The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Myola 1, Papua, 1942-10. At the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Nicholas Chenhall (right), Commanding Officer (CO) of the 2/6th Field Ambulance, checks on the progress of an operation as the surgeon VX39117 Captain Douglas Robert Leslie (face obscured by post) and another Medical Officer (MO), NX77340 Captain Peter Howard Greenwell (centre), apply plaster to a soldier's broken left leg. To support the fractured limb during the procedure, a makeshift frame of rough wooden poles has been set up at the entrance to the tent that serves as the operating theatre.
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, 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
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 2, Papua, 1942-10. Two members of the surgical team from the 2/4th Field Ambulance, VX39117 Captain Douglas Robert Leslie (left), a surgeon, and Private W. McBean, a nursing orderly, apply plast
Myola 2, Papua, 1942-10. Members of the surgical team from the 2/4th Field Ambulance set and bandage a soldier's broken leg preparatory to wrapping it in plaster. The team members are (left to right):
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
