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Busselton Historical Society > Records

WW2 Field Dressing

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Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd

1941

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Overview

First Field Dressing manufactured by Johnson & Johnson August 1941 and issued to Australian WW2 service personnel. The dressing is wrapped in beige paper and has printed instructions for use on the outside of the package.

Historical information

Johnson & Johnson was founded in 1886 by the brothers Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson after they had created a line of ready-to-use sterile surgical dressings. The company was credited with manufacturing the world's first sterile surgical products, including sutures, absorbent cotton, and gauze. In 1888 they designed the first commercial first aid kit to support railroad construction workers, who were often hundreds of miles from medical care. These kits included antiseptic emergency supplies and directions for field use. During the Spanish–American War, in 1898, Johnson & Johnson developed and donated 300,000 packaged compressed surgical dressings for soldiers in the field and created a trauma stretcher for field medics. In 1901, the company published the Handbook of First Aid, a guide on applying first aid.

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Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2020.317

Item type

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Cotton (Textile)

Width

6 cm

Height or length

9 cm

Depth

3.5000 cm

Contextual Information

Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd was established in Australia in 1931 and would have supplied the AIF during WW2.

Keywords

Place made

Sydney
NSW
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

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