The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soputa, Papua, c. 1942-11-30. The Girua River near the site of the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance. Some native Papuans are swimming and perhaps fishing in the river, while one man (background, right) is paddling a canoe. (Donor A. Hobson)
Soputa, Papua, 1942-12. Informal outdoors group portrait of the Quartermaster Section staff at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance at the camp known as Soputa 2. The man weari
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. 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, 1942-11. 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, 1942-12. In the aftermath of monsoonal rains, pools of water lie in and around the tents of the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance (MDS) at the camp known as Soput
Soputa, Papua, 1942-12. In the aftermath of monsoonal rains, two members of the 2/4th Field Ambulance attempt with limited success to dig a drainage channel to drain away some of the water that has fl
