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War Diary as officer commanding 189 Field Ambulance in training at Barnet, Hertfordshire, and file marked 'Norway'

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Comprises:
<li>RAMC/1952/2: War Diary as officer commanding 189 Field Ambulance in training at Barnet, Hertfordshire. Enclosed: account of 189 Field Ambulance's expedition to Norway in April 1940, Nov 1939-April 1940.</li>
<li>RAMC/1952/3: Continuation of War Diary as officer commanding 189 Field Ambulance during evacuation from Norway, April-May 1940, and as Senior Medical Officer on a voyage from Bombay, India, to Aden (South Yemen), Aug 1941. Enclosed: Two draft letters re attempts to alleviate discomfort caused by heat on board ship, [c.July 1941].</li>
<li>RAMC/1952/4: File marked "Norway", containing draft of an appreciation of the operations in April 1940 from a medical viewpoint, and sketch maps of Aandalsnes and its communications with Southern Norway, April-May 1940.</li>

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War Diary as officer commanding 189 Field Ambulance in training at Barnet, Hertfordshire, and file marked 'Norway'

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