Description
Portrait of SF84546 Private Margery Helen Lodge AAMWS, an ambulance orderly attached to 105 Adelaide Military Hospital. The Chevrolet Indian Army Pattern ambulance is 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 vehicle has the army registration number 19421. The mudguards over the wheels are flared; a design that is unique to Australian Modified Conventional vehicles. The Tactical Sign 487 indicates an Ambulance Car Company attached to a Lines of Communication command. The 487 is on a red over green background, divided horizontally. The white bar under the number includes a letter S to indicate a Lines of Communication area (eg V for Victoria, S for South Australia etc).
Details
Accession Number
P04722.001
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Credit Line
Donor R Sheppard
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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