Neil Westphalen is a frequent contributor to the Journal of Military and Veterans Health and in this podcast he discusses his career in the RAN as a medical officer and his interest in military medical history and the evolution of naval medicine in particular. Since retiring from the RAN Neil is pursuing full time study with the aim aim of gaining a PhD in History from UNSW@CANBERRA. As part of this podcast he describes the differences in battle casualties experienced by the British Army and the Royal Navy in WW1and their differing approach to casualty evacuation as a consequence of the environment in which such casualties were sustained
