Dates | City/Town | Location | Unit | Description |
Sat 23 Oct 1943 |
Taranto | Docks and Railway Station | 19 CCS | 19 CCS Landed in Taranto after 4-day voyage from Bizerte in Tunisia |
Sun 24 Oct 1943 |
Taranto | 70 Gen Hospital, Taranto, located in a one-time sanatorium three miles outside the town. | X (2) List | Sick leave for 8 days |
Mon 2 Nov 1943 |
Foggia | Fondazione Maria Grazia Barone, Foggia | 19 CCS | RPM rejoined 19 CCS in Foggia |
Sat 14 Nov 1943 |
Termoli | Seminary, Piazza Sant Antonio, Termoli. (was handed over to 50 Gen Hosp) |
19 CCS | RPM in advance party to Termoli (with NAAFI supplies) – main unit moved on Mon 16 Nov 43 |
Sat 29 Jan 1944 |
Campobasso | Unspecified buildings | 19 CCS | A quiet period. RPM stayed a week after the unit moved on “to look after the Sisters”. |
Wed 29 Mar 1944 |
Presenzano | In camp: probably on the plain below the village. | 19 CCS | Treating the injured from Monte Cassino |
Sat 6 May 1944 |
Naples, Vasto, Bari and Vis (Yugoslavia) |
Various – 25 FTU was a mobile unit. | 25 FTU | Posted via BTU Naples as officer commanding 25 FTU |
Fri 18 Aug 1944 |
Bari | Various in the Bari area | 5 BTU | Working directly for 5 BTU running a bleeding team in AAF bases in the Bari area. |
Wed 27 Sep 1944 |
Rimini | Miramare di Rimini, ex- Ospedale Bolognese, TCI 1935-6 1:200,000 Map Sheet 12 Ref R9094 probably in the block that now includes AUSL Romagna – Sede Miramare |
15 FTU | Officer Commanding 15 FTU, attached initially to 1 CCS |
Sun 22 Oct 1944 |
Sant Archangelo | School, badly shelled and bombed TCI 1935-6 1:200,000 Map Sheet 12 Ref R7598 |
15 FTU | Supporting 5 CCS |
Wed 1 Nov 1944 |
Cesena | Working in the Town Civil Hospital, badly shelled and bombed TCI 1935-6 1:200,000 Map Sheet 12 Ref M6007 |
15 FTU | Supporting 5 CCS |
Mon 27 Nov 1944 |
Forli | Working in a modern building, previously used as orphanage, little damage, next to the convent of San Domenico | 15 FTU | Supporting 5 CCS |
Wed 28 Mar 1945 |
Ravenna | TCI 1935-6 1:200,000 Map Sheet 12 Ref M5638 | 3 FTU | Officer Commanding Supporting 9 Ind CCS. |
Sun 15 Apr 1945 |
Rimini | Miramare di Rimini, ex- Ospedale Bolognese. (See Rimini above) |
66 (Br) Gen Hosp | GDMO, rising to Graded Physician on 26 Sep 1945. |
Wed 31 Oct 1945 |
UK | Belfast and possibly London | Leave | One month’s leave in UK |
Thu 6 Dec 1945 |
Rimini | Miramare di Rimini | 66 (Br) Gen Hosp | Returned from Leave |
Thu 31 Jan 1946 |
Italy | Departed to return to UK |
RPM = Captain Patrick Maybin
CCS = Casualty Clearing Station
BTU = Base (Blood) Transfusion Unit
FTU = Field (Blood) Transfusion Unit
GDMO = General Duties Medical Officer