The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soputa, Papua, 1942-12. In the aftermath of monsoonal rains, a native Papuan labourer uses a shovel to deepen and widen a drainage channel in an attempt to drain away some of the water that has flooded the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance at the camp known as Soputa 2. The MDS had been forced to move to this location in deep jungle from its former site in a clearing about a kilometre away after Japanese aircraft had strafed and bombed the unit, killing several of its members. The Papuan labourer is employed by the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU). (Donor A. Hobson)
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
Soputa, Papua, 1942-12. In the aftermath of monsoonal rains, a member of the 2/4th Field Ambulance stands amidst mud and water that has flooded one of the tents at the unit's Main Dressing Station (MD
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
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, 1942-11. 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)
