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Military Pattern Medical Panniers

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Overview

A Pannier is usually defined as a basket, especially one of a pair carried by a beast of burden. Since the time of the Crimean War (1853-56) British and Commonwealth forces have used standardised forms of panniers to transport medical supplies. These panniers were of standard size and fitted with a variety of hardware and handles to facilitate multiple forms of transport and handling. Once deployed in an aid station they could be opened for ready access. The arrangement of the contents of these baskets had not been changed substantially since the Crimean War , though the items included kept up with the needs of contemporary medicine. A list of contents was normally affixed to the underside of the lid. The accompanying images show details of construction, fittings and original contents.

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cwa-org-32-53-006

Contextual Information

The Australian Army Museum of Western Australia has several examples of medical panniers (less contents) on display in the World War 1 and World War 2 Galleries. Examples of medical ingenuity in the absence of regular medical supplies may be found in the Prisoner of War gallery

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