The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY CONVALESCENT DEPOT. NEAR A POPULAR QUEENSLAND SOUTH COAST SURFING RESORT IN FIVE MONTHS HAS BROUGHT BACK TO FIGHTING CONDITION OVER 600 INJURED AND ILL SERVICEMEN FROM PACIFIC BATTLE FRONTS. THE CAMP WHICH HAS ACCOMMODATION FOR 100 CONVALESCING MEN RECEIVES 50 MEN EACH WEEK. THE CAMP HAS A SURFING BEACH ON ONE SIDE AND A CREEK WELL FILLED WITH FISH ON THE OTHER. HERE THE MEN DISCHARGED FROM THE MAIN CONVALESCENT CAMP AND NOT CONSIDERED QUITE FIT ENOUGH TO RETURN TO THEIR UNITS, GETTING FIT ON A CONTRIVANCE BUILT ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE ASSAULT COURSE. (NEGATIVE BY H. TURNER).
AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY CONVALESCENT DEPOT. THE SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE CAMP IS THAT OF MEN ON HOLIDAY AND AS ONE BOY FROM NEW GUINEA PUT IT "TO THINK THE ARMY PAYS US FOR IT". ON THE BROAD SURFING BEACH A C
The Nile Steamer Victoria moored on the Nile near the Chezireh Club. This ‘houseboat’ was a popular resort used for convalescent officers by the 2/1st Convalescent Depot.
Mr Anthony Eden, British Foreign Minister (left), talking to two Australian soldiers on board the houseboat Victoria, a Nile steamer which was moored near the Ghezireh Club, Cairo, and made available
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-31. A MESS PARADE AT THE NEW GUINEA DETAILS DEPOT. THE CAMP, WHICH HAS TOTAL ACCOMMODATION FOR 3,000 TROOPS, CONTAINS ONLY ABOUT 1,000 MEN AT THE PRESENT TIME. A MAJO
NEW GUINEA. AT A CONVALESCENT CAMP. EWOROGO THEATRE, A PICTURE THEATRE, WAS BUILT FROM TIMBER HEWN IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGES. IT HAS SEATING ACCOMMODATION FOR 1,100. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
NEW GUINEA. AT A CONVALESCENT CAMP SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT IS GIVEN TO RESTORE INJURED MUSCLES AND NERVES. AN OVERHEAD LADDER SEVEN FEET HIGH WITH RUNNERS 12 INCHES APART AND
