100474 Accession Number: 100474

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PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, 1944-05-29. MAJ M.B. DUNCAN (3) MEDICAL OFFICER, AND LANCE CORPORAL COOMBES, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE (AAMWS) (7) TREATING PATIENTS IN WARD 10, 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. THE WARD HAS 60 BEDS. THREE SISTERS AND TWO AAMWS PERSONNEL ASSIST IN THIS WARD, WHICH SPECIALISES IN EAR, NOSE AND THROAT COMPLAINTS. A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE PATIENTS ARE SUFFERING FROM EXTERNAL OTITIS, A TROPICAL DISEASE OF THE EAR.

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100474

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Photograph

Object Type

Black & white - Film original acetate

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

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Whole

Item Count

1

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Copyright expired - public domain

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