146962 Accession Number: 146962

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A doctor (second from right) administers an injection of morphine to a badly injured soldier from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), lying on a stretcher. The wounded man is probably 2/400121 Private Leonard Bruce Smeaton, A Company 3RAR who died of wounds at an American Field Hospital three days later. The "Doctor" is probably 31998 Sergeant Noel William "Doc" Tampling, of 3RAR's Regimental Aid Post (RAP).

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Accession Number
146962
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
5 November 1950
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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