The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lady Edwina Mountbatten meets with medical staff in a hospital in Japan. The staff are showing Lady Mountbatten around the blood bank. Note the poster on the wall encouraging people to give blood. It reads 'ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE UN BLOOD BANK 8 GALLON CLUB'. 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. She is wearing a circular patch on the lower part of her sleeve, which reads 'ORDER OF ST JOHN BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY SERVICE HOSPITAL WELFARE'. On the far left of the group is a female sergeant, possibly from the US Army. Next to her is an Indian hospital worker who may be a nurses aide or technical assistant. Note the doctor on the right is wearing a white coat and a bow tie.
Lady Edwina Mountbatten examines a bottle of blood as she talks with medical staff in a hospital in Japan. In the foreground bottles of donated blood have been placed on a trolley, ready to be used i
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 Edwina Mountbatten meets with medical staff in a hospital in Japan. The staff are showing Lady Mountbatten around the blood bank. Lady Mountbatten is visiting hospitals and other medical facili
Lady Edwina Mountbatten (right) meets with medical staff in a hospital in Japan. The three unidentified staff members are probably nursing sisters, and are dressed in army uniforms with Second World
Lady Edwina Mountbatten meets with medical staff in a hospital in Japan. The group are, left to right: a civilian woman in a long velvet coat; a US Army medical officer; Lady Mountbatten; a US Army n
Lady Edwina Mountbatten (right) speaks with a US Army sergeant at a hospital in Japan. A female medical (?) officer, is standing on Lady Mountbatten's right. Lady Mountbatten is visiting hospitals a
