The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
CONCORD, NSW. 1946-03-20. SX32977 SAPPER P. A. YOUNG, WHO LOST THE FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND IN A CIRCULAR SAW, CHISELS A CORNER OFF THE COVER OF A BOX HE IS MAKING. SAPPER YOUNG IS HOLDING HIS CHISEL IN A PEDICLE RING. THE TUBE AND SKIN IS JOINED TO BOTH ENDS OF HIS HAND AND TWO SMALL BONES ARE GRAFTED INSIDE THE TUBE. WHEN SKIN AND BONE TAKE, THE TUBE WILL BE CUT AND SAPPER YOUNG WILL HAVE TWO CLAWLIKE FINGERS.
CONCORD, NSW. 1946-03-15. NX132961 STAFF SERGEANT J. W. BRAIN, CHIEF ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER, PHOTOGRAPHING NX177337 PRIVATE R. A. PHILLIPS OF THE 2/1ST MACHINE GUNNERS WHO HAD SKIN GRAFTED TO HIS FINGERS
CONCORD, NSW. 1946-03-15. NX177337 PRIVATE R. A. PHILLIPS WHO HAD SKIN GRAFTED TO HIS INDEX FINGER PLANING A LID OF A CABINET HE IS MAKING IN THE OCCUPATIONAL PHYSOTHERAPY ROOM AT THE 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN
CONCORD, NSW. 1946-03-15. PRIVATE R. A. PHILLIPS WHO HAD SKIN GRAFTED TO HIS INDEX FINGER, POLISHING A TRAY HE HAS MADE IN THE OCCUPATIONAL PHYSIOTHERAPY ROOM, 2/1ST AUSTRALIAN FACIO MAXILLARY AND PLA
Dobodura, New Guinea. 1943-02-02. Skin, finger nails and charred bones taken from a Japanese prisoner of war (POW) in the Gona area are laid out on a piece of cloth at the Headquarters of the 41st Div
Portrait of a young male soldier, Sapper Bashforth, Royal Australian Engineers, in New Guinea. Sapper Bashforth, presumably knicknamed 'Bluey' for his red hair, is seated with his left arm draped acro
Left side portrait of QX1253 Captain (Capt) Russell Wilkinson Forster MC on the balcony at Concord Hospital during his reconstructive treatment for a serious gun shot wound to the lower jaw. Capt Fors
