The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 in some shade near the Kokoda airstrip (not in view) for an aircraft to medically evacuate them to Port Moresby. The man (right) has a bandage over an eye injury and also has a cigarette paper in his mouth as he rolls himself a cigarette. The other wounded soldier is lying on a stretcher on which he has been carried from the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance located near the airstrip. The native bearers, who are known colloquially as 'fuzzy wuzzy angels', are employed by the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU).
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
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
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,
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. Informal outdoors portrait of a native Papuan 'boss boy' at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance. Boss boys were in charge of native stretcher-bearer te
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
