Near Bois de l'Abbe, France. 27 May 1918. Gassed Australian soldiers lying out in the open at an over crowded aid post near Bois de l'Abbe. They have been.

Near Bois de l'Abbe, France. 27 May 1918. Gassed Australian soldiers lying out in the open at an over crowded aid post near Bois de l'Abbe. They have been gassed in

the operations in front of Villers-Bretonneux. Mustard gas was the cause of thousands of casualties in WWI. AWM E04851

Southall, London, 22 May 1919. Display of temporary artificial limbs made at No. 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital workshops by Australian soldier mechanics. This

hospital specialised in fitting artificial limbs. The expertise developed here was later transferred to the Artificial Limb Factories which were developed in Australia at a

later stage. AWM D00550

Harefield, Middlesex, England. 1914-1918. Craftsmen at work in the workshop where the artificial limbs for amputees were made at No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital.

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Southall, England. c. 1917. Leg amputees attending a telegraphy class at an Australian Red Cross Society workshop at No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital. AWM

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Sydney, NSW. c. 1917. Disabled workers hand weaving in the Australian Red Cross workshop. These workshops formed an important part of returned soldiers’ vocational

rehabilitation. AWM H11725

Sydney, NSW. 13 July 1944. Mr C Kay, who lost his legs in New Guinea shows his double amputation above the knees and the artificial limbs supplied and fitted by the

Repatriation Artificial Limb Factory. AWM 067561

Sydney, NSW. 28 July 1944. Fitters of the Repatriation Artificial Limb Factory busily engaged in the workshop. Identified personnel are: Mr J Hurst, Mr HE Weston and

Mr CJ Irwin. AWM 067854

Sydney, NSW. 28 July 1944. Mr WE Greenway, Manager of the Repatriation Artificial Limb Factory teaching Cpl. RA Winder to walk with his newly fitted artificial leg. AWM

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Sydney, NSW. 28 July 1944. Polycentric knee joints which are used for below the knee amputations. These artificial legs were manufactured by the Repatriation

Artificial Limb Factory. AWM 067866

Sydney, NSW. 28 July 1944. Types of artificial arms manufactured by the

Repatriation Artificial Limb Factory. AWM 067867

Sydney, NSW. 17 August 1944. Mr C Kay, an Australian ex-serviceman, showing his artificial leg detached. The leg was made and fitted by the Repatriation Artificial Limb

Factory. AWM 068475

Moore Park, NSW. 15 April 1946. Lieut. RB Stevens testing Cpl. H Sneddon, Australian Army Medical Women’s Service, for her glasses in the eye clinic of the 1st

Australian Out-Patients’ Depot. AWM 126785

Melbourne, Vic. 28 August 1946. Mr B Dickie of Footscray, ex-39th Battalion, knitting socks which are worn under artificial limbs at the Repatriation Commission’s Artificial

Limb Factory. AWM 131241

Melbourne, Vic. 28 August 1946. Mr JC Appleton of East Preston, a survivor of HMAS Canberra and an amputee, using a lathe to turn out hooks for himself and

other arm amputees at the Repatriation Commission’s Artificial Limb Factory. AWM 131242

Melbourne, Vic. 28 August 1946. Mr G Clarke of Northcote, ex-2nd Australian General Hospital, at work on an artificial leg at the Repatriation Commission’s Artificial Limb

Factory. AWM 131244

Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. Flt. Sgt. NC Craigie of Subiaco, WA undergoing treatment at Loughborough Rehabilitation Centre for injuries sustained

on active service. AWM UK0772

Heidelberg, Vic. August 1942. A Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) at No. 115 Australian General Hospital watches a patient engaged in occupational therapy while

listening to the wireless. AWM 026088

Jervis Bay, Australia. An RAAF medical rehabilitation group undergoing physical training. AWM 043226

Changi Prison Camp, Singapore. 1945. All these men are wearing artificial limbs made in the camp by WO AHM Purdon, 2/30th Battalion of East Maitland NSW. Left to right: Pte. M Bradford, 2/20th Battalion of Sydney, NSW; Lance Cpl. J Campbell of Apollo Bay, Vic.; Pte. S Gleeson, 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, of Mundijong, WA; A

McKenzie, 2/30th Battalion, of Boggabri, NSW. AWM 019327

Melbourne, Vic. 30 August 1946. Instructor Doug Tolliday from the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Service (CRTS) helps a chemistry student who was formerly

in the services. AWM 131211

Melbourne, Vic. 29 August 1946. Ex-members of all the services are represented here in the plasterers’ class run by the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training

Service (CRTS). AWM 131200

Melbourne, Vic. 29 August 1946. Ex-service women from all services study typing and short-hand in classes run by the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training

Service (CRTS). AWM 131203

Sydney, NSW. 4 June 1945. Lieut. J O’Donnell interviewing Mr E Sheiles, Manpower Officer at 3rd Rehabilitation Unit. AWM 108594

Holland Park, QLD. 5 April 1946. Patients working hand looms as part of their remedial treatment at the Occupational Therapy Section, 102 Australian General Hospital. AWM 127018

Holland Park, QLD. 5 April 1946. WO F Gilchrist of Melbourne adjusts a splint on the arm of Pte. LR Westlake of Brisbane at the 102 Australian General Hospital. AWM

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Holland Park, QLD. 5 April 1946. Lieut. RN McDonald of Toowoomba at work in the Carpenters’ Shop, as part of the relaxation and exercise carried out at 102 Australian General Hospital. He was Intelligence Officer of the 25th Australian Infantry Brigade

and was wounded at Slater’s Knoll on 5 April 1945. AWM 127021

Melbourne, Vic. 30 August 1946. Mr J Ryan, Instructor for the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Service (CRTS) teaching upholstery to a class of motor body

trimmers. AWM 131209

Melbourne, Vic. 29 August 1946. Students fill in as customers for an examination of the hairdressers’ class by the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Service

(CRTS). AWM 131202

Melbourne, Vic. 28 August 1946. Trainees under the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Service (CRTS), hanging wall paper. Left to right: Mr J Rutherford; Mr RJ

Leo; Mr JT McMinn; Mr HH Harris. AWM 131238

Melbourne, Vic. 28 August 1946. A dressmaking class for women, part of the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Service. AWM 131239

14 February 1967. An unidentified Australian soldier from 8 Platoon (8 Pl), C Company (C Coy), 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), hurt in a booby trap explosion during Operation Beaumaris, in Phuoc Tuy Province is being stretchered into a 9 Squadron, UH-1B

Iroquois helicopter (A2-1019) for medivac to the American hospital at Vung Tau. Identified from left to right: Sgt. R Hindmarsh, 8 Pl, C Coy, 5RAR; Lieut. GR Wainwright, Officer Commanding 8 Pl, C Coy, 5RAR; unidentified (on stretcher); unidentified; unidentified; unidentified air crewman;

Capt. A White, Regimental Medical Officer, 5RAR. AWM COL/67/0140/VN

28 November 1966. Pte. G Blair of Grafton, NSW, being treated for a minor scalp wound by medical assistant Lance Cpl. M Moon of Granville, NSW. Blair found holes in his bush hat when it was pierced by a piece of shrapnel from a Viet Cong claymore

type mine. The mine exploded while the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) was sweeping through jungle to the east of Task Force base

during Operation Ingham. AWM CUN/66/0923/VN

November 1967. Cpl. Graham Pashley of Redcliffe, Qld, and 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), being rushed to a Bell Sioux helicopter for evacuation

after he collapsed from heat exhaustion. Carrying Cpl. Pashley are Pte. Alan Smith of Holsworthy, NSW (left), and Lance-Cpl. Graham Schaffer of Brighton, Vic. AWM

COL/67/1106/VN

Sydney, NSW. August 1968. The winning of the Military Cross (MC) has just been announced for Lieut. Gordon Lyall Simpson, 24, of Dubbo, NSW, seen in Concord

Repatriation Hospital with nursing Sister Kay Worsley of Ryde, NSW. Lieut. Simpson was wounded in Vietnam on 14 July 1968 and admitted to Concord RGH on 31 July. A double amputee, he is making a good recovery and works out almost daily at the Repatriation Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre in Sydney. AWM LES/68/0312/EC