Brave Army Doctor

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This first photo was taken in 1917 and is believed to be in France and shows an army doctor who was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. What he did to gain the award was to treat wounded soldiers in no-mans land during an artillery barrage and continue to do so when wounded himself. He only stopped treating casualties when he was so badly wounded that he had to carried to safety by stretcher.

It would be interesting to know if minor treatments were available from the tent or if it was purely living accommodation for the doctor.

He continued as an army doctor post WW1 and through WW2, retiring post WW2. The 2nd pic is believed to be taken in 1942, quite possibly Palestine (Israel) and notice how all of the army doctors appear to be armed with pistols.

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