Scott M.L. : Military and health.Enlisted: Captain 1916 - 1919
Military service: id 68988
LINKED MEDIA
Type of event
Specific terms.Military and health.Enlisted
Rank
Captain
Force or Unit
A.I.F. Australian Imperial Forces
Sources
Other
Source Details free text
Verco, C. et al, Blood, Sweat and Fears: medical practitioners and medical students of South Australia who served in World War I, 2014
Start date
1916
End date
1919
Short description
M L Scott was Medical Officer at the West Adelaide Military Training Area in 1911. After enlisting in 1916, he embarked from Adelaide and was appointed to the permanent surgical staff of 1 Army General Hospital at Rouen in 1917, detached to a Casualty Clearing Station at Passchendaele, and later to 5th British General Hospital. With the rank of Temporary Major, he was posted to 3 Field Ambulance in 1918 and then to 1 AGH Rouen in Command of the Surgical Division. His war experience in surgery greatly enhanced his knowledge and expertise in this field, especially the drainage & treatment of infected joints, particularly the knee joint.
