P04722.002 Accession Number: P04722.002

Description

Informal portrait of SF113354 Driver Valda Olive (Val) Carroll AAMWS an ambulance driver with 5 Ambulance Car Company and two unidentified men. The Truck Ambulance (Aust) No 1 Chevrolet ambulance is on the left. On the right is a Chevrolet Indian Army Pattern ambulance painted with a black number 3 inside a yellow painted uneven disc, indicating a bridge weight of three tons; the vehicle may only cross a bridge if the corresponding bridge marking is three or greater. The Tactical Sign for 5 Ambulance Car Company is 5 over 487 on a red over green background, divided horizontally (obscured by man on right's arm).

Details

Accession Number
P04722.002
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
1944-1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor R Sheppard
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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