War Diaries (April 27) (nonfiction)
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Assistant Director of Medical Services, Basra: April 27, 1916
Had a Base Order published ordering all troops & followers proceeding to the front to be vaccinated for Cholera.
To Quarantine Stn at 6:30, to arrange for the 250 wounded coming down today. There is hardly a spot of dry ground left which to pitch tents & no personnel to look after the sick.
It is quite likely now that every steamer coming down will have a case or two of Cholera on it, and all contacts will have to be segregated. Problems – where to put them & where to get staff for them. Between providing staff for hospital ships, transports and river boat parties, the hospitals are sadly depleted.
—Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), Basra (war diary)
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- Excerpts from Nelson’s WWII diaries @ spokesman.com