The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Scene in an underground casualty clearing station at Mersa Matruh. The clearing station was filled with wounded from forward areas mostly from two Australian battalions, with a few from British units. Soon after the drawing was made, the cases were evacuated by ambulance train, Egypt. Hele wrote, 'Accommodation in underground hospital at Mersa Matruh for wounded evacuated from forward areas. Painted in May 1941. At the time this sketch was done the C.C.S. was filled with wounded from two Australian Battalions and a few tommies. The light was bad and time was short as the wounded were to be moved to Alexandria by train that night. The men showed strong character and endurance - some even joking about their amputated limbs'.
No. 10 Squadron, RAAF, was the first Australian unit to be deployed and the only unit to serve continuously for the duration of the Second World War. Formed in 1939, they joined the RAF Coastal Comman
The town - The colourless town of Mersa Matruh from the hills on the outskirts near the railway yards. With the exception of a few renovated buildings, villas etc, the town is a mass of crumbling ruin
Lido Hotel near bathing beach. The artist writes, 'Troops bathing at Mersa Matruh. Their costumes are "birthday suits", the white "trunks" being the only portion unsunned. Intense colour of the wat
Coates drew upon his experiences as a medical orderly when he painted this work: a dignified scene of a wounded soldier being brought into a casualty clearing station on the Western Front. The model f
A depiction of a casualty clearing station at Cape Moem, New Guinea. Medical facilities were found in areas with troop concentrations. The larger the concentration, the larger the medical facility. Th
Collection relating to the 2/2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 1993-1994. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of the manuscript titled "2/2 Australian C.C.S. A Brief history and personal anecdotes
Seventh in the series of nine dioramas depicting the scheme of evacuation practised at the Battle of Messines in France. This model shows a Casualty Clearing Station where the wounded received further
