The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. A team of native Papuan stretcher-bearers brings in a wounded soldier to the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of 2/4th Field Ambulance. In the background (left), NX135425 Captain John William ('Fatty') Follent is talking to VX221 Colonel Frank Kingsley ('Dum') Norris, the 7th Division's Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), who is wearing a helmet. Captain Follent had been flown into Kokoda on 1942-11-10 as a reinforcement Medical Officer (MO) for the 16th Brigade. (Note: The location of this image is incorrectly given as Soputa in Dr Alan Watson's video, Kokoda War Diary.)
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. Informal outdoors portrait of NX135425 Captain John William ('Fatty') Follent who had been flown into Kokoda on 1942-11-10 as a reinforcement Medical Officer (MO) for the 16th
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. Set out in rows, tents and native grass huts serve as hospital wards at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance. (Note: The location of this image is incor
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. As medical personnel look on (in the foreground), a sick or wounded Australian soldier lies on a stretcher in the open cabin of a United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Stinson L
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. NX454 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Francis Hobson, CO of the 2/4th Field Ambulance, stands with his hands in his pockets at the unit's newly-established camp and Main Dressing Sta
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. Informal outdoors portrait of NX70195 Captain Alan Victor Day (left), a Medical Officer (MO) serving with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, and a native named Machuaro who had attache
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. Medical personnel make last minute adjustments to ensure that a sick or wounded Australian soldier is secure and comfortable for an air evacuation flight to Port Moresby aboard
