Ironically, while in France, Doug contracted meningitis, the very illness that had led him into the army in the first place. He was with a field ambulance unit at the time and was shipped to England to recover.

• 令人啼笑皆非的是，道竟在法国染上脑膜炎，而最初正是这种疾病把他领进了军队。他那时在一所战地医院里接受治疗并被用船送往英国康复休养。