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Catalogue description Folio(s): 9-23. Name: Neil McDonald . Rank: Gunner . Unit/Battalion/Regiment: D...
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| Reference: | MH 106/2175/4 |
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| Description: |
Folio(s): 9-23. Name: Neil McDonald. Rank: Gunner. Unit/Battalion/Regiment: D Battery, 17 Division, Royal Field Artillery. Service number: 6916. Age: 28. Hospital(s): East Leeds War Hospital (Killingbeck Section); 2nd Scottish General Hospital, Edinburgh. Condition/Injury/Disease: Gunshot Wound to Chest; Tonsillitis. Details and Outcome: Patient admitted for two periods of treatment in England. Gunshot wound to right side of chest received 29/06/1916 when one of own guns exploded near Albert. Bullet became embedded in patient's heart muscle: - 'It moves with each heartbeat'. Further details given. Discharged 21/04/1917. Contains detailed sketch of patient's upper body, showing situation of perforating wound to chest and of certain other superficial wounds. Includes four medical case sheets, eight clinical charts and three lab reports. Number of Pages: 15. |
| Date: | 1916 July 2 - 1917 Apr 21 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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