21Number 3 ACCS Nine Elms, Poperinghe, Thursday, 25 April 1918
For the past week, the Germans had bombed the Australian CCS twice every night. Each time the Gothas departed within five minutes, but they dropped a terrifying number of bombs in that short time.
The CO addressed all the sisters in the mess on the morning after the third night of raids. Matron Kenny looked angry, but resigned, at his side.
‘It appears that the Boche have decided to disrupt all our hospitals. The raids are so heavy we cannot ignore them, but as he’s so punctual we can take action to alleviate the danger. Major Simmons will organise the surgery so that, unless there are complications, all operations will be completed before the German planes are overhead and no new surgical procedure will start for thirty min
