64 Matters of Interest Their Work with Enthusiasm and Took Pride in It~ Quality. I Feel, Therefore, That 1 Must Share Y~Mr Kind Congratulations Witp Them
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J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-97-01-10 on 1 July 1951. Downloaded from 64 Matters of Interest their work with enthusiasm and took pride in it~ quality. I feel, therefore, that 1 must share y~mr kind congratulations witp them. This is especially so in the case of Major Frank Ship, who was my Deputy at that time, and who is now an Orthopcedic Surgeon in the Leahy Clinic in Boston. _ A few years ago I entered political life. I represent Regina City in the Federal House and am now Parliamentary Assistant to the Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of National Health and Welfare, a position which I find very interesting. Thanking you once more for your kind reference to my work. Sincerely, E. A. MCCUSKER, M.P ... ' Parliamentary Assistant . • Matters of Interest guest. Protected by copyright. HONOURS AND AWARDS WE read with particular pleasure of recent honours bestowed on officers of the Medical Services. Captain C. W. Bowen, RA.M.C., RM.O. to the 1st Battalion the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, has been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in action in Korea. Captain Bowen is a recalled reservist. In the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Major-General F. Harris, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., M.B., K.H.S., late RA.M.C., Major-General W. E. Tyndall, c.B., C.B.E., M.C., M.B., D.P.H., late RA.M.C., and Brigadier Dame Anne Thomson, D.B.E., RR.C" K.H.N.S., Q.A.RA.N.C., have been appointed Officers and Major S. Mackenzie, O.B.E., RA.M.C., has been appointed a Brother. Brigadier J. C. Collins, until recentlyD.M.S., Far East Land Forces, has been http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ promoted from Officer to Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Captain G. C. Smart, RA.M.C., who is a staff-captain (hygiene) in Malaya, receives the M.B.E. Three officers were Mentioned for services in Malaya between July and December 1950: Major J. H. Bennett, M.B., RA.M.C.: who is a D.A.D.A.H. in Malaya; Major T. F. Jouning, TD., RA.M.C., the Registrar of a hospital; and Captain J. T. Rowling, M.B., RA.M.C., a National Service officer who is a surgeon with afield surgical team, on September 24, 2021 by AN ACT OF GALLANTRY LIEUTENANT G. ANDERSON, M.B., RA.M.C., who is employed at the B.T.A. Training Centre, was conducting the normal sick parade at 1700 hours on March .28, 1951, when he received a message from the Zirbitz Weather Station that the J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-97-01-10 on 1 July 1951. Downloaded from lvIatters of Interest 65 official in charge was seriously ill. On finishing his parade, Lieutenant Anderson set out with an Austrian mountain guide and a gendarme to answer the call. The Weather Station is at the top of Zirbitzkogel (2,394 metres). The climb to this peak even in daylight and with good weather conditions is considered to be the stiffest in the .area. When Lieutenant Anderson and h~s companions set out the light was failing and the weather conditions, which had been· bad all day, were deteriorating. There was also a danger of avalanches. The guide lost the way in the blizzard which was blowing at the time, and the party was in danger of becoming casualties from exposure. Luckily they happened upon the cross which marks the summit, a few metres from the Weather Station hut. Lieutenant Anderson was fully aware of the difficulties and danger of the climb, but although he had learned to ski only this winter he faced them unhesitatingly. RENAMING OF HOSPITAL THE British Military Hospital, Malta, has been renamed "the David Bruce Military Hospital, Imtarfa," in honour of that distinguished officer of the guest. Protected by copyright. Royal Army Medical Corps who did so much work in Malta on undulant fever~ This follows the renaming of the Army Vaccine Laboratory as the David Bruce Laboratory;. APPOINTMENTS COLONEL R S. DICKIE, M.B., late RA.M.C., has been appointed Civil Defence Instructor at the Civil Defence School in Perthshire. Colonel K. McN eill has been posted from the Q.A. Military Hospital to 3 Infantry Division as A.D.M.S. Lieut.-Colonel A. N. T. Meneces, C.B.E., D.S.a., F.RC.P., has been appointed Consulting Physician, Royal Army Medical College. This appoint http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ ment carries the rank of Colonel. Colonel D. Gordon Cheyne has been appointed as the medical representative to the Joint Intelligence Bureau in place of Major A. B. Dick who has joined the Senior Course at the RA.M.College. RETIREMENTS MAJOR-GENERAL W. E. TYNDALL, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., M.B., D.P.H., retired on January 28, 1951, after serving in the Army for over thirty-six years. He was on September 24, 2021 by commissioned in the RA.M.C. at the beginning of the first World War, when he saw service with the B.E.F. Between the wars he served in ~ndia, Germany (where he was D.A.D.P.), West Africa and China, with periods in the United Kingdom, when he held appointments as Instructor at the Chemical Warfare School, Winterbourne Gunner and as Officer in charge, RA.M.College Vaccine J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-97-01-10 on 1 July 1951. Downloaded from 66 Matters of Interest Department. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was Training Officer (Anti-Gas) at the Depot, and subsequently bec~me D.D.M.S. G.H.Q. Home Forces and laterD.D.G. AM.S. (Ops.) auhe War Office. In 1945 he went to the Far East as D.M.S. AL.F.S.E.A and returned in 1948 to take up his last Army ilPpointment as D.D.M.S. Southern Command. He was a member of the Hart gill Committee on Re-organisation of the Medical Services and chairman of the Committee on Future Conditions of Service for Non-Medical Officers of " the R.AM.C. Our good wishes go with him in his retirement. Brigadier H. T. Findlay, M.B., B.Ch., D.P.H., retired on April 30, 1951. He had been seconded to the Ministry of Defence since 1949 when he relinquished the appointment of Director of Pathology at the War Office. He was com missioned in the R.A.M.C. in 1915 and served in U.K., the Irish Free State, France and Belgium. After the first World War he was stationed in West Africa and India and at home was in charge of the Vaccine Department at the College. He ,also held appointments as D.AD.M.S. and D.AD.P. Early in the '1939-45 War he became O.C. Emergency Vaccine Laboratory and later went to the Middle East as D.D.P. He was appointed Director of Pathology at the end of 1946. He continues to take an active part in pathological work in the'Public guest. Protected by copyright. Health Laboratory Service. , Major-General O. W. McSheehy, C.B., D.S.a., a.B.E., M.R.C.P., has relinquished the appointment of Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Army Medical Corps and Major-General J.'C. A Dowse, G.B., C.B.E." M.C., M.B., has been appointed in the vacancy thus made. Colonel L. Handy, late R.A.M.C., who commands the Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, having reached the age limit for retirement is retained on the Active List supernumerary to establishment. PROMOTION http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ LIEUTENANT-CPLONEL H. E. KNOTT, a.BE., M.D., who is Commandant of the Army School of Health, has been promoted to Colonel. CASUALTIES We have learnt with great regret of the following casualties amongst R.A.M.C. officers in Korea: Capt. A M. Ferrie-reported mlssmg January 3/4, 1951, at Chaegunchyon, believed P.o.W. on September 24, 2021 by Capt. R. P. Hickey-reported missing April 25, 1951, South Bank of River Imjin, believed P.o.W. Capt. T. Dungavel-wounded April 25, 1951, south of River Imjin. Capt; D. R. Patchett-reported missing in Korea, April 29, 1951, believed P.o.W. J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-97-01-10 on 1 July 1951. Downloaded from fv!atters of Interest 67 THE 50TH SENIOR OFFICERS' COURSE-ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE' This commenced on Monday, April 23, 1951-the following Officers formed the class for this course: PINo. Substantive 'Rank Name 122729 T /Lt.-Col. Lamb, W. R. 87858 Major Dick, A. B. 73561 Major Dunkerton, C, H, H 112038 Major Gray, R J. 225719 Major, Reald, 1. N. S, 87778 Major Rooper, F. J. \V. 125327 Major McLaughlin, l H. 90097 Major _Topping, R A. R. 380060 T/Major Brown, J. A. H. 270069 T/Major Voller, J. J. Burma Army Lt.-Col. Latchmapathy Burma Army Capt. Bla Ran Pakistan A.M.C. Lt.-Col. S.M.Q. Ruda Arab Legion Dr. Abu Gosh R.C.A.M.C. Major Edwards, L. H ZM: 2313 guest. Protected by copyright. EXCHANGE OF RA.M.C. OFFICERS WITH THE U.S. MEDICAL CORPS IN 1950 it was agreed with the Surgeon General of the U.S. Medical Corps that there would be an exchange Of specialists between the RA.M.C.