The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Myola 1, Papua, 1942-10. At the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance, members of the unit's surgical team work in the open as they apply plaster to the broken arm of an injured soldier. Left to right: NX473 Major Ian Firth Vickery, a Medical Officer (MO), who is standing with his hands in his pockets and watching the procedure; Private (Pte) Downey (with back turned) who is supporting the patient's arm; the patient himself; VX39117 Captain Douglas Robert Leslie, the surgeon (in surgical gown), who is applying the plaster; Pte W. McBean (at rear), a nursing orderly, who is supporting the patient's back. Standing on the ground in front of the group are a jerry can marked with a large 'W' to signify water, a canvas bucket full of water, several rolls of dressings sitting on a box marked 'USS', and two tins of plaster of Paris. The surgical team not infrequently grabbed passers-by to provide some sort of help in such procedures.
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 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 1, Papua, 1942-10. Informal outdoors group portrait of members of the surgical team at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance. Left to right: Staff Sergeant Stanley Clark,
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, 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 work on setting and applying plaster to a soldier's broken left leg. To support t
