020220 Accession Number: 020220

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Field Ambulance Stations were mostly underground. This photograph was taken outside one of the stations on the Tobruk waterfront. From here patients for evacuation to hospital were conveyed to the waiting ships. From left to right: Major J. M. Blair, 5th Field Ambulance; Captain H. F. G. McDonald, 5th Field Ambulance; Captain D.C. Green, Officer-in-Charge, 9th Field Cash Office; Captain W. W. McLellan, 5th Field Ambulance; Mr A. D. Haywood, Australian Red Cross Society.

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Accession Number
020220
Photographer
Major Frederick James Howard
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c August 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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