The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NX10173 Captain Leo Hanney McMahon (left) and WX28523 Sergeant John Lewis Alexander Davey (middle) both of 2/11 Field Ambulance putting a vaseline dressing on VX14781 Lance Bombardier (L/Bdr) Albert Bruce Trewin (right) Regimental Headquarters of 2/7 Australian Field Regiment who suffered third degree burns when the petrol in his truck went up in flames at 0910 hours. Trewin is receiving treatment in the surgical ward of the main dressing station, situated at the corner of Anzac and Collins Highway, and part of the former bomb-damaged hospital.
L/Bdr Trewin enlisted on 10 May 1940. An orchardist prior to enlisting, Trewin embarked for the Middle East on 16 November 1940, serving with the 2/8 Field Regiment in Palestine. Trewin returned to Australia in April 1943 before again embarking, this time with the 2/7 Field Regiment for Morotai. His burns were noted on his service record but no investigation was held into the incident. He returned to Sydney on 7 November 1945 and was discharged on 20 November.
MOROTAI ISLAND. 1945-05-17. LIEUTENANT J.M. MCINTYRE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE, 2/5 GENERAL HOSPITAL (2), WITH TWO PATIENTS FROM TARAKAN, ONE WITH SEVERE CORDITE BURNS AND THE OTHER WITH PETROL
Studio portrait of VX19723 Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) Lennard Damm, 2/12 Australian Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA). L Bdr Damm enlisted in Caulfield, VIC, on 30 May 1940. He was discha
Studio portrait of WX3667 Bombardier (Bdr) William John De Randulf Glanville Edwards, 2/7 Field Regiment. Bdr Edwards enlisted on 30 May 1940, at Claremont, WA and was killed in action on 26 August 19
Studio portrait of SX3394 Bombardier (Bdr) Robert James Schneider, 13th Battery, 2/7 Field Regiment, of Booleroo Centre, SA. Bdr Schneider enlisted on 23 May 1940, served at El Alamein and Tarakan and
Studio portrait of QX10129 Bombardier (Bdr) Alan Forbes Gauld, 2/10th Field Regiment, of Toowoomba, Qld. Bdr Gauld enlisted on 19 June 1940 and was taken prisoner of war (POW) by the Japanese. After r
Group photograph at the Sydney Showground showing brothers NX30581 Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) James Reginald Cross standing in the back row in the middle and NX30582 Gunner (Gnr) John Clarence Cross kne
