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Pte. William Joseph "Will" White
Australian Infantry force 11 Field Company Australian Engineers 34th Battalion
from:61 Earl Street, Windsor, Melbourne, Australia
Will was a patient from 25.06.1917 to 30.07.1917. He had ongoing problems with haemorrhoids which were not able to be adequately addressed while he was in France at the Battle of Messines where he was seconded to 11th Field Company Australian Engineers. During this time his company was heavily shelled and suffered gas attacks.
His military record shows 'piles slit' at Southwark - presumably a sphincerectomy following the lack of success of anal dilation at Etaples. This surgery was not a success. Will was subsequently discharged as medically unfit and returned to Australia on 10.01.1918. He subsequently rejoined the Australian Infantry Force twice and had surgery in Australia.

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