The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The horn has been made from an animal horn and a separate piece of bone or horn has been crafted for the mouthpiece. A lanyard or sling was presumably once attached to the horn via two holes drilled in one side.
The horn was used by Germans to summons their stretcher-bearers. A patrol from 13 Battalion AIF took it from a German post east of Corbie on 4 August 1918.
British improvised sign constructed from three pieces of untreated wood nailed to a post with 'Nach Corbie' and a right facing arrow stencilled in black paint. 'Nach' has been added later and is dark
Cream cotton (possibly originally white) man's handkerchief with a raised striped effect weave, in the same colour, around the edges. Marked in black indian ink in the upper left corner 'K.S. CUNNINGH
Galvanised wire arm splint consisting of three ladder-like sections wired or hooked together to form a rigid support. The main support wires are flexible enough to be altered in shape to suit a partic
Camel coloured flexible canvas stretcher supported longitudinally by two wooden planks. The stretcher has a closeable double-flap canvas body to encompass the patient. The 'feet' end of the stretcher
Prototype full-sized stretcher sling made from hand-sewn lengths of 35mm wide light brown webbing (possibly hemp). It is shaped to form a cruciform seat with allowance for the patient's legs. At the r
Hand cranked, hand-held horn klaxon, comprising a cast steel cranking unit with an integral handle. Emerging from the rear is a rotating crank bar fitted with a shaped wooden handle. This unit is bolt
