The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 against the Japanese at Orgoruna 1. The Salvation Army coffee post is in the hut behind the flag. This site was established as a Regimental Aid Post (RAP) by the 57/60th Infantry Battalion and then occupied by the 15th Field Ambulance as an Advanced Dressing Station. It reverted to a RAP when the Battalion withdrew.
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 th
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
YAULA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-10. VX108664 CORPORAL E. ANTHERSON, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1), WOUNDED IN ACTION, RECEIVES A DRINK OF COFFEE FROM MR. W.A. ALVEN. (2), THE SALVATION ARMY RED SHIELD REP
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
YAULA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-04-10. VX108664 CORPORAL E. ANTHERSON, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1), BEING CARRIED BY NATIVE STRETCHER BEARERS TO THE NEAREST ADVANCED DRESSING STATION AT SAIPA NO. 1.
YAULA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-10. VX108664 CORPORAL E. ANTHERSON, 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1), BEING CARRIED BY NATIVE STRETCHER BEARERS TO THE NEAREST ADVANCED DRESSING STATION AT SAIPA NO. 1.
