The 8th Australian Field Ambulance on active service : a brief account of its history and services from 4th August 1915 to the 5th March 1919

The 8th Australian Field Ambulance on active service : a brief account of its history and services from 4th August 1915 to the 5th March 1919 / L.W. Colley-Priest

Creator: Colley-Priest, L. W. (Langford Wellman), 1890-1927?

Call Number: FERG/3885

Created/Published: [Sydney : s.n.], 1919

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8th Australian Field Ambulance on Active Service.	1
8th Australian Field Ambulance on Active Service.	3
PREFACE.	4
IT IS A GREAT AND GLORIOUS THING TO DIE FOR ONE’S COUNTRY.	6
ABBREVIATIONS USED.	7
CONTENTS.	7
8th Australian Field Ambulance on Active Service. FIRST PERIOD. AUGUST, 1915 TO JUNE, 1916. Formation of Unit at Adelaide and Sydney.—Work and Training in Egypt.—Move to Marseilles.	8
SECOND PERIOD. JUNE, 1916, TO OCTOBER, 1916. 1. First Impressions of France. 2. Life in Billets. 3. Work of the Unit at Fleurbaix (Fromelles), Bois Grenier and Armentieres. 4. The Move to the Somme.	18
THIRD PERIOD. OCTOBER, 1916, to AUGUST, 1917. 1. The work of the Unit, etc., in the first Somme Campaign. 2. Rest Periods in Senlis and Racpuingham Areas.	26
FOURTH PERIOD. SEPTEMBER, 1917, to MARCH, 1918. The Work of the Unit in the Ypres Front. Polygon Wood, etc., and in Wytscnaete and Messines Sectors. Christmas in same area-Wirwignes. Move to Vauchelles area.	45
FIFTH PERIOD. MARCH, 1918, to 5th MARCH, 1919. Work of the Unit at Villers Bretonneux. 1. The Advance of the 8th August.—Peronne, Mont. St. Quentin, Bellicourt, Etc., Etc. 2. Move to Oisemont Area.—Biencourt Chateau. (ARMISTICE SIGNED.) Amalgamation with 15th Field Ambulance.	56

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