Great War Stories 4 - Dr Jessie Scott

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2017

Christchurch-born Jessie Scott was a rarity in 1914: a qualified doctor in a male dominated profession. But as this Great War Story shows, her bravery overcame even greater hurdles. Joining the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service, Dr Scott treated Serbian and British wounded in the Balkan war against Austria. Left behind during a retreat, she was captured but later released. That didn’t end her war. She went back to the front line, this time serving with Russian forces in Romania. Dr Scott's efforts earned her the Serbian Order of St Sava.

Brilliant flashes seen when the big guns were fired, and the slower illumination of rockets and Very lights … our girl ambulance drivers handled their light Ford ambulances with skill on the steep mountain road.
– Dr Jessie Scott’s journal