| Description Of Item | Form completed by doctors at the request of the SMSEC, which was set up by the Scottish Committee of the British Medical Association in order to manage shortages of doctors in wartime.
This form contains the following information:
Not Commissioned (Registration)
Qualifications: LRCS, LRCP, etc.
Address: 4 St. John St./in United Kingdom c/o Tighe
City/Town: Edinburgh
Present work: 'I am a General Practitioner - an Australian. Qualified 1914. Have served as Lieut in RAMC for 12 months -- period of service ending May 12, 1916. Have been confined to bed for nine weeks and am now convalescing. At present suffering from Epidemic Parotitis [mumps] and was refused acceptance for a second period of 12 months on account of my illness being protracted'
Age in 1916: 35
Additional information: Temporary address: 29 Meadow Place, Rothesay. [letters attached to form] |