AMBULANCE TRAINS
VISITED BY MISS JORDAN. NEW ZEALAND NURSES MET. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) LONDON, December 15. Miss Gwen Jordan, daughter of the New Zealand High Commissioner, met three New Zealand nursing sisters serving with an ambulance train when she visited the trains, accompanied by Miss A. Powell, of the Ministry of Health. They were Mrs Joan Barnett (nee Dutton). Auckland, and Misses Beatrice and Frances Clarkson, Christchurch, who are sisters. There are 18 ambulance trains in Britain capable of transporting 8000 wounded every 24 hours. Each train is 240' yards long and is fitted with stretchers, each having a week’s supply of food. The stretchers are made up into bunks in former fish vans. They have been used for meeting wounded from Dunkirk, Dieppe and naval actions.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 December 1942, Page 3
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128AMBULANCE TRAINS Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 December 1942, Page 3
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