Port Moresby, Papua. 1941-12. A patient on the operating table in No. 5 Casualty Clearing ...

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Accession Number P02038.139
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Brock, Bruce
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Port Moresby, Papua. 1941-12. A patient on the operating table in No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station. The soldier had been bayoneted during combat on the Kokoda Track. An anaesthetist, nursing sister and doctor tend the patient. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)