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Annual sick returns and reports: hospitals abroad: Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope, Sierra...
Catalogue reference: WO 334/17
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This record is about the Annual sick returns and reports: hospitals abroad: Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope, Sierra... dating from 1847 Apr-1848 Aug in the series War Office: Army Medical Department: Returns and Reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1847 Apr-1848 Aug
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Annual sick returns and reports: hospitals abroad: Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Gold Coast, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, Perth, Norfolk Island, New Zealand and Fort Gary (North America) (April 1847-March 1848). With plans
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Volume 291
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WO 334
War Office: Army Medical Department: Returns and Reports
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