Help with service record

[cazack]

Hello

 

I have a service record for an officer and have noticed he was a disability listed P.U.O.

 

Can anyone tell me what this stands for

 

regards

 

Caz

[coldstream]

Hello Caz,

PUO refers to Pyrexia of unknown origin, (usually meaning Trench fever)

Regards Simon

The website Long,long trail has a useful list of abbreviations which can be found here

http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-soldiers-life-1914-1918/common-british-army-acronyms-and-abbreviations-of-the-first-world-war/

Simon

[cazack]

Hello Simon

 

thanks for that as well the link

 

kind regards

 

Caz

[peter monahan]

Beat me to it!  A very common diagnoses at Field Ambulance posts and Casualty Clearing Stations.  'He has a fever.'  Lots of liquids and a couple days bed rest and off you go back to your unit.  No antibiotics and if there had been they'd have been reserved for the seriously wounded/infected.