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advanced 15 miles (24 km) in twenty-four hours, which included eighteen hours of close-quarters fighting. Later the same month the 5th
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Landing on 24 March the 225th established their MDS in some farm buildings at the edge of the woods, and were soon treating the casualties from the landings. The German infantry pulling back from the Rhine actually marched through the farm buildings without discovering the MDS. On the afternoon 25
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by 04:00 and within half an hour the first of the brigades casualties arrived. During the morning the RACS, commander captured a German supply vehicle and located a vehicle park, which was used to supplement the unit jeeps in bringing in casualties. The fluid situation on the battlefield prevented
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and the 225th became responsible for the medical welfare of the towns 210,000 inhabitants. When the Dutch force arrived the 225th returned to
Singapore arriving on 2 May 1946. Two months later the 5th Parachute Brigade were ordered to Palestine to rejoin the 6th Airborne Division arriving on 9
417:. Leaving England at 23:45 5 June, the aircraft carrying the field ambulance troops crossed the French coast at from 01:00 the unit started landing in Normandy. Unlike other units involved that night by 02:30 most of the unit had arrived at their rendezvous, which was under German
487:. The 6th Airborne Division was ordered to advance on 12 August, and the 225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance, became responsible for collecting and evacuating all the wounded during the advance. By 27 August, the 6th Airborne Division had reached the mouth of the
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began forming, comprising three parachute infantry battalions. In keeping with
British Army practice at the same time as the infantry battalions were forming, airborne supporting arms were formed including
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some casualties from being evacuated to the MDS, and they were treated where they were by the units medics, until it was safe to move them. During the day the field ambulance was under almost constant,
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382:. The 5th Parachute Brigade landed on their own
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973:. New York, New York: Routledge.
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