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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1940, Page 7

A tribute to the endurance of the soldiers evacuated from Dunkirk is paid in an account of the work of the emergency medical service, as seen from one of the sector headquarters, published in the "British Medical Journal.” In 12 days 1873 cases were treated in sector hospitals, and though nearly half had received no treatment other than first aid before they reached the sector hospitals, and though they were carried in ambulances over distances from 30 to 60 miles, only 33 patients died —approximately 1.7 per cent of the total. One group of patients had their boat from Dunkirk sunk and were thrown into the sea. They were rescued by another craft, which in its turn was also sunk. After two hours and a half's immersion the men were finally rescued and brought to land. “It is good to know from the subsequent history of these cases that their unusual adventures did not retard their recovery,” states the report.