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Photograph H00793 First World War, 1914-1918Cacolets strapped to a camel, one each side, and used to transport casualties to a medical facility. These cacolets are fitted with sunshades for protection against the sun.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cacolets carrying wounded soldiers being loaded, one each side, onto a camel for transport to a medical facility for treatment.
Cacolets strapped to a camel, one each side, and used to transport casualties to a medical facility. These cacolets are fitted with sunshades for protection against the sun.

A casualty in a lying position in a cacolet tied to a camel for transport to a medical facility. Two cacolets are carried by each camel, one on either side.

A soldier being carried in a sitting position in a cacolet loaded on a camel. Two cacolets are carried on a camel, one on each side.

Cacolets containing casualties being transported by camels of 127 Imperial Camel Field Ambulance. These cacolets are a form of litter carried one each side of the camel.

Palestine. c. 1918. Indian Army wounded personnel being transferred from camel borne medical cacolets on to a hospital train. (Donor Royal Australian Medical Corps)

A wounded stretcher case being loaded onto a C47 transport aircraft for medical evacuation to Japan. The unidentified soldier is probably an Australian casualty.
