070196 Accession Number: 070196

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Personnel from left to right, VX115993 Private (Pte) Kenneth Polglase, VX82151 (V310298) Pte Emil Allen Wynd and VX141769 Pte Douglas Arthur Norman of the 15th Field Ambulance carrying a patient of the 57/60th Infantry Battalion into a surgical ward after an operation in Koropa, Ramu Valley. In a few days the patient will be carried by natives to Kesawai and then to the Main Dressing Station at Dumpu.

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Accession Number
070196
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
3 February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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