PJS Posted 4 August , 2019 Share Posted 4 August , 2019 (edited) I have transcribed the war diary of the Hospital Ship VITA for the period June 1, 1917 to January 6, 1919. If you are interested, you can download it here: https://chilp.it/90e5784 From it I have created a nominal roll which is at the end of the transcription. However, I could not find any information on the following people who were listed. If anyone can shed any light on any of them I would very much appreciate it. INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE: Capt. R E DADACHANJI Sub-Assistant Surgeon C K KESAVELUNAID Sub-Assistant Surgeon NALDU ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS: Capt. W C SMITH Pte. I H CRISS* Cpl. I DWYER 46268 *Probably transcribed wrong, see below: A.A.N.S. Nurses: Sister CHAPMAN* *I found at least four possibles but no definitive link to the right one. Q.A.M.N.S.I. Nurses: Sister OVER Sister M McINTOSH Sister D HUNT (There is a separate forum thread on these ladies) S.A.M.N.S. Nurses: Probationer Nurse Miss L FINLAYSON St John’s Ambulance Nurses: Temporary Nurse PINTO Unclassified Nurses: Nursing Sister E BELSTON Staff Nurse Miss E BERT Temporary Nurse Mrs ANDERSON Temporary Nurse N FITZGERALD Army Chaplains: Father COULES Father GENTILIS Reverend Capt. H WILLINGTON St John’s Ambulance Personnel: Pte TWIDALE Pte POWER Pte TURNER Peter Edited 4 August , 2019 by PJS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 4 August , 2019 Share Posted 4 August , 2019 Very interesting. Chaplain H Willington is Henry Wellington, Church of England C.F. Father Coules is Rev. T.F. Coules, Roman Catholic C.F. 4th class {possibly Thomas Coules, Priest in West Ham, Essex, in 1911 census}. Regards, Alf McM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJS Posted 4 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 4 August , 2019 5 minutes ago, alf mcm said: Very interesting. Chaplain H Willington is Henry Wellington, Church of England C.F. Father Coules is Rev. T.F. Coules, Roman Catholic C.F. 4th class {possibly Thomas Coules, Priest in West Ham, Essex, in 1911 census}. Regards, Alf McM Thank you Alf. Where did you find them? I went through this on Ancestry but didn't see either of them (which doesn't mean they're not there). Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 4 August , 2019 Share Posted 4 August , 2019 Sub Assistant Surgeon Naldu is probably Senior Sub Assistant Surgeon R.G. Naldo {from 1918 Indian Army List} Regards, Alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 4 August , 2019 Share Posted 4 August , 2019 I have a copy of lists of Chaplains from various Army Lists from 1914-1918 {1 list per year}. Can't remember where I got it from, but it's very useful and easy to read. Regards, Alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 5 August , 2019 Share Posted 5 August , 2019 Peter, Sister Chapman is Nellie Rain Morrice Chapman, according to her service records. Private I.H. Criss looks like J.H. Cross. Can’t find a J.H. Cross in the medal rolls, but there are a few J. Cross’s. Regards, Alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJS Posted 5 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 5 August , 2019 44 minutes ago, alf mcm said: Peter, Sister Chapman is Nellie Rain Morrice Chapman, according to her service records. Private I.H. Criss looks like J.H. Cross. Can’t find a J.H. Cross in the medal rolls, but there are a few J. Cross’s. Regards, Alf Alf, Where did you see VITA in Sister Chapman's Service Record? I looked through them here and couldn't see anything definitive. Page 27 seems to indicate that she was in London around the time the VITA logs show that "Sister Chapman" left the VITA (July 14, 1917). The log implies that she was being treated here, (which is quite interesting in itself). I tried Criss, Cross, Cruss and since none of them worked out, I just left it at Criss. You're probably right that it's Pte. J Cross. I will update it in the document. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 5 August , 2019 Share Posted 5 August , 2019 (edited) Indian Army List Feb 1917 He is Rustim Edulji Dadachanji MB, made temp Captain wef 21/8/16 (Indian Medical Gazette Sep 1918) Not to be confused with RK or KK Dadachanji ! Edited 5 August , 2019 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJS Posted 5 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 5 August , 2019 Thank you Charlie. Did you find that on FMP or archive.org? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 5 August , 2019 Share Posted 5 August , 2019 (edited) I've tweeked post and put link to Indian Medical Gazette KESAVELUNAID Cannot see this man - are you sure of spelling ? Edited 5 August , 2019 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf mcm Posted 5 August , 2019 Share Posted 5 August , 2019 Peter, I seem to have mis-read the record you mention above, apologies for this. On page 8 {and 27}, in the last row I have mistaken 'Retd' for 'Vita'. In the row above 'Deta' is mentioned, which I assumed was 'Delta', mentioned in the war diary. She was certainly bound for Cairo/Bombay as shown in the row above. It's difficult to reconcile her service records with the war diary, but there seems to be a lot of co-incidences. I found 2 other possible nurses, Eva Helen Chapman and Agns Craig Chapman, but their service records rule them out. I wonder if the date she was admitted to Southwell Gardens was 25/7/17. I must admit I don't quite understand the maeaning of the dates and comments under 'period of service in each rank'. The Southwell Hospital details are interesting. Regards, Alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJS Posted 5 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 5 August , 2019 1 hour ago, charlie962 said: I've tweeked post and put link to Indian Medical Gazette KESAVELUNAID Cannot see this man - are you sure of spelling ? Thanks for the tweak! I think it's actually KESAVELUNAIDU but you can see for yourself below: Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJS Posted 5 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 5 August , 2019 1 hour ago, alf mcm said: Peter, I seem to have mis-read the record you mention above, apologies for this. On page 8 {and 27}, in the last row I have mistaken 'Retd' for 'Vita'. In the row above 'Deta' is mentioned, which I assumed was 'Delta', mentioned in the war diary. She was certainly bound for Cairo/Bombay as shown in the row above. It's difficult to reconcile her service records with the war diary, but there seems to be a lot of co-incidences. I found 2 other possible nurses, Eva Helen Chapman and Agns Craig Chapman, but their service records rule them out. I wonder if the date she was admitted to Southwell Gardens was 25/7/17. I must admit I don't quite understand the maeaning of the dates and comments under 'period of service in each rank'. The Southwell Hospital details are interesting. Regards, Alf Alf, I do agree that there are a lot of coincidences with her record and you may very well be right about the dates, I will take another look at her record. The 3 other nurses I found were: Agnes Craig Chapman Eva Helen Chapman Joan Olive Isabel Chapman But each of them seem to be disqualified: Agnes Craig Chapman: Page 10 Eva Helen Chapman: Page 11 J. O. I. Chapman: Page 13 Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJS Posted 10 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 10 August , 2019 Possibly Nurse PINTO of St John's Ambulance (from one of my GF's photo albums, caption on the Photo is "SJA Native Section" ): Also, I updated the PDF based on all the input above this post. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 11 August , 2019 Share Posted 11 August , 2019 Peter - the AANS Nurse was Agnes Craig Chapman - she was transferred to the hospital ship Vita for temporary duty on the 10/5/1917: Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJS Posted 11 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 11 August , 2019 Excellent. Thank You. Obviously, I should have kept going to page 32 of her service record. PDF has been updated. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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