Summary
Program typed in purple, dated 17 August 1921, outlining plans for a visit by the 4th Division Commander to the 2nd Field Ambulance on Saturday 21 August 1921. The Commander was planning to visit unit parades at Footscray, Yarraville, Victoria Street and Sturt Street. Parading before him were the 32nd Battalion Senior Cadets, 32nd Infantry, 2nd Field Ambulance, 5th Battalion Senior Cadets and the 5th Infantry.
Part of a collection of material associated with the life and service of John Hodgson Nattrass (1870-1943). He was born near Ballarat and graduated with a medical degree from the University of Melbourne in 1898. He had a long and distinguished public and private medical career, mostly in Melbourne. He also had a substantial commitment to the military forces throughout his adult life, and served as captain, major and then lieutenant-colonel in the Army Medical Corps. With the outbreak of World War I he enlisted aged 44, and served as Senior Medical Officer at the Queenscliff Forts. Subsequently, he became Senior Medical Officer at Broadmeadows Camp, Acting Officer Commanding No.5 Australian General Hospital, Principal Medical Officer, Camp Headquarters' Staff, and Assistant Principal Medical Officer, Third Military District (Victoria).
Physical Description
Program on a piece of browned paper, typed in purple and signed.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Dr John J. Nattrass, 01 Oct 1982
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Date of Event
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Place & Date Inscribed
Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 Aug 1921
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Organisation Named
2nd Field Ambulance, Australian (Commonwealth) Military Forces, 4th Division 3rd Military District
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Inscriptions
Headed 'AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES - 4TH DIVISION'.
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Overall Dimensions
202 mm (Width), 253 mm (Height)