The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-15. QX32156 PRIVATE R F RUSHBROOK (2); TAKES A BLOOD SAMPLE FROM THE FINGER OF NX48620 SERGEANT W BUTTNER (3), WHILE VX77933 PRIVATE R S BARNETT (1), TESTS SAMPLES WITH A MICROSCOPE TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF MALARIA. THE TESTS ARE BEING CONDUCTED IN THE PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE 2/15TH FIELD AMBULANCE UNIT.
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-15. AN OLD BOAT RETRIEVED FROM THE SEA BED AT ALEXISHAFEN, IS NOW USED BY MEMBERS OF THE 2/15TH FIELD AMBULANCE TO TRANSPORT MAIL AND PASSENGERS TO VARIOUS UNITS. IDEN
ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-15. MEMBERS OF THE 2/15TH FIELD AMBULANCE UNLOAD MAIL FROM AN OLD BOAT. THE BOAT, RETRIEVED FROM THE SEA BED, IS NOW USED TO TRANSPORT MAIL AND PASSENGERS TO VARIOUS U
SOUTH ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-08. VX148353 PRIVATE D.H. CRANSTON, MEDICAL ORDERLY (2) TAKING A BLOOD SAMPLE FROM NX176263 PRIVATE W.R. MCGOWAN, 35TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1) IN THE PATHOLOGY SE
POTSDAM, NEW GUINEA. 1944-09-03. VX77933 SERGEANT R.J. BARNETT CHECKING A BLOOD SMEAR FOR MALARIA IN THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY OF THE 2/15TH FIELD AMBULANCE.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES. 1945-10-05. AUSTRALIAN EX- PRISONERS OF WAR EN-ROUTE FROM JAPAN AT THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION GROUP CAMP AT MANILA. PATHOLOGY LABORATORY AT 8 AUST PW RECEPTION C
A blood sample being taken from the thumb of NX59305 Corporal Thomas Dick Lauder Davidson at the 2/3rd Casualty Clearing Station, Finschhafen, New Guinea, to determine from the smear whether the patie
