The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-01. STAFF-SERGEANT A. BRADEN X-RAYING A PATIENT AT 109 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL WITH THE PORTABLE X-RAY MACHINE. THE PORTABLE APPARATUS IS USED WHEN THE PATIENT (SUCH AS THE ONE IN THE PICTURE) IS UNABLE TO BE MOVED TO THE X-RAY THEATRE.
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-01. CAPTAIN J. WARD OF 109 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL MAKES A REPORT ON AN X-RAY FILM, SEEN ON THE WALL, TO SISTER M. MCINTOSH WHO RECORDS IT IN THE X-RAY RECORDS.
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-01. MISS M. HILL, MASSEUSE AT 109 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, MASSAGING A PATIENT.
ADELAIDE RIVER, NT, AUSTRALIA, 1942-10-13. STAFF-SERGEANT D.A PORTER, X-RAY TECHNICIAN AT THE 119TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL X-RAYING A PATIENT.
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-01. SISTER M.A. TODD TAKING THE TEMPERATURE AND PULSE OF A PATIENT IN THE MEDICAL WARD OF 109 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL.
ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA. 1942-12-01. MISS N.H. BURGESS, A MASSEUSE AT 109 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, OPERATING A MACHINE TO STIMULATE THE NERVES.
This portable generator was used to supply electrical power to the operating theatre and x-ray plant at the 2/4th Australian General Hospital, Tobruk. The electrician is seen regulating the machine.
