The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Port Moresby, Papua. 1941-12. A patient on the operating table in No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station. The soldier had been bayoneted during combat on the Kokoda Track. An anaesthetist, nursing sister and doctor tend the patient. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
Port Moresby, Papua. 1942-12. A surgical operation in progress at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station on a patient who had suffered bayonet wounds in fighting on the Kokoda Track. (Original housed in AWM
Port Moresby, Papua. 1941-12. Interior of a hospital tent at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station. Note the surgical gowns hanging on a line inside the tent and the piles of linen on tables. (Original hous
Port Moresby, Papua. 1942-12. A medical officer examining a patient's foot after a surgical operation at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. C. 1942-10. AT THE MEDICAL RECEIVING STATION, A PATIENT FROM MILNE BAY IS TREATED ON THE OPERATING TABLE IN THE TENT BY RAAF DOCTOR, SISTER (LEFT) AND WAAAF ORDERLIES.
Kokoda Trail, Papua. c.1942-12. Tent lines of No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station at the base of Mount Howbroun. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
Kokoda Track, Papua. 1942. Soldiers rest on a track while on patrol near Eora Creek. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
