Excerpt from HMAS Sydney I Medical Officer’s Log During Action with S.M.S Emden 09 November 1914 – Action with S.M.S Emden off Cocos Island – 9th November 1914
11-19 November 1914 (Excerpt 3) After a short spell, Dr. Ollerhead, Surgeon Todd, and myself, with the assistance of 3 volunteers, got the theatre cleaned up with lotions, dressings, and instruments ready, and recommenced operations. The patient was a German with a shattered right leg, which was fractured and mutilated in the middle third. The… Read more »
