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This edition of JMVH focuses on training within the Defence environment. Contributions are international and of international standard. The edition begins with an overall paper by Leggat, Aitken and Seidl regarding the context of postgraduate education for health professionals in the Defence environment. This places the background for the more specific papers regarding important though more narrow aspects of Defence Health… Read more »
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This edition of the Journal is given over to the publication of the abstracts from a highly successful Association Annual Scientific Conference held on the Gold Coast at the end of October 2009. Around 50 papers were read from a wide range of international and local speakers ranging across all the health professions. A full conference report precedes the abstracts, highlighting the… Read more »
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Billy Bacon couldn’t outrun the German machine gun bullets, although his actions saved the lives of two of his fellow diggers. I have just returned from seeing ‘Beneath Hill 60’, which details the story of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Division and the mining of the Messine Ridge in Belgium in 1916. This excellent Australian movie captures some of the feel of… Read more »
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Editorial – Baros of Sirovi I have just returned to Perth after a month on board USNS Mercy as part of Pacific Partnership 2015. In Bougainville, near the port of Kieta, a group of Australians from the ship had the opportunity to clean-up and refurbish a World War 2 memorial monument to Baros of Sirovi…. Read more »
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This issue will probably be arriving in people’s letter boxes just as we are preparing to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 1914. The battles fought in Gallipoli, northern Africa and the Western Front, at sea and in the air, would cement the ANZACs reputation as a fighting force and… Read more »
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As we move into 2015, we have a unique opportunity to look back to the origins of Australian Defence Force health services 100 years ago, the changes in Defence healthcare in the intervening years and where we might expect to go into the future. The fundamentals of conflicts and wars themselves have changed – from… Read more »
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As we completed the final touches on the September 2014 Journal, I was fortunate to receive an e-mail from Michael Dowsett, one of the former Directors General Naval Health Service, who reminded that it was the 100th Anniversary of an important Navy health event from the beginning on the First World War. A short summary… Read more »
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As we move closer to the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War, I am constantly reminded of the sacrifices made by our ancestors to fight that war. In this issue, the Journal has reprinted the HMAS Sydney’s Medical Officer’s log for 09 November 1914 as she battled the SMS Emden near the Cocos Islands. In keeping with this World War 1 theme, this issue has two excellent articles on the challenges of Army recruiting during the war and on the formation of medical units in response to the epidemic in the Palestine in 1918. Further articles on World War I will be published in future issues.
This issue also looks at the management of mid-facial fractures, mental distress in military personnel and the history of tuberculosis, a disease that has plagued conflict and humanitarian assistance situations, in two parts.
As Editor, I continue to look for relevant and interesting papers, both academic and operational, for future issues. I encourage all our readers to consider publishing in JMVH in your area of expertise or interest.
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Just over a hundred years ago, on 28th February 1914, the E class submarines HMAS AE1, captained by LCDR T. F. Besant, RN, and HMAS AE2, captained by LCDR H. H. G. D. Stoker, RN, were commissioned in Portsmouth, England. Both submarines had been laid down in Vickers Yard, Barrow-in-Furness, England, with AE1 being launched… Read more »
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During the recent Australasian Military Medicine Association (AMMA) conference in Adelaide in early November, I was fortunate to stumble upon a nearby antiquarian bookshop, where I found a copy of Surgeon Rear-Admiral T.T. Jeans “Reminiscences of a Naval Surgeon”, where he details his career as a naval medical officer and surgeon between 1895 and 1925…. Read more »
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Sixty-eight years ago, on 15 August 1945, hostilities with Japan officially ended at 12 noon. When His Royal Highness Duke of Gloucester made the announcement in Canberra, three flags were flown. They were the flag raised by Australian troops at Villiers Bretonneux in the First World War, the flag worn by HMAS SYDNEY when she… Read more »
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On the 21 July 1919, the RMO of 30th Battalion AIF, Captain Gordon Robertson demobilised after returning to Australia on the Leicestershire on 21 June 1919. Post demobilisation, he took up a station near Tumblong, New South Wales, where he built his new home. He set up a medical practice in nearby Gundagai, becoming a… Read more »
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On the 30 July 1918, the RMO of 57th Battalion AIF, Captain Gordon Robertson, wrote to the CO of 57th Battalion re “Health of Men”. In his report, he states: “Since the last report on the health of the men we have been in reserve in the FRANVILLIERS line where the men were not under… Read more »
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The theme for this Edition is the history of developments in military medicine. As I was preparing for this Edition, I was reminded of some letters that I had from my great-uncle, Captain Gordon O. Robertson, who was the Regimental Medical Officer for the 57th Battalion, A.I.F. in 1918. On the 10th July 1918, he… Read more »
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Welcome to 2012, which promises to be another challenging year, with the London Olympics and the ‘end of the world’ planned. Let’s hope the latter joins the ranks of previous predictions and the 2013 Editorial is being prepared around this time in 12 months. This issue brings together the abstracts of the varied and excellent… Read more »
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The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) has just completed successfully in Perth with the joint assistance of the Australian Government, Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Western Australian State Government. While the considerable capabilities of the ADF did not need to be seriously tested, the planning from all agencies ensured a smooth and trouble-free… Read more »
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Over sixty years ago, at 4 AM on 25 June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. Australian forces were committed rapidly, with the Australian Government sending HMAS Shoalhaven and HMAS Bataan to assist on 29 June, No. 77 Mustang Fighter Squadron on 30 June and 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on 26 July 1950. Welcome… Read more »
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As I write this Editorial, I am on a flight to Port Hedland and am once again reminded of the size of this country, its often harsh environmental conditions and the ongoing challenges in defending it. This Edition further develops a number of those themes, from historical military challenges to operational clinical management and mental… Read more »
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Billy Bacon couldn’t outrun the German machine gun bullets, although his actions saved the lives of two of his fellow diggers. I have just returned from seeing ‘Beneath Hill 60’, which details the story of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Division and the mining of the Messine Ridge in Belgium in 1916. This excellent Australian movie… Read more »
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This edition of JMVH focuses on training within theDefence environment.Contributions are international and of international standard.The edition begins with an overall paper by Leggat,Aitken and Seidl regarding the context of postgraduate education for health professionals in the Defence environment. This places the background for the more specific papers regarding important though more narrow aspects of… Read more »
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