Graeme Warrack: oral surgeon and war hero

P J W Stoelinga; J I Cawood

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.01.017

Graeme Warrack: oral surgeon and war hero

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2020 Apr;58(3):277-282. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.01.017. Epub 2020 Jan 31.

Authors

P J W Stoelinga¹, J I Cawood²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
² Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, UK. Electronic address: johnicawood@gmail.com.

PMID: 32014307
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.01.017

Abstract

This paper describes the heroic efforts of Graeme Warrack, an oral surgeon, to save as many lives as possible during the battles around Arnhem in 1944. As the chief medical officer (CMO) of the medical section of the 1st British Airborne Division, he and his staff took care of many casualties, both on the battlefield and at the emergency hospital in Apeldoorn, north of Arnhem. He escaped from the hospital when all the patients were to be transported to prisoner of war (POW) camps in Germany, and was hidden by a Dutch family. Finally, with the help of the Dutch resistance movement, he was successfully ferried over the big rivers into liberated country.

Keywords: Dutch Resistance; Graeme Warrack; Market Garden.

Publication types

Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

Emergency Service, Hospital*
Germany
Health Personnel
History, 20th Century
Hospitals
Humans
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons*