• Title
  Photographs of the 8th Field Ambulance, AIF in France ca 1917-1918 / compiled by Arthur Ross Clayton
• Creator
  Arthur Ross Clayton, 1876-1963
• Call number
  PXA 2121
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca 1917-1918
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  1287034
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 box (14 photographs) - gelatin silver - 15 x 20 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The 8th Field Ambulance was formed in Egypt after the Gallipoli campaign. It was sent to the Western Front, assigned to the 8th Brigade, 5th Division, AIF.
  
  Arthur Ross Clayton, medical officer, was transferred to the 8th Field Ambulance as second-in-command. During the battles of Bullecourt he served at the 5th Division's main dressing stations and from October to December was acting commander of his unit. Early in 1918 the 8th Field Ambulance remained with the 5th Division on the Somme. Clayton resumed temporary command in February and, except for a period in April-May, retained command until the Armistice.
  
  Reference:
  Australian Dictionary of Biography. (Accessed 01.04.2015)
• Collection history
  From the estate of Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Arthur Ross Clayton
• Scope and Content
  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.
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: Out of copyright - created before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Inscriptions on verso of photographs.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Inscribed on verso.
• Date note
  
  Undated. Dates based on battle dates for Bullecourt, Pozieres and Peronne.
• Name
  Australia. Army. Field Ambulance, 8th
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals--France.
  World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.
  World War, 1914-1918--Photographs.
  World War, 1914-1918--Medical care.
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  interiors
  military hospitals
  ambulance officers
  military uniforms
  wounded soldiers
  ambulances
  doctors (medical)
  war damage
  dressing stations
  campaigns & battles
  
• Place
  France
  Belgium
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
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