The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War 1914-1918
21. Sudden Deaths
21. Sudden Deaths.
In the event of a sudden death occurring outside a medical unit, when sufficient evidence is not forthcoming as to the cause of death, the body is to be sent to a C.C.S. for post-mortem examination.
R.M.Os. will forward the body together with all particulars available as to the cause of death, to the Field Ambulance. Os.C. Field Ambulances will arrange the transport of the body to the C.C.S.