02.12.2014.
Exhibition on allied medical missions in Serbia during the Great War
In the course of marking the centenary from the beginning of the Great War, upon the initiative of the Australian Embassy and with the support of the embassies of the Great Britain and Canada, an exhibition titled “Allied ambulance missions in Serbia 1914-1918 – The role of the Great Britain, Australia and Canada” was opened at the Military Museum.The opening of the exhibition was attended by President of the National Assembly of Serbia Maja Gojkovic, Assistant Minister of Defence for Human Resources Milos Jankovic, ambassadors of the Great Britain and Australia in Belgrade Denis Kiff and Julia Fini, Kevin Rex, Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of Canada, representatives of the Armed Forces of Serbia, the Red Cross, volunteer organizations and numerous citizens.
While opening the exhibition dedicated to hundreds of women members of allied ambulance missions in Serbia in the years of great sufferings, not only in the front from the enemy’s bullets and grenades, but also behind the scene where the typhus epidemics was raging, as well as other infectious diseases, Assistant Minister of Defence Milos Jankovic stressed that numerous doctors, nurses and humanitarian workers from the allied countries came to Serbia destroyed by war solely for humane reasons – to do everything possible in the service of the Serbian ambulance to alleviate the sufferings and disasters of the war and devastating illnesses.
- Since the end of 1914, large help started arriving in Serbia in medical staff, medications, food, and money. The Great Britain, Canada, Australia, France and many other friendly countries responded to the call of the Serbian government that was powerless before the disaster that was taking over – Jankovic said. – The importance of participation of foreign medical missions in Serbia during the Great War lies in the fact that some of them remained by the Serbian military throughout all years of the war. Risking their lives, those humane people provided medical help to citizens and soldiers, which earned them the admiration of the Serbian people, and common experiences during the war helped build a long-lasting respect and friendship between the Serbian people and members of the foreign medical missions.After the opening of the exhibition, a part of the documentary film about allied medical missions in Serbia 1914-1918 was shown.
PHOTOGALLERY
VIDEOGALLERY- The exhibition [FLV]
