The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soputa, Papua. 22 December 1942. Grave of TX2235 Private H. H. H. Peppin, 7th Australian Division Headquarters, killed at Soputa on 27 November 1942, when Japanese aircraft strafed and bombed the Field Ambulance's Main Dressing Station (MDS).
Soputa, Papua. 22 December 1942. Grave of NX473 Major (Maj) Ian Firth Vickery, a Medical Officer (MO) serving with 2/4th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC). Major Vickery was killed
Myola 1, Papua, 1942-10. VX14704 Major Hew Fancourt Graham McDonald, a Medical Officer (MO) serving with the 2/4th Field Ambulance, sits outside his gunyah or temporary shelter at the unit's Main Dres
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. The tent lines of the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance before the unit was strafed and bombed by Japanese aircraft on 1942-11-27. (Donor A. Hobson)
Soputa, Papua, c. 1942-11-30. A row of simple wooden crosses on the banks of the Girua River marks the graves of some of the 22 men killed on 1942-11-27 when Japanese Zero aircraft strafed and bombed
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11. A staff member of 2/4th Field Ambulance (centre) carries a large sack on his shoulder at the unit's Main Dressing Station (MDS) which is set up in a clearing beside the main ro
Soputa, Papua, 1942-11-27. The dead body of a malaria patient lies on a stretcher on the ground at the Main Dressing Station (MDS) of the 2/4th Field Ambulance. The man was killed when thirteen Japane
