Postcard
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| Object Name: | Postcard |
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| Title: | Official Next of Kin Notification - Hospitalization |
| Category: | Other Documents |
| Accession Number: | 2023.1030 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1917-04-26 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1917-04-26 |
| Description: | Official Notification to Next of Kin of Soldiers hospitalization, Address of Ward along with patient name and details on side addressed to next of kin, Railway instructions for visiting patients on reverse. TO BE SENT TO NEXT OF KIN, TO WHOM IT WILL SERVE AS THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION (Army Form W. 3229) Ward Bristol 11:30 p.m. I have just arrived at Red Maids Section, 2nd. Southern General. hospital at Westbury-on-Trym. Bristol. (The name and place of the hospital are not to be filled in by the soldier.) Name Drv Bourinot J. Regiment 36th Batt Canadian Field Artillery Regtl. No. 301255 ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE. ADDRESS. Mr. J.C. Bourinot, M.P.P. Port Hawkesbury Nova Scotia, Canada Please do not visit without first communicating with the O.C. 2nd. Southern General Hospital Railway Facilities for visiting Soldier's in Hospital in the United Kingdom. Free Warrants. - If the soldier is in a grave condition, the Medical Officer in Charge of the Hospital is authorised to issue a Free Railway Warrant to one relation to visit him, provided that the relation is not in a position to pay the fare. Should the Medical Officer in Charge of the Hospital telegraph to the next-of-kin ro proceed to the hospital without delay, a refund of the cost of the railway fare will be made under the condition laid down in para. 1. Cheap Tickets - Medical Officers in Charge of Hospitals are authorised to issue Vouchers for Cheap Tickets, which allow the double journey at the single fare, to soldiers' relations under the following conditions :- A. That the journey is not less than 30 miles in the outward direction. B. That tickets will be issued for not more than two adults, or one adult and two children under 12. Only one visit is allowed in each case, unless the Medical Officer in Charge of the Hospital should consider a second visit desirable. N.B. - Applications for Vouchers should be addressed to the Medical Officers-in-Charge of Hospitals, to whose discretion the issue is entirely left. As soldiers are frequently moved to outlying hosptials, relatives should not visit till they have made sure that the soldier has not been moved. |
| Length: | 8 cm |
| Width: | 14 cm |
| Institution: |
Strait Area Museum
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| Institution City: | Port Hastings |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |