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Page 57 from Ethel Moir Diary, Vol 3

Moir, Ethel, 1918, Document
Page 57 from Ethel Moir Diary, Vol 3
Page 57 from Ethel Moir Diary, Vol 3
Page 57 from Ethel Moir Diary, Vol 3
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Page 57 from Ethel Moir Diary, Vol 3
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long after: off yest:, so went down on the van to Vertikop. The van goes down every day for our supplies - cow & black bread!
I was dropped at the 37th General & spent the afternoon there.
The 36th & 37th have each 1500 beds & are entirely for Serbs, & are staffed with English medicals, nurses & orderlies.
To-day, I was "told off" to got to Vodena with C. to fetch some Serbian laundry women! We had a nice run & enjoyed our few hours in Vodena v. much. There are no less than 6000 Serbian refugees in Vodena alone. The Sebian Relief people are doing splendid work among them, the American Red X. have also lately started on a small scale to help.
We had lunch with the American doctors & then they took us over their refugee hospital & then we went "laundry-lady" hunting & saw countless numbers of refugees of course, all wanting to come! We selected 3 & brought 'em back with us & may they prove a success!

May 4th Verbliani.
Well, our Hospital is quickly filling up. Everyday our ambulances bring in fresh cases to us. One lot of cars bring them in to us & the others take cases, ready to be moved, on to the 36th & 37th or to Vertikop to be sent by train down to Salonique. Our cases are chiefly surgical - all, at present, are Serbs, except one - a Turkish

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1918
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20.4 x 19.0 cm
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection