For the 1913 camp, the establishment allowed for a Sergeant Cook per regiment, each granted an additional allowance of 1 Shilling 6 Pence a day (equivalent to 2024 NZD $16.16), while qualified company cooks received 1 Shilling a day (equivalent to 2024 NZD $10.10). Those who served as coo...
The first point is false as the profile of the pilots who joined the ranks of the Kamikazes (“divine wind”) were not all raw recruits, quite the contrary. It took real skill to pass through the deadly fire of the American AA artillery and strike a ship – even as big as an aircra...
Hertzog’s right hand-man, Oswald Pirow – the National Party’s Minister of Defence and a devout Nazi supporter and admirer of Adolf Hitler had been sent by Hertzog to the Nazi German state on a number of ‘unofficial’ state visits – in doing so Pirow would meet Hitler and assure hi...
German prisoners help to evacuate patients from the 26th General Hospital following its official inactivation on 14 September 1945. The 26th General Hospital was officially inactivated in Italy on14 September 1945. The 45th General Hospital was closed on 27 September 1945, and all remaining personnel...
Although it was the unit’s responsibility to fill its own ranks, considerable difficulty and concern was felt about Officer and EM replacements. Re-organization of the Hospital according toT/O 8-550T(amended and tentative issue based on T/O 8-550 dated 1 April 1942 –ed) had brought to ...
with a few others having been returned to the ZI because of illness. Some were replaced although not all losses could be compensated. Promotions resulting in change of ranks and appropriate pay were welcomed. For short period, some members were on TD while accompanying patients to the various ...
ranks and qualifications permitted, to vacancies in the 58th. Any remaining Officers were to be re-assigned by the Surgeon General’s Office. Headquarters, 58th General Hospital, was officially opened at Camp Livingston, Louisiana, at 0001, 15 January 1943, and effectively activated in compliance...
Hospital and assumed command on10 May 1944(previously CO > 9th Gen Hosp, CO > 72d Gen Hosp, CO > 228th Sta Hosp, Staff member > 5th Gen Hosp). The change in command, also included the loss of a certain number of Officers, the replacement of others, and promotions to higher ranks....
Many youngsters made sacrifices to join the ranks in an effort to fight and preserve Democracy! I joined the Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC)15 February 1943when I was 17 years of age. Having just turned 18 in April of 1943, along with my friend George Chilson, I officially entered into acti...
Corresponding Officer relative ranks (valid in the US Army) were obtained for members of the Army Nurse Corps.Nurses held the lowest Officer rank, equivalent to that of a Second Lieutenant – Chief Nurses had a rank equivalent to that of a First Lieutenant – Assistant Directors held a rank ...