The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kumbarum, New Guinea. At a mobile surgical team's headquarters, Private A. Pettinger of Brisbane, Qld, has his improvised backrest adjusted by Lance Corporal H. Mulroney of Gawler, SA. The backrest was made of a box and a piece of wood propping the box at an angle, dressings wrapped around the pieces to keep it goether and attached to the bunk. This is the most forward medical post in the battle area.
Kumbarum, New Guinea. At a mobile surgical team's headquarters wounded are shown on the earthen floor and in rough beds. The top bed consists of a stretcher on a wooden frame of rough hewn branches la
New Guinea. Private G. Hull of North Melbourne, Vic, lights a cigarette for a wounded Japanese prisoner of war (POW), lying on a stretcher at a mobile surgical team's headquarters at Kumbarum.
Kumbarum, New Guinea. This is the most forward medical post in the battle area, headquarters of a mobile surgical team. Private H. Asser of Semaphore, SA, shaves Corporal G. Nottle of Snowtown, Adelai
New Guinea. A Japanese prisoner of war (POW) with an arm and leg injury is carried by Australians to the operating theatre of the mobile surgical team's headquarters at Kumbarum. The signs on the tree
Kumbarum, New Guinea. This is the most forward medical post in the battle area. At the medical surgical team's headquarters, Lieutenant D. Tudehope of Toorak, Vic, who led the attack against the Japan
NEW GUINEA. THIS IS THE MOST FORWARD MEDICAL POST IN THE BATTLE AREA. PICTURE SHOWS WOUNDED MEN ARRIVING AT A MOBILE SURGICAL TEAM'S HEADQUARTERS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).
