Photographs of the 8th Field Ambulance, AIF in France ca 1917-1918 / compiled by Arthur Ross Clayton

These are fully captioned photographs which detail the work of the staff at the 8th Field Ambulance in France and Belgium. They illustrate the treatments given to injured soldiers and the conditions of the dressing stations at Wijtschacte Ridge, Templeux-le-Guerard for Hindenburg line, Menin Rd at Ypres and the Red Chateau of Villers-Bretonneux.

1. Method of splinting fracture of femur, 1st stage, Ypres. Arthur Ross Clayton, doctor (without hat). Six soldiers outside a dressing station with sign 'Receiving room for wounded.'
2. Method of splinting fracture of femur, 2nd stage, Ypres. Arthur Ross Clayton, doctor (without hat). 
3. Method of splinting fracture of femur, 3rd and final stage, ready for transport to Ypres. Arthur Ross Clayton, doctor (without hat).
4. Interior dressing station at Templeux-le-Guerard for Hindenburg line at Bullecourt.
5. Dressing station at Templeux-le-Guerard near Hindenburg line at Bullecourt, last dressing station of AIF.
6. Dressing Station, 8th Field Ambulance, Wijtschacte Ridge.
7. Becourt Chateau, Australian Dressing Station for Battle of Pozieres.
8. Becourt Chateau near Albert. Used at Battle of Pozieres, Mouquet Farm.
9. Dressing Station at Hebecourt for Battle of Peronne.
10. RAP [Regimental Aid Post] Harqucourt near Bullecourt.
11. Dressing station, Menin Rd at Ypres.
12. Receiving dose of anti tetanus serum. Note iodine on arms. Then proceeding to inside the Red Chateau Villers Bretonneux for dressing wounds.
13. Red Chateau at Villers Bretonneux.
14. Unloading at Red Chateau at Villers Bretonneux.

Photographs of the 8th Field Ambulance, AIF in France ca 1917-1918 / compiled by Arthur Ross Clayton

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