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Ramsay Roy <1896-1989.> |
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Titolo |
Hell, hope and heroes [[electronic resource] ] : life in the field ambulance in World War I : the memoirs of Private Roy Ramsay, AIF / / edited by his son Ron J. Ramsay |
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Dural, N.S.W, : Rosenberg Pub., 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RamsayRon J <1938-> (Ronald James) |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Medical care - Australia |
World War, 1914-1918 - Medical care - Europe, Western |
World War, 1914-1918 |
Soldiers - Australia |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 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 PozieĢres 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 |
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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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