Accession Number | OG3345 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film original acetate |
Maker |
Harrison, John Thomas |
Date made | c. 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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In flight between New Guinea and Australia. Members of the RAAF and AIF injured in action by the ...
Description
In flight between New Guinea and Australia. Members of the RAAF and AIF injured in action by the Japanese are flown in specially equipped aircraft of the RAAF Transport Command to hospitals in the rear area. Badly injured patients are carried in stretchers fixed to the side of the aircraft by special brackets. The walking wounded are seated in the normal manner, Senior Sister E. Bray and a Nursing Orderly, Sergeant Dawson, members of the RAAF Nursing Service attached to No. 1 Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit RAAF, attend to patients during the flight.