The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. A jeep that is being used as a medical evacuation vehicle arrives with sick or injured Australian soldiers at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance. At rear, the Australian flag flies from a crosspiece fixed to the trunk of a tall palm tree that serves as a flagpole. The MDS was strafed and bombed by Japanese aircraft on 1942-11-27. (Donor A. Hobson)
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. A jeep that is being used as a medical evacuation vehicle arrives with injured Australian soldiers at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance. The driver o
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. Carrying a wounded Australian soldier, a team of native Papuan stretcher-bearers arrives at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance. The stretcher-bearers,
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. The tent lines of the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance before the unit was strafed and bombed by Japanese aircraft on 1942-11-27. (Donor A. Hobson)
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. At the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance, a driver sits at the steering wheel of jeep no. 19640 (or 19648) that is used as a medical evacuation vehicle f
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. A staff member of 2/4th Field Ambulance (centre) carries a large sack on his shoulder at the unit's Main Dressing Station (MDS) which is set up in a clearing beside the main ro
Soputa, Papua, 1942-12. In the aftermath of monsoonal rains, two members of the 2/4th Field Ambulance sit inside the flooded tent that serves as the orderly room at the unit's Main Dressing Station (M
