Title: Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy

Author: McKinney, J. B.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1952, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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6 Field Ambulance Moves North

Sixth Field Ambulance moved north from Athens on 26 and 27 March, after spending a few days in Hymettus camp. Some went by road, others by rail in goods waggons and cattle trucks—some saw the inside of the same trucks again later as prisoners of war. At the time of the field ambulance's arrival in Katerine, the New Zealand Division was preparing to hold a line south of the Aliakmon River and also constructing defensive positions in the Olympus Pass. For a few days the men of 6 Field Ambulance were billetted in the cinema and school, and made the acquaintance of Katerine's narrow, cobbled streets and tiny café bars.