WAREO, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-29. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ENJOYING A SHOWER BATH AT B COMPANY, 4TH ...

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Accession Number 071779
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Rainsford, Keith Carr
Date made 29 March 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

WAREO, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-29. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ENJOYING A SHOWER BATH AT B COMPANY, 4TH FIELD AMBULANCE REST CAMP, LOCATED IN MOUNTAINS 2,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE UNIT PROVIDES CONVALESCENT TREATMENT TO TROOPS ARRIVING FROM MAIN DRESSING STATIONS AND CASUALTY CLEARING STATIONS.