The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-19. MRS E. WILSON OF THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY IS SEEN IN THE SOCIETY'S BLOOD TRANSFUSION DEPARTMENT, MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD TAKEN FROM A DONOR. IN THE BOX CAN BE SEEN SEVERAL BOTTLES OF BLOOD WHICH ARE TO BE TAKEN TO THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES AND AN EMPTY BOTTLE ABOUT TO BE USED IS ON THE DESK.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. BEFORE BOTTLES TO CONTAIN DONATED BLOOD FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ARE DESPATCHED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES TO THE BLEEDING CENTRE, A CALCULATED VOLUME OF A SOLU
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-19. SCENE IN THE SERUM PRODUCTION UNIT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY'S BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE. THIS SERVICE WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR CIVILIAN NEEDS SINCE 1929,
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-19. CAPTAIN MARY C. IRVINE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS IS SEEN ATTACHING THE BLEEDING APPARATUS TO THE ARM OF MR ARTHUR POULTON AT THE SERUM PRODUCTION UNIT OF THE AUS
VICTORIA. 1944-02-29. MISS M. BICK M.SC., IN CHARGE OF SERUM PREPARATIONS AT THE BLOOD BANK OF AUSTRALIA RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE, HANDING A BOTTLE OF SERUM TO A VOLUNTEER WORKER.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. MISS A. PAINE, OF THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES, IS SEEN PREPARING BOTTLES FOR STERILISATION BEFORE DESPATCH TO THE VARIOUS CENTRES WERE BLOOD IS OBTAINED FROM DONORS
Glass bottle with a wax-sealed metal screw cap. A paper label glued to bottle reads: 'DRIED POOLED HUMAN SERUM FOR TRANSFUSION. Volume: 400 cc. Prepared from blood given by donors of the AUSTRALIAN RE