Title Hell, hope and heroes : life in the field ambulance in World War 1 : the memoirs of Private Roy Ramsay, AIF / edited by his son Ron J. Ramsay

Published Dural, N.S.W : Rosenberg Publishing, 2005

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Description 272 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs, ; 23 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Editor's Note 7 -- Introduction 9 -- -- 1 'More Meat for the Germans' 11 -- 2 The Alluring East 20 -- 3 War on the Peninsula 30 -- 4 A Disgraceful Medical Debacle' 41 -- 5 'A Well-Organized Operation' 52 -- 6 France at Last 64 -- 7 The Pozieres Stunt 76 -- 8 The Fromelles Disaster 87 -- 9 News From Sinai 94 -- 10 Foul Conditions at Flers 103 -- 11 First Bullecourt and the German Response 113 -- 12 Lagnicourt and Blighty 123 -- 13 Back to France and a New Opportunity 133 -- 14 Rest, Recreation and Return 143 -- 15 The German Offensive 153 -- 16 The Australian Counter-Attack 159 -- 17 The First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux 165 -- 18 Hazebrouck and Villers-Bretonneux Again 172 -- 19 God With Us? 181 -- 20 'Peaceful Penetration' 189 -- 21 Some Hope Amid the Horrors 196 -- 22 Victory at Le Hamel 204 -- 23 The Tide Turns 213 -- 24 The Beginning of the End 221 -- 25 The Irresistible Force 231 -- 26 The Immovable Object? 239 -- 27 'Gay Paree' and Peace 246 -- 28 Homeward Bound 255 -- -- Postscript Life of a Returned Soldier 258 -- Glossary and Abbreviations 262 -- First AIF Orders of Battle 264 -- Note on Sources 265 -- Bibliography 267 -- Index 268 Summary In 1915, Private Roy Ramsay, freshly trained at a camp near Brisbane, set sail from Australia for the Middle East with the 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance. This account of his time in the Middle East and Europe was edited by Roy's son Ron from Roy's journal Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: page 267 Subject Ramsay, Roy. Ramsay, Roy, 1896-1989. Australia. Australian Army. Field Ambulance, 3rd. Australia. Australian Army -- Transport of sick and wounded. Australia. Australian Army -- Transport of sick and wounded -- History. Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Australian Field Ambulance, 3rd. Australia. Australian Army -- Field Ambulance, 3rd Authors, Australian -- Australia -- Sunshine Coast (Qld.) World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Personal narratives. World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Europe, Western. World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian. World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Australia. Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography. Military Medicine -- history. Ambulances -- history. Genre/Form Biography. Personal narratives Memoirs. Personal narratives. Biographies. Author Ramsay, Ron J. (Ronald James), 1938- LC no. 2005415494 ISBN 1877058297 :

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