Annabel Astbury's Profile

As it will be necessary from time to time to allude to the component
parts of the Ambulance, it may be as well to describe how an ambulance
is made up. It is composed of three sections, known as A, B, and C, the
total of all ranks being 254 on a war strength. It is subdivided into
Bearer, Tent and Transport Divisions. Each section has its own
officers, and is capable of acting independently. Where there is an
extended front, it is frequently desirable to detach sections and send
them to positions where the work is heaviest.

Together with British troops, the
ANZAC forces had been kept in Egypt because of unsuitable training
facilities in England and, later, to help protect the Suez Canal,
following Turkey’s entry into the war in October 1914.