The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
KAIRI, QLD. 1943-11-22. VX289 BRIGADIER R. BIERWIRTH, OBE, DEPUTY ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS (1) TAKING THE SALUTE FROM TROOPS OF THE NEWLY REFORMED 2/12TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE. THE ORIGINAL UNIT SERVED IN DARWIN, TIMOR AND AMBOINA. IT LOST A COMPANY IN TIMOR AND ANOTHER IN AMBOINA AND LATER LOST PRACTICALLY THE COMPLETE UNIT WHEN THE HOSPITAL SHIP, CENTAUR WAS SUNK BY THE JAPANESE. SHOWN ARE: NX109290 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 1 G. H. W. FULTON (2); NX109289 SERGEANT M. E. LAKE (3); NX166980 PRIVATE W. T. DOWNEY (4); NX94068 PRIVATE K. F. HORTON (5); NX144109 PRIVATE J. E. MITCHEL. (6); NX172175 PRIVATE L. M. WATT (7); NX171510 PRIVATE R. S. BUNT (8); NX172780 PRIVATE L. WEBB (9).
KAIRI, QLD. 1943-11-22. VX289 BRIGADIER R. BIERWIRTH OBE DEPUTY ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS, TAKING THE SALUTE FROM THE TROOPS OF THE NEWLY REFORMED 2/12TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD
KAIRI, QLD. 1943-11-22. VX289 BRIGADIER R. BIERWIRTH, OBE DEPUTY ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS (1), INSPECTING THE REFORMED 2/12TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE. THE ORIGINAL U
KAIRI, QLD. 1943-11-22. VX289 BRIGADIER R. BIERWIRTH OBE DEPUTY ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS, ADDRESSING THE TROOPS OF THE NEWLY FORMED 2/12TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE. TH
KAIRI, QLD. 1943-11-22. VX289 BRIGADIER R. BIERWIRTH OBE DEPUTY ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, 1ST AUSTRALIAN CORPS, ADDRESSING THE TROOPS OF THE NEWLY REFORMED 2/12TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE.
KAIRI, QLD. 1943-11-22. THE 2/12TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE GIVING THE GENERAL SALUTE TO VX289 BRIGADIER R. BIERWIRTH OBE, DEPUTY ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, IST AUSTRALIAN CORPS, ON THE OCC
Group portrait of members of 2/12 Field Ambulance. This image relates to the service of NX33029 Private (Pte) George Wilfred McGrath who survived the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur by a Japanese
