Wallet 1 of 1 – Interview with Surgeon-General Charles Snodgrass Ryan regarding the Australian Army Medical Corps, 1919

Places	Africa: Egypt Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Anzac Beach Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Shrapnel Gully Area, Shrapnel Gully
Accession Number	AWM2020.22.104
Collection number	1DRL/0560
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Folder
Item count	1
Object type	Papers
Physical description	7 Image/s captured
Maker	Butler, Arthur Graham Ryan, Charles Snodgrass
Place made	United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made	1919
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Source credit to	This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of 78 Private Arthur James Adams, 13 Field Ambulance, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916.

Wallet 1 of 1 – Interview with Assistant-Director of Medical Services Charles Snodgrass Ryan, relating to his World War One service with the Australian Army Medical Corps in Alexandria and at Gallipoli, carried out in March 1919.

The folder consists of a transcript of a narrative interview of Ryan by Arthur Graham Butler.

The interview includes Ryan’s journey to Egypt on the HMAT Orvieto, including a stop at Columbo and four cases of appendicitis, the levels of venereal disease in Egypt and the reluctance of General William Daniel Campbell Williams to provide preventative measures. Included are descriptions of the Gallipoli Peninsula on the 25th of April and working at a casualty clearing station (CCS) on the Peninsula. Also draws attention to the division of authority between the Navy and Military [Army] and logistical planning.