HOBJ2925 Accession Number: HOBJ2925

Description

Lady Edwina Mountbatten talks with medical staff and an army officer in a hospital in Japan. In the foreground bottles of donated blood have been placed on a trolley, ready for blood transfusions. Lady Mountbatten is visiting hospitals and other medical facilities in Southeast Asia in her capacity as Superintendent in Chief St John Ambulance Brigade, and Chairman of St John and Red Cross Services Hospitals Welfare Department. On her uniform, Lady Mountbatten is wearing a St John shoulder title and a circular patch on the lower part of her sleeve, which reads 'ORDER OF ST JOHN BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY SERVICE HOSPITAL WELFARE'.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ2925
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c April 1952
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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