Description
A group portrait of allied and Japanese medical staff outside a disused police barracks at Tavoy, Burma, where 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station ran a small hospital. They shared their quarters with three Dutch doctors from Sumatra. 'A' Force was building an aerodrome nearby. Front row (L to R): Four Japanese doctors; a Dutch doctor; NX 70505 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Hamilton. Back row (L to R): TX6009 (T253515) Captain Edgar Newton Lee from Hobart; SX10761 Major Alan Frank Hobbs from Adelaide; Donald Murchison (Red Cross Officer); two Dutch doctors.
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Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film polyester negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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