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Cacolet AWM J02848
Cacolet may refer to: * Camel cacolet, for field transport of wounded soldiers * Mule cacolet, ditto *''Cacolet'', journal of the Australian Camel Field Ambulance (see Australian Army Medical Units, World War I) *''Tricoche et Cacolet'', a notable 19th Century French fictional detective team *Caçolet, meaning cassoulet {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Horse Field Ambulance
A light horse field ambulance was an Australian World War I military unit whose purpose was to provide medical transport and aid to the wounded and sick soldiers of an Australian Light Horse brigade. Typically a Lieutenant Colonel commanded each ambulance. All officers of the ambulance were medical doctors or surgeons. Dental units were often attached to the ambulance as well. An ambulance consisted of two sections, the Mobile and the Immobile. The Mobile Section travel with its brigade into combat, where it would establish a Dressing Station. It use stretchers or carts to retrieve the wounded and transport them to the Dressing Station. The Immobile Section established and operated a Receiving Station, which received the wounded the Dressing Station sent on. The ambulance's surgeons would operate on the wounded at the Receiving Station. From the Receiving Station, the sick and wounded would go first to the Casualty Clearing Station and ultimately to a Base Hospital. Transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mounted Search And Rescue
Mounted search and rescue (MSAR) is a specialty within search and rescue (SAR), using horses as search partners and for transportation to search for missing persons. SAR responders on horseback are primarily a search resource, but also can provide off-road logistics support and transportation. Mounted SAR responders can in some terrains move faster on the ground than a human on foot, can transport more equipment, and may be physically less exhausted than a SAR responder performing the same task on foot. Mounted SAR responders typically have longer initial response times than ''groundpounder'' SAR resources, due to the time required to pick up trailer, horse(s), and perhaps also water, feed, and equipment. Organization Principally volunteer units exist in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Iceland. In the United States, many counties have specially deputized, usually volunteer, mounted search and rescue groups. Some of these groups date from World War II. Acr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Army Medical Units, World War I
The following is a list of Australian Army medical units in World War I. Field Ambulance 1st Division (Australia) * 1st Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales) * 2nd Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria) * 3rd Australian Field Ambulance 2nd Division (Australia) * 5th Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales) * 6th Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria) * 7th Australian Field Ambulance 3rd Division (Australia) * 9th Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales) * 10th Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria) * 11th Australian Field Ambulance (South Australia) 4th Division (Australia) * 4th Australian Field Ambulance * 12th Australian Field Ambulance * 13th Australian Field Ambulance 5th Division (Australia) * 8th Australian Field Ambulance (NSW) * 14th Australian Field Ambulance * 15th Australian Field Ambulance 6th Division (Only partially formed, and was disbanded prior to completion of assembly.) * 16th Australian Field Ambulance * 17th Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
