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LALUM, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-12. JEEP AND TRAILER OF 19 FIELD AMBULANCE LOADED WITH STRETCHER CASES FOR TRANSPORTATION FROM MAIN DRESSING STATION TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP STRADBROKE. THE PATIENTS, WOUNDED DURING THE PORTON PLANTATION EVACUATION, ARE BEING MOVED TO ENABLE DOCTORS TO GIVE MORE ATTENTION TO THOSE THAT ARE DANGEROUSLY ILL. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PTE F.L. STAMP, 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION (1); PTE R.W. DOWLING, 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION (2); DVR R.C. LLOYD, 19 FIELD AMBULANCE (3); DVR L.E. ROBINS, 19 FIELD AMBULANCE (4); PTE L. MATHEWS, 19 FIELD AMBULANCE (7); PTE W.T. WALLIS, 19 FIELD AMBULANCE (8); PTE W.E. NASH, 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION (10).
LALUM, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-12. STRETCHER CASES BEING LOADED ONTO A JEEP TRAILER AT 19 FIELD AMBULANCE MAIN DRESSING STATION, FOR TRANSPORTATION TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP STRADBROKE. THE PATIENTS, WOUNDED
LALUM, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-12. PATIENTS FROM 19 FIELD AMBULANCE MAIN DRESSING STATION BEING TRANSFERRED FROM BARGE TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP STRADBROKE. THE MEN WERE WOUNDED DURING THE PORTON PLANTATION
LALUM, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-12. PATIENTS FROM 19 FIELD AMBULANCE DRESSING STATION BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP STRADBROKE. THE MEN WERE WOUNDED DURING THE PORTON PLANTATION EVACUATION. IDEN
LALUM, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-12. PATIENTS FROM 19 FIELD AMBULANCE MAIN DRESSING STATION WAITING ON A BARGE BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP STRADBROKE. THE MEN WERE WOUNDED DURING THE POR
LALUM, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-12. STRETCHER CASES BEING LOADED ONTO A JEEP TRAILER AT 19 FIELD AMBULANCE MAIN DRESSING STATION, FOR TRANSPORTATION TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP STRADBROKE. THE PATIENTS, WOUNDED
LALUM, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-12. THE HOSPITAL SHIP STRADBROKE; IN PRE- WAR TIMES, A PRIVATELY OWNED YACHT. THE STRADBROKE IS LOADED WITH PATIENTS FROM 19 FIELD AMBULANCE MAIN DRESSING STATION, MEN OF
