The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Advanced Dressing Station of Koropa, Ramu Valley, manned by the 15th Field Ambulance to treat wounded from the 57/60th Infantry Battalion in their attack against the Japanese at Orgoruna 1. On the left of the track are two-man tents the quarters of ambulance personnel. Behind the Salvation Army Post which lies to the right is the high tent fly of the Field Kitchen. The Red Cross flag points to a large native hut on the extreme right showing the office end of the Advanced Dressing Station containing the regimental Aid Post. The remainder of this hut is a 12 bed medical ward.
An improvised tin notice (with the location spelt incorrectly) identifies the Advanced Dressing Station established to cater for casualties from the 57/60th Infantry Battalion during their attack agai
VX139884 Corporal Albert Mack Jenkins making coffee at a Salvation Army stall in Koropa, Ramu Valley. The 15th Infantry Brigade Headquarters established stalls and rest points along the trail from Ke
QX6083 Major James Joseph Ryan, MC, (still wearing a surgical mask) a surgeon of the 2/1st General Hospital attached to the 15th Field Ambulance, writes the history of an operation he has performed at
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 th
VX135755 Private William Vernon Eccles, an orderly of the 15th Field Ambulance, is standing at the far end of the 12 bed surgical ward at the Advanced Dressing Station in Koropa, Ramu Valley. Bedridd
NIGATA, JAPAN. 1946-09-30. VIEW OF TUNNEL BARRACKS THAT WAS USED BY "A" DETACHMENT, 20TH FIELD AMBULANCE, AS A 30 BED ADVANCED DRESSING STATION. SHOWN: THE BUILDING USED AS CANTEEN, MESS AND RECREATIO
