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2nd Scottish General Hospital, Edinburgh was located in the former Craigleith Poorhouse, previously known as St. Cuthberts Poorhouse, an opened in 1873. In 1914 the poorhouse was been taken over by the Territorial Forces, with 1032 beds. After WW1 the 2nd Scottish became Craigleith Hospital, and in 1930 became the Western General Hospital, with 280 beds.
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List of those who served at the 2nd Scottish General Hospital, Edinburgh during The Great War
List of those who were treated at the 2nd Scottish General Hospital, Edinburgh during The Great War
- David George "Dave" Irvine 30th Battalion Read his Story.
David George "Dave" Irvine 30th Battalion
David G. Irvine embarked to join the REF Alexandria ex Hororata on June 16 1916. He disembarked in Marseilles France one week later on June 23, 1916 and less than one month later on July 20 1916 in France he sustained a major gunshot wound to his left leg and was shipped out on the hospital ship St David to England on July 21, 1916. During recovery he was admitted to the Ontario Military Hospital also known as The Orpington Hospital, in Sevenoaks Road, Orpington Kent, England on July 22, 1916. After Orpington, David was moved to the 2nd Scottish General Hospital on January 20, 1917. He returned to Australia on HMAT Euripides on September 19, 1917 and was discharged from AIF on October 16, 1917 as medically unfit.
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