The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
First aid kit carried in a cotton webbing haversack. The haversack is secured by a buckle and strap and the front is stamped 'FIRST AID OUTFIT (AEROPLANES)'. The kit contains a large packaged burns dressing, several loose bandages, two grey triangular bandages compressed into a small packet and two compressed packets of absorbent wool. The kit also contains three iodine ampoules in cardboard cylinders and three vials of compressed tablets. These tablets are made up of Quinine, Aromatic chalk and Opium and Cathartic. A small metal case contains two ampoules of Morphine. A piece of cardboard printed with instructions for the use of the drugs is included in the kit.
Carried by 26093 Corporal George Easterbrook during his service at Mallala Flying Training School. Easterbrook was born on 18 March 1919 in Adelaide and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on his twenty first birthday in 1940. He served as a Fitter 2A in the repair shop at Laverton Air Force base and then moved to Geelong to work in the Aircraft Assembly plant building Fairy aircraft shipped from England. He was then posted to Mallala where he was in charge of the ground staff during night flying training as well as servicing and refueling between flights. He carried this first aid kit as the designated First Aid Officer in the event of minor accidents. He was discharged on 29 October 1945, his last unit listed as 6 Service Flying Training School at Tamworth, NSW.
Khaki cotton housewife roll. Inside the roll is a length of blue striped cotton sewn into columns. Each column holds a skein of different coloured wool and cotton. The ends of the wool are tucked into
First Aid survival kit dated December 1963. The kit is packed in a rectangular aluminium tin with a hinged lid. The lid has been sprayed cream and the words '9A-02455 / KITS FIRST AID / SURVIVAL PACK
Khaki cotton housewife roll. Inside the roll is a length of blue striped cotton sewn into columns. Each column holds a skein of different coloured wool and cotton. The ends of the wool are tucked into
Small rectangular hinged tin labelled 'Vaparole Aromatic Ammonia (for use as smelling salts)', accompanied by the maker's details. Tin of aromatic ammonia taken from a ‘Tabloid’ first aid kit carri
Hinged, black, flat, rectangular, steel box with two securing clasps and a steel rod carry handle. The lid of the box has been impressed with a Broad Arrow Mark and below that the text 'FIRST AID OUTF
Eight aromatic ammonia capsules, exact form unknown, each of which is enclosed in a braided uncoloured silken tube. Each tube is approximately 40mm long x 12mm in diameter. The capsules are containe
Australian packaged first aid kit consisting of a clear vinyl holder roll (565 mm x 130 mm) with 14 pockets each containing medical related equipment, housed in an outer green vinyl bag which is provi
