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Old 13-03-17, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by RCN View Post
Examples of WWII & post WWII period SBA rates.
© IWM (A 22970)Sick Berth Attendant Peter Lyall of Glasgow,


AMPUTATION SAVES SEAMAN'S LIFE. 26 APRIL 1944, ROSYTH. THE LIFE OF A SEAMAN WAS SAVED RECENTLY WHEN A NAVAL SURGEON OPERATED ON HIM ON THE DECK OF THE MERCHANT SHIP WHERE HE WAS INJURED. WORKING IN THE LIGHT OF TWO HASTILY RIGGED ELECTRIC LIGHTS, THE DOCTOR GAVE BLOOD-TRANSFUSIONS AND AMPUTATED THE SEAMAN'S ARM.Sick Berth Attendant Peter Lyall of Glasgow, who assisted the doctor with the operation


© IWM (A 429)Sick Berth Steward takes the temperature of a man in the Sick Bay.HMS Kelvin,Aug.1940.
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