The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies. May 1945. For the first time in the history of the Australian Army a Blood Preparation Unit is in a forward area. Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) personnel of 1 Blood Transfusion Unit are collecting blood from Army personnel at a forward operational base in the Dutch East Indies. Left to right: Private (Pte) Joan Hall of Bondi, NSW; Pte Harold Borham of Tamworth, NSW (donor); Pte Phyllis Young of Vaucluse, NSW. Blood is packed in crushed ice and flown to the front line.
Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies. May 1945. For the first time in the history of the Australian Army a Blood Preparation Unit is in a forward area. Private (Pte) Jean Brock of Vic,
SYDNEY, NSW. 1945-01-30. T/5 L STEINBACH, AMERICAN MEDICAL CORPS, (1), AT SYDNEY HOSPITAL COLLECTING BLOOD. THE BLOOD, PACKED IN ICE, IS FLOWN BY THE RAAF TO AMERICAN FORCES IN FORWARD AREAS.
SYDNEY, NSW. 1945-01-30. PRIVATE J SHORT, (1), AT SYDNEY HOSPITAL DONATING BLOOD. THE BLOOD, PACKED IN ICE, IS FLOWN BY THE RAAF TO AMERICAN FORCES IN FORWARD AREAS.
AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE (AAMWS) PERSONNEL OF 1 BLOOD TRANSFUSION UNIT PREPARE FLASKS AND COMPONENTS BEFORE RECEIVING BLOOD FROM FIFTY DONORS. PRIVATE J.B. BROCK (1), ASSEMBLES AND CLEA
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-03-22. AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (AAMC) NX153244 CAPTAIN A. K. SEWELL AND AAMWS NURSING SISTER VFX66161 LIEUTENANT J. MCNEIL TESTING DONOR'S BLOOD IN THE LABORATORY OF THE 2ND AU
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-03-22. AAMWS NURSING SISTER NFX148387 PRIVATE V.R. COX (RIGHT) OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN BLOOD AND SERUM PREPARATION UNIT, TAKES A BLOOD SAMPLE FROM A RED CROSS DONOR.
