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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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Editor's Note; Introduction; 1 'More Meat for the Germans'; 2 The Alluring East; 3 War on the Peninsula; 4 'A Disgraceful Medical Debacle'; 5 'A Well-Organized Operation'; 6 France at Last; 7 The Pozières Stunt; 8 The Fromelles Disaster; 9 News From Sinai; 10 Foul Conditions at Flers; 11 First Bullecourt and the German Response; 12 Lagnicourt and Blighty; 13 Back to France and a New Opportunity; 14 Rest, Recreation and Return; 15 The German Offensive; 16 The Australian Counter-Attack; 17 The First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux; 18 Hazebrouck and Villers-Bretonneux Again. |
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19 God With Us?20 'Peaceful Penetration'; 21 Some Hope Amid the Horrors; 22 Victory at Le Hamel; 23 The Tide Turns; 24 The Beginning of the End; 25 The Irresistible Force; 26 The Immovable Object?; 27 'Gay Paree' and Peace; 28 Homeward Bound; Postscript; Glossary and Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Roy Ramsay worked with the Field Ambulance in Egypt, on hospital ships evacuating the wound and sick from Gallipoli in WWI. He served on the Western Front, enduring the shocking physical conditions of trench warfare, and the struggle to retrieve the injured and wounded and get them back for medical attention. These war memoirs cover the whole course of the war until the Armistice. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Ramsay, Roy, 1896-1989.
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Australian Field Ambulance, 3rd.
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Australian Field Ambulance, 3rd. |
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Australia. Australian Army -- Transport of sick and wounded.
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Australia. Australian Army. |
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Transport of sick and wounded. |
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Ramsay, Roy. |
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World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Australia.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Europe, Western.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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Personal narratives -- Australian.
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Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Soldiers. |
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Australia. |
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Biographies.
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| Chronological Term |
1914 - 1918 |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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Ramsay, John.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ramsay, Roy. Hell Hope and Heroes : Life in the Field Ambulance in World War 1. Sydney : Rosenberg Publishing, ©2005 9781877058295 |
| ISBN |
9781921719646 (electronic book) |
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1921719648 (electronic book) |
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9781921719653 (electronic book) |
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1921719656 (electronic book) |
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