Carefully stored and treasured at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra is the Medical Officer'... more Carefully stored and treasured at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra is the Medical Officer's Journal from HMAS Sydney, 1913 to 1922. This large, heavy, leather-bound book contains handwritten medical records documented by the ship's senior surgeon, Dr Leonard Darby, covering the period of World War I. There are descriptions of the conditions on the ship and medical notes regarding the sailors' health and treatment. There are accounts of on-board surgery and anaesthesia as well as detailed descriptions of the injuries and treatment of injured Australian and German sailors during the Sydney-Emden battle of 1914. HMAS Sydney was a light cruiser built in the United Kingdom and commissioned in June 1913. Darby writes proudly in the log: The HMAS Sydney is a light four funnel protected cruiser of 5600 tons with a speed of 26 knots and a complement of 410. Her armour consists of a 2"-3" iron belt which extends around the ship in varying thicknesses to the level of the lower deck. She carries 8 six inch quick firing B.L. guns and two 21 inch submerged torpedo tubes. She has 12 boilers capable of burning coal and oil fuel and is fitted with turbine engines 1 .
Carefully stored and treasured at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra is the Medical Officer'... more Carefully stored and treasured at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra is the Medical Officer's Journal from HMAS Sydney, 1913 to 1922. This large, heavy, leather-bound book contains handwritten medical records documented by the ship's senior surgeon, Dr Leonard Darby, covering the period of World War I. There are descriptions of the conditions on the ship and medical notes regarding the sailors' health and treatment. There are accounts of on-board surgery and anaesthesia as well as detailed descriptions of the injuries and treatment of injured Australian and German sailors during the Sydney-Emden battle of 1914. HMAS Sydney was a light cruiser built in the United Kingdom and commissioned in June 1913. Darby writes proudly in the log: The HMAS Sydney is a light four funnel protected cruiser of 5600 tons with a speed of 26 knots and a complement of 410. Her armour consists of a 2"-3" iron belt which extends around the ship in varying thicknesses to the level of the lower deck. She carries 8 six inch quick firing B.L. guns and two 21 inch submerged torpedo tubes. She has 12 boilers capable of burning coal and oil fuel and is fitted with turbine engines 1 .
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