Lieutenant-Colonel James: Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt / 1st Edition

by BARRETT, Lieutenant-Colonel James William and Lieutenant

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The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt. An Illustrated and Detailed Account of the Early Organisation and Work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt in 1914-1915 Author: BARRETT, Lieutenant-Colonel James William and Lieutenant Percival Edgar DEANE Title: The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt. An Illustrated and Detailed Account of the Early Organisation and Work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt in 1914-1915 Publication: London, H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., 1918 Edition: First Edition Description: Octavo, xiv, 260 pages plus 3 two-colour maps and 34 plates. Maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; covers rubbed and marked, and a little bumped, sunned and bubbled; binding a little shaken; scattered foxing throughout; a decent copy. Loosely inserted is a small mimeographed slip reading 'With the Author's Compliments'. James (later Sir James) Barrett (1862-1945), a leader of the medical profession in Melbourne and an able publicist, was Assistant Director of Medical Services, Australian Forces, in Egypt until August 1915, when he was dismissed due to disorganisation at the 1st Australian General Hospital at Heliopolis. He was ordered home in early 1916, but instead managed to have himself transferred to the British army and returned to Egypt with the Royal Army Medical Corps. This book extols the achievements of the AAMC in Egypt, in which he had played a large part, but it is silent on the internal politics of the Medical Corps. Dornbusch 253; Fi

• Publisher: H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd
• Year: 1918
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair

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