The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Probably SINAI, EGYPT, C. 1916. THREE SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF "CAPTAIN ANDERSON'S MEDICAL GUNYAH", A MAKESHIFT SHELTER BUILT OF PALM LEAVES THAT SERVED AS A MEDICAL AID POST FOR THE 7TH LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT, 1ST AIF. THE SOLDIER AT LEFT IS PROBABLY CAPTAIN ANDERSON, THE UNIT'S MEDICAL OFFICER (MO). THE MAN IN THE CENTRE IS A PATIENT WHO HAS JUST HAD HIS LEFT HAND BANDAGED, WHILE THE SOLDIER AT RIGHT MAY BE A MEDICAL ORDERLY.
Myola 1, Papua, 1942-10. VX14704 Major Hew Fancourt Graham McDonald, a Medical Officer (MO) serving with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, sits outside his gunyah or temporary shelter at the unit's Main Dres
SINAI. 1916-04. A TYPE OF GUNYAH MADE OF PALM LEAVES IN THE DESERT AT HOD EL FATIA. IT WAS USED BY THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE (2ALH) FIELD AMBULANCE INSTEAD OF A TENT FOR A DISPENSARY. (DONOR F.H.
A soldier sitting in his mia-mia (shelter made of palm leaves) reading the paper. A towel is hanging out to dry (left).
Two unidentified soldiers standing in front of a hut, built of palm leaves, which is typical of those built by the Australian Light Horsemen on the Sinai Desert.
Atherton Tablelands, QLD, 1943. During training in camp, an unidentified lieutenant Medical Officer (MO) (centre, left) shows other members of the 2/4th Field Ambulance how to splint a fractured leg.
Informal outdoors portrait of NX70195 Captain Alan Victor Day (left), a Medical Officer (MO) serving with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, and SX13013 Lieutenant Murray V. Barlow, the unit's Transport Offic
