The video for this story about First World War doctor Jessie Scott screened on Newshub on 25 April 2017.
Dr Jessie Scott faced trying and hazardous conditions serving on the Serbian and Russian front lines during the First World War. A member of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service, Jessie served in Serbia in 1915, tending to wounded Serbian and British soldiers until she became an Austrian prisoner of war. She was eventually released and returned to her work, this time on the Russian front lines in Romania. After the war, Jessie was awarded the Order of St Sava, third class, for her work with the Serbian army.
Primary Sources
- 'Captured by enemy', Otago Witness, 16 February 1916, p. 51 (PapersPast)
Further Information
- Jessie Scott's record on the Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph
- Jessie Scott biography (Dictionary of New Zealand Biography)
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