clwech Posted 14 June , 2018 Share Posted 14 June , 2018 Hi I have found, what looks like this job title - 'General Duty Orderly' on my great-great Uncle's Certificate of Employment during the War - he was in the 139th Field Ambulance but i don't know what this role did, please can someone enlighten me. He didn't, as far as i can find out, have any medical qualifications before he joined up in 1916. Thanks clwech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 15 June , 2018 Share Posted 15 June , 2018 Some RAMC personnel were specialists - nurses and dispensers, for example - and the rest were "general duties". This would have included stretcher bearers and what today we would call hospital porters. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clwech Posted 15 June , 2018 Author Share Posted 15 June , 2018 Thanks Ron, that's interesting as this man's brother was also in the RAMC - he was a chemists assistant and went on to become a Pharmacist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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