DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-04. MAKU A PAPUAN "DOCTOR BOY" GIVING MEDICINE TO SICK MARKHAM VALLEY ...

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Accession Number 063326
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stuckey, Norman Bradford
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-04. MAKU A PAPUAN "DOCTOR BOY" GIVING MEDICINE TO SICK MARKHAM VALLEY MEN OUTSIDE THE DISPENSARY. MAKU CAN READ, WRITE AND SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH, AND READS WHAT TREATMENT NATIVES ARE TO HAVE FROM CARDS PREPARED BY THE AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSISTANT.