Sim, Myre: my wartime experiences
ABSTRACT: Dr. Myre Sim Myre was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in Oct of 1915. His parents had emigrated from Lithuania after World War One. Myre entered Edinburgh University School of Medicine at age 17, and graduated as a psychiatrist in 1938. Concerned about the growth of Nazism and Fascism Myre joined the British Army in 1942 at age 27. Myre was following in the footsteps of his brothers and considered it 'my war'. After training at RAMC Crewkern near Aldershot, Myre was stationed with 42nd Artillery Regiment as their Medical Officer. His war service took him through South Africa and East Africa, en route to Cairo and Palestine (Haifa). He was fortunate to be able to visit the holy sites of Jerusalem. From there he served in a 1,000 bed Army psychiatric hospital near Bangalore, India. After demobilization at the rank of Major 1946, Myre went to Birmingham, England as a child psychiatrist for one year. In 1948 he returned to Edinburgh to start a department of Neuropsychiatry Myre was able to publish articles in medical journals while in the Army. He remembers feeling fear 'when the enemy was at the gate of Alexandria'. Myre leaves us with the following words: 'If your country needs you, you have to go and do your part.'
An interview/narrative of Sim Myre's experiences during World War II. Dr. Sim served with the British Army.
Interviewer: Fitch, Edward and Sharon. Date of interview unknown.
Interviewee: Sim, Myre
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- 52.16045, -0.70312
- Canadian Military Oral History Collection
- SM_555
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