George cross recipient. Early in the morning of 1st October 1918, a serious fire broke out at the No 36 Casualty Clearing Station in Rousbrugge. At the time some of the patients were undergoing operations. The first intimation of danger in the theatres was the lights going out, accompanied by volumes of smoke, and almost immediately the wooden walls burst into flames. Sisters Gertrude Carlin and Gladys White, along with Fraser, assisted in carrying the unconscious patients to safety, and then returned to the burning building to assist in retrieving the other patients. During this time the ether bottles and nitrous oxide cylinders were exploding, filling the air with fumes and flying fragments of steel.
George cross recipient. Early in the morning of 1st October 1918, a serious fire broke out at the No 36 Casualty Clearing Station in Rousbrugge. At the time some of the patients were undergoing operations. The first intimation of danger in the theatres was the lights going out, accompanied by volumes of smoke, and almost immediately the wooden walls burst into flames. Sisters Gertrude Carlin and Gladys White, along with Fraser, assisted in carrying the unconscious patients to safety, and then returned to the burning building to assist in retrieving the other patients. During this time the ether bottles and nitrous oxide cylinders were exploding, filling the air with fumes and flying fragments of steel.
Bio by: Paul Barnett
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