Red Cross brassard : Corporal H J D May, Australian Camel Field Ambulance

White medical armband with red cross, fastens by three mother of pearl buttons at the back. A circular stamp in black ink, is also on the back of the armband though this has since faded and is as such indecipherable.

Associated with the service of 4424 Corporal Harold John Dennison May. May was born in Surrey England and migrated to Australia where he worked as a hospital attendant in Sydney. He enlisted for service with the Australian Army Medical Corps in April 1915 and embarked aboard the RMS Mooltan for Egypt in May. He landed at Gallipoli in August. At the time when the AIF returned to Egypt, May was attached to 3 Australian General Hospital. He was promoted to corporal in March 1916 and suffered a serious bout of Scarlet Fever in August of that year. In April 1917, Corporal May transferred to the Australian Camel Field Ambulance in the Imperial Camel Corps. On 10 November 1917, when returning from a Dressing Station with a party, Corporal May was thrown from his camel whilst traversing rough terrain, seriously fracturing his neck. Two days later he died from his injuries. He is buried at Beersheba War Cemetery.