'A and D' tent in the scrub

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number ART22320
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 59.7 cm x 44.3 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour on paper
Maker Abbott, Harold
Place made New Guinea1
Date made August 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

An Admission and Discharge tent during an exercise of the 6th Australian Division in New Guinea. Here patients and casualties were interviewed, classified and relieved of their kits and rifles.They were provided with medical treatment and, in urgent cases, operative treatment. Patients were usually given refreshments at an Admissions and Discharge Post.

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