The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Myola 1, Papua, 1942-10. Lying open on the ground is the emergency dental kit that NX34655 Captain Alan Oliver Watson, Dental Officer with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, has brought with him along the Kokoda Trail. The large box (centre, left) contains a selection of mirrors, probes, forceps, scalpels, tweezers, spatulas, dental chisels, a puffer, syringe and various medicaments. The box, which bears the label 'The Come Co Ltd', is a case that dental students in the USA use to house their instruments. A smaller box (centre, right) contains a bottle of Isotone Liquid Anaesthetic and other items, while yet another box (right) houses several small bottles of medicaments. For the campaign along the Kokoda Trail, Captain Watson had carefully selected those items of dental equipment that he felt would be most needed. In the event, he was to receive no replacement supplies of instruments or medicaments for five and a half months.
Myola, Papua, 1942-10. NX34655 Captain (Capt) Alan Oliver Watson (left), the Dental Officer serving with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, carries out some emergency dental work in the open on Lieutenant (Lt
Myola 1, Papua, 1942-10. NX34655 Captain Alan Oliver Watson, a Dental Officer serving with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, administers a general anaesthetic to a patient during an operation in the tent tha
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. NX34655 Captain (Capt) Alan Oliver Watson, a Dental Officer serving with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, gives some dental treatment to a bare-chested patient in the open air at the
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. NX34655 Captain (Capt) Alan Oliver Watson, a Dental Officer serving with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, gives some dental treatment to a bare-chested patient in the open air at the
Kokoda Trail, Papua, 1942-11. Carrying a pack on his back and using a native bow as a walking stick, NX34655 Captain Alan Oliver Watson, Dental Officer with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, pauses briefly o
Myola 1, Papua, 1942-10. A tired young Australian soldier sits resting on an upturned box and drinks a cup of tea in a tent at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance. The young m
