027842 Accession Number: 027842

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Informal portrait of staff in the pathological laboratory of No 121 Australian General Hospital (121AGH). Identified from left to right: (1) NX133599 Sergeant (Sgt) James Leighton Findlayson from Campsie, NSW (seated); (2) NX114748 Sister Stella Joan Armstrong from Coogee, NSW; and (3) Sergeant R Clarke assisting (4) NX160459 Captain George Arthur William Johnston from Pymble, NSW (later Major) pathologist at the hospital, (facing camera), giving a guinea pig an injection. Guinea pigs were used for tests and experiments at 121 AGH.

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Accession Number
027842
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
24 November 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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