Type of event
Specific terms.Military and health.Served
Force or Unit
R.A.M.C. Royal Army Medical Corps
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
Short description
L J Pellew applied for a commission with the Royal Army Medical Corps at the outbreak of World War I and left for England with his wife and family in May 1915. He joined the RAMC at that time and was posted to France to the 21st Casualty Clearing Station where he was quickly recognised to be a capable surgeon. He was Mentioned in Dispatches.
