Volume II – The Western Front (1st edition, 1940)

This volume takes up the narrative of events at the moment when, early in 1916, the infantry of the AIF was being transferred to the Western Front, leaving the light horse in Egypt preparing for its part in the campaigns in Sinai and Palestine. The experiences of the Australian Medical Service in the Gallipoli and Eastern theatres of war were followed through to their end in Volume I. Its activities with the infantry in the Western theatre during 1916, 1917 and 1918 are covered in the present work.

The volume is divided into three sections, of which the first and third are concerned with narrative respectively before and after the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917. The second section is interposed because, from the point of view of technical history, the narrative of the medical events of the was has outrun the description of the medical machinery of the warfare. The chapters of this section contain a complete and detailed study of the fundamental duties of the Medical Service, namely, the evacuation and treatment of wounded and the prevention of disease. Special attention is devoted to the problems of "wastage" and the maintenance of a high standard of physical fitness in the AIF.

• Preface, Contents, List of illustrations, List of maps, List of diagrams, and List of graphs (pages i - xvi )
• Introduction: The AIF on the Western Front: The War of Attrition (pages 1 - 6 )
• SECTION I
• SECTION II
• SECTION III
• Appendix 1 – Statistics of casualties in the Great War (pages 859 - 859 )
• Appendix 2 – Documents relating to Australian Army Medical Services overseas (pages 866 - 873 )
• Appendix 3 – Orders and instructions illustrating the technique of medical administration in the field (pages 874 - 888 )
• Appendix 4 – Standing Orders for AAMC, Australian Corps (pages 889 - 899 )
• Appendix 5 – Extracts from correspondence concerning the fitness of recruits sent overseas (pages 900 - 903 )
• Appendix 6 – Physical standard of AAMC personnel (pages 904 - 905 )
• Appendix 7 – Employment of “B” Class men (pages 906 - 910 )
• Appendix 8 – Medical establishments, AIF (pages 911 - 912 )
• Appendix 9 – Some national systems for dealing with casualties (pages 913 - 925 )
• Appendix 10 – Some constant factors which determine the arrangements required for the transportation of battle–casualties (pages 926 - 930 )
• Appendix 11 – Various types of huts and tents in common use (pages 931 - 934 )
• Appendix 12 – Sanitation on the Western Front (pages 935 - 941 )
• Appendix 13 – Front–line application of the Thomas splint (pages 942 - 945 )
• Appendix 14 – Wound shock and haemorrhage: Resuscitation in the field (pages 946 - 960 )
• Index (pages 961 - 1011 )