Summary

Program of parades, typed in purple, of the Australian Military Forces, 3rd Military District, 2nd Field Ambulance - for the quarter ending 30 June 1921. The program's author was Lt Col. J. H. Nattrass, C.O., 2nd Field Ambulance.

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. Extensive creasing and foxing throughout.

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