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- Sales Rank: #15513415 in Books
- Published on: 1983-08
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 184 pages
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Not much real medical info
By William Garrison Jr.
“Recollections of a Regimental Medical Officer” by H. (Hal/Henry) D. Steward (1983); Melbourne University Press (ISBN: 0-522-84244-5) 169 pages, photos, maps, illus.
If this is the first book you are looking to read regarding the Australian army during WWII, then this might seem to be somewhat informative. However, if you are already familiar with the Pacific campaign, then you’re not really going to learn much from this book. Only about 15% of the contents of this book are the experiences of the author’s medical-military service with the 2/16th Infantry Bn [Australian] in Palestine-Syria (late 1941), and in Papua New Guinea (middle-late 1942) – leaving about 85% of this book as historical “commentary” -- as to how the author provides background information as to how WWII started, how WWII was fought in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor, the sea battles of Coral Sea and Midway (although he did not participate in those battles, he mentions them to explain how they impacted on his unit being sent to another destination to escape running into Japanese naval patrols).
True, some medical insights: “Proper food is needed to support any exertion…. The draining and dehydrating ravages of malaria relapse, dysentery and non-specific diarrhea and loss of salt had grim effects. No salt tablets were then on issue, presumably because the [Australian] Army had not grasped yet that salt was needed by soldiers sweating in the mountains just as much as by the troops near the coast. Lack of potassium, present in most common foods, undoubtedly contributed to muscle weakness, and may also have played a part in the mental confusion many of us experienced” (p. 131-132). But, not a whole lot of medical theory or battlefield repair were described by the author.
The author recounts that most of his battlefield experience came while defending the bush village of Oribaiwa on the Kokoda Trail – somewhat north of Port Moresby, PNG. He provided medical assistance to the soldiers holding the line against the on-coming Japanese invaders aiming for Port Moresby. A couple of times it seemed that “luck” was on his side: “The enemy pounded us with everything they had – mortars, heavy machine-guns and devastating mountain gun. Many shells exploded high up in the branches above us, showering deadly metal rain over a wide area…During a lull, it occurred to me that it was Sunday, a good day to write a letter home – that is if I had had some paper. I strolled across to Roland Lamb…He gave me a sheet of foolscap….No sooner was I clear than a shell came over and Roland was killed” (p. 134).
This medical-officer author briefly noted the many illnesses to be found in in-land PNG: deficiency of vitamin-B, burning soles of the feet, foot rot, gangrene, swollen ankles or tongues, muscle fatigue, mild beriberi, malaria, dysentery, typhoid, and VD contracted in the cities. The author treated and bandaged the wounded, and would be one of the 20% still serving with his unit by the time it had slowly retreated to Port Moresby. Despite his unit’s heavy losses, they were chastised by senior officers for failing to have put up a stiffer resistance to the enemy (p. 147-8).
Steward recounted one battle experience: “I remembered [Alan Haddy] in one hot spot, coolly hurling a grenade at the enemy. ‘Mix that with your rice, you bastards’, he called as the bomb left his large and powerful hand” (p.152-3).
The author offered barely a handful of I-was-there battlefield incidents; just NOT any "While I was sewing the wounded solder's lips back onto his face I had to draw my pistol to thwart a Jap interloper" -- just didn't happen frequently. He reports more on others actions than on his own -- just a little too far behind the front lines. Not quite the immediate "combat medic" stuff. More of him hearing and reporting on others' experiences than his own. The author's experiences were pretty much in treating soldiers for the Clap in Palestine (1941), and while he spent several weeks ankle-deep in the mud in Papua New Guinea, -- not too many real "combat surgery" incidents were revealed -- more of a "I cleaned the initial bandage, placed them in a sling, and shipped them south",
In late Dec. 1942 he was posted back to Australia for the duration of the war (so he "sat out" rest of the 1943, 1944 & 1945 campaigns of "island hoping"). This book contained about 15 pages of interest to me – being the personal stories of the author. Just not much within it.
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