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Northern Advocate, 2 October 1918, Page 3

The lives of several Australians have been saved during the last few days by the adoption throughout the Australian dressing stations of a regular system of blood transfusion (says a London cable message to the Australian papers under date of Bth inst.) Many wounded who would otherwise have survived have died in the past owing to heavy loss of blood putting them in a condition in which they could not stand the strain of an operation. i A system has now been organised at 'the Australian dressing stations J whereby in such cases the blood of another man can immediately be injected, and an operation performed, where otherwise death would be certain. There is no difficulty whatever to find men to volunteer to give their blood to a comrade. Slightly wounded men with a cut foot, a small bullet wound through the arm, or any other small "Mighty" wound readily offer. The Australian Press delegation visited one dressing station, where the lives of men unquestionably were saved in this way, while the lightly wounded, who gave their blood, walked out immediately after the operation, whistling, to light cigarettes.