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A. CARROLL M.R.C.V.S.
VETERINARY SURGEON
Reddy's Hotel Carlow Dec 29 th 1915 Sir, I beg to apply for a
Commission in the Army
Veterinary Corps. Circumstances
prevented me from applying
Earlier. Yours respectfully, P.A.Carroll a.n.c.es
Director General Army Veterinary Service, 16 Victoria Street, London, SW
This is a letter from Patrick Alphonsus Carroll to the Director General of the Army
Veterinary Service. Carroll begs to apply for a commission, stating that circumstances
had prevented him from making the request sooner.Patrick Alphonsus Carroll was a veterinary
surgeon based in Carlow town who had qualified from the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons. The Army Veterinary Corps was well tested throughout the Great War. There
were about 2.5 million admissions mainly on the Western Front and 80% of injured animals
were treated and returned to duty.