE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 298, 8 March 1928, Page 15

AFTER THE BATTLE

MEDICAL CORPS FIELD DAY SUCCOURING THE “WOUNDED” Something like the aftermath of a great battle was staged yesterday in the vicinity of Milford when 175 members of the New Zealand Medical Corps, now undergoing a week’s training at Narrow Neck, were given the opportunity to show what they • ouTd do n the way of succouring the ‘wounded.” Supplied with all the necessary task of relieving suffering with great enthusiasm. Those fallen in fight were marked with tallies in the form of written descriptions Of the nature ••f the sufferers* wounds. Ambulances were requisitioned to convey the wounded to the advance and main dressing stations, where surgeons worked in improvised operating theatres. Major-General R. Toung. G.O.C. the New Zealand Forces, who had <one from Wellington to inspect the • o *ps, expressed the keenest satisfaction with the high standard shown by the trainees. The following officers are in charge of the camp:—O.C., Lieut. -Colonel K. MaeCormick, D. 5.0.; adjutant, Major H. L. Gould; Major McKelvey, Lieutenants J. S. Hudson, J. S. Currie, E. Koberton, J. H. H. Wood. SergeantMajor S. W. Garlcy and Quartermas-ter-Sergeant Page, of the New Zealand Permanent Staff. Major Gibbs, staff officer of medical services, is also assisting in the instructional course.