10th Field Ambulance

Motor Transport Section, 10th Field Ambulance prior to embarkation AWM DAOD1731

Shoulder patch

Brief History

The 10th Field Ambulance nominally supported the 10th Brigade although it was in fact under command of the Third Division. The 10th Brigade comprised of the 37th 38th 39th and 40th Battalions.

The 10th Brigade first deployed with the 3rd Division at Messines in July 1917. For this operation the 10th Field Ambulance was based at Pont d'Achelles which was a large casualty retrieval centre.

Thirty seven men died while posted to this unit.

Patients

• Clarence Henry Batt 28 Dec 1916
• † Frederick Oliver Pierce 31 Dec 1916
• Michael Dennis O'Rourke 11 - 13 Jan 1917
• Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney 17 - 23 Jan 1917
• † Charles Stephen Haughey 30 Jan 1917
• Eric Oswald Strang 4 - 5 Feb 1917
• Donald Gordon Melville Huggins 19 Feb 1917
• † Robert Melville Salter 8 - 21 Dec 1917
• Patrick (John) Curo 11 - 14 Jun 1918
• † Thomas Hesketh 21 - 23 Jan 1918
• Frank Sugden 21 Feb 1918
• Robert Frank Bickford 22 Jun 1918
• Joseph William Smith 29 Jun 1918
• Daniel Adkins Lewis 11 Aug 1918 (WIA)
• John Aubrey Nunn MC 22 Aug 1918
• Clarence Henry Batt 8 Dec 1918
• Ernest Albert Batt 9 Dec 1918
• Lennart Birger Wilander 12 - 15 Dec 1918

Individual Honours

• 3 x Distinguished Service Order
• 6 x Military Cross
• 3 x Distinguished Conduct Medal
• 1 x Bar to Distinguished Conduct Medal
• 2 x Bar to Military Medal
• 37 x Military Medal
• 4 x Meritorious Service Medal
• 4 x Mentioned in Despatches