# The Medical Officer — Memoirs of an Infantry Officer character guide

> The Medical Officer in Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-i-at-the-army-school

## Who they are

Medical officer, distinct from the doctor, in a specific scene.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/ii)

A pessimistic doctor at the base, who believes the Germans are 'pulling our legs' and that the war will be lost.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/v)

Seen at the front after the attack, sauntering up the trench with a detached demeanor.

### [IX: Hospital and Convalescence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/ix-hospital-and-convalescence)

Implied as the doctor who examines the narrator and decides his fate, though not directly named.

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