The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soputa, Papua, 1942-12. At the camp known as Soputa 2, a group of 'walking wounded' soldiers waits near the Evacuation Tent (not in view) at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance for a jeep to take them to the airstrip at Popondetta for air evacuation to Port Moresby. One soldier (extreme right) has his right arm dressed in plaster and cradled in a sling. The other three have no visible injuries and may be suffering from some chronic illness, perhaps malaria. The two men (left) have cigarettes in their hands. (Donor A. Hobson)
Soputa, Papua, 1942-12. At the camp known as Soputa 2, sick and wounded soldiers wait in and beside (right) the Evacuation Tent at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance for jeep
Soputa, Papua, 1942-12. At the camp known as Soputa 2, jeeps that are used as medical evacuation vehicles wait to pick up sick and wounded soldiers from the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Fi
Soputa, Papua, 1942-12. A group of sick and wounded soldiers lies on stretchers on the ground near the Evacuation Tent (not in view) at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance at
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, 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 on
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
