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Title
Springthorpe medical diary of the war, 1914-1920, with addenda, 1926 / John William Springthorpe
Creator
John William Springthorpe, 1883-1931
Call number
MLMSS 1709
Level of description
fonds
Date

1914-1926
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
897720
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Physical Description
0.02 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript, carbon typescript, typescript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Springthorpe, a physician of Melbourne, Victoria was born in Stafford, England. He was 60 years when he embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A55 Kyarra, 28 Nov. 1914. He was Senior Physician at 2nd Australian General Hospital in Egypt in 1915. In January 1916 he accompanied wounded soldiers to Melbourne, returning to Egypt later in 1916. He went to England 16 Oct. 1916 to work in English hospitals and study treatment of war neuroses cases. He returned to Australia on HT Nestor, 12 Dec. 1918 and was demobilised in Melbourne in 1919
Scope and Content
Includes medical extracts from diary, 1914-1919, with notes of his post war work for returned soldiers suffering from war neuroses, 1926, reports on medical matters 1915-1920, with a report on French methods of dealing with war neuroses 1918, and letters 1915-1920
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder<br>
General note

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Digital order no:Album ID : 997872
Name
Kyarra (ship)
Nestor (ship)
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--Australia.
World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals--England
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