The 2nd Army Doctor was a French doctor serving in the French army, stationed in Port-Gentil, French Equatorial Africa (modern-day Gabon) during World War I. He worked at a hospital in the seaport, treating both military patients and civilian patients. His colleagues included the Army Doctor, the White Nun, and the Black Nun. While the Belgian soldiers discussed the passing of Barthélèmy with the nuns, and the future of the orphan, the doctor continued to work in the adjoining ward.