The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Uberi, Papua, c. 1942-10. Major Henry Oswald Gerald ('Hal') Selle, a Medical Officer (MO) serving with the 2/6th Field Ambulance, walks across an open area at the unit's Main Dressing Station (MDS). Major Selle, who is carrying a pistol or revolver in his left hand, has already been back and forth with his unit over the Owen Stanley Range as part of the initial Australian advance and then retreat along the Kokoda Trail.
Uberi, Papua, c. 1942-10. Informal outdoors group portrait of members of the 2/6th Field Ambulance, together with a native Papuan named Machuaro (sitting, front) who had attached himself to the unit,
Uberi, Papua, c. 1942-10. NX34762 Captain John Maxwell Oldham (right), a Medical Officer (MO) serving with the 2/6th Field Ambulance, stands in the open with his hands in his pockets, while Private Si
Myola 1, Papua, 1942-10. At the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance, VX39117 Captain Douglas Robert Leslie (right), a surgeon attached to the unit's surgical team, applies plaster
Myola 1, Papua, 1942-10. At the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance, members of the surgical team apply plaster to a soldier's broken left leg. The men are (left to right): Major
Myola 1 or 2, Papua, 1942-10. Major Henry Oswald Gerald ('Hal') Selle (centre), a Medical Officer (MO) serving with the 2/6th Field Ambulance, assists the surgeon VX39117 Captain Douglas Robert Leslie
Myola 1, Papua, 1942-10. At the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance, members of the surgical team work on setting and applying plaster to a soldier's broken left leg. To support t
