The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. Watched over by two native Papuan stretcher-bearers, a wounded Australian soldier lies on a stretcher in the shade of some large palm leaves beside the Kokoda airstrip (not in view), as he waits for an aircraft to medically evacuate him to Port Moresby. The wounded man has been carried from the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance which is located near the airstrip. He is smoking a cigarette, as is the Papuan directly behind him who is wearing Australian Army shirt and trousers. Known colloquially as 'fuzzy wuzzy angels', the Papuans are employed by the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU).
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. Watched over by some of their comrades and two native Papuan stretcher-bearers, wounded Australian soldiers lie on stretchers in the shade of some large palm leaves beside the
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. Corporal Gribble of the 2/4th Field Ambulance (centre) and a group of native Papuan stretcher-bearers keep a kindly watch over two wounded Australian soldiers who are waiting i
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,
Uberi, Papua, c. 1942-10. Under the supervision of a 'boss boy' (centre, right), a group of native Papuan carriers sets out from Uberi as they evacuate a wounded Australian soldier on a stretcher alon
Kokoda, Papua, 1942-11. A team of native Papuan stretcher-bearers carries a sick or wounded Australian soldier from the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance to the Kokoda airstrip
Jumbora area, Papua, c. 1942-12-16. Two teams of native Papuan stretcher-bearers carry sick or wounded Australian soldiers along a muddy section of the road between Soputa and Gona. Plodding through t
