HOBJ2925
Photograph HOBJ2925 Korean War, 1950-1953Lady 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.
HOBJ2928 Accession Number: HOBJ2928
Description
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 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 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'. On the far left of the group is a female sergeant, possibly from the US Army. On Lady Mountbatten's right is an Indian hospital worker who may be a nurses aide or technical assistant.
Details
Accession Number
HOBJ2928
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
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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