Derk. Our Unit (QOR)...
....had a Medical Officer (Capt.) attached, who had a HUP and a driver. He also had a 15 cwt. with two drivers and his Medical Equipment and tents etc. In the Infantry Units the Band members were the stretcher bearers and medics. They did a quick patch and brought the injured man to the MO. He did a further patch and sent the troops off to Brigade either in the Unit Medical jeep, which carried three strechers or in Brigade ambulances.
The Chaplain and his team recovered the KIA for burial.
When a strecher man was killed the replacement order asked for a man with musical instrument skills. (Of course)
Peter S
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