Morotai, 1945-08. Sister Carmel Medwin, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), and a group of ...

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Accession Number P02176.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

Morotai, 1945-08. Sister Carmel Medwin, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), and a group of patients outside one of the tent wards at the 2/5th Australian General Hospital (AGH). One of the patients, second from the right, is Private Nelson Short, one of only six men to survive the Sandakan-Ranau death march. (Donor Carmel Mortley)