ARMY SURGEONS
ACHIEVEMENTS IN NEW GUINEA (Rec. 10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, June 1. Of the 6000 casualties attended by one field ambulance dressing station in New Guinea, only three men died. This is revealed by the Minister for the Army, Mr F. M. Forde, who told of the remarkable achievements of army surgeons in saving the lives of Australian soldiers in this theatre. , Working within 500 yards of the battle areas, surgeons operated on men who were often wounded only 30 minutes earlier. The surgical teams worked under most difficult conditions. For their operating theatre they, frequently had merely an overhead canvas covering. Often they improvised their own operating table sand sterilising plants. Sometimes they worked ankle-deep in mud.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25241, 2 June 1943, Page 3
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