WOUND DRESSING PACKETS

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1940 - 1945

Subcollections

Overview

Wound dressing packets x 2

a) Shell wound packet. White thick paper square packet which contains wound dressings. Paper stained and damaged on all surfaces. Manufactured by Davis Company Inc. New York USA. 1940-45

b) First aid field dressing. Bandage in fabric packet with twist of greased paper attached. Manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, Sydney, July 1942. On the front are printed instructions to open and use the bandage, including a red diagonal arrow to indicate opening direction. Contains a bandage and gauze pad.

Historical information

Donor Esma/Esme Berryman (born 1923) was the daughter of Alice Matilda Markey (nee Chitty) and William James Markey, so the badge is likely to have some connection with a member of one of these two local Toodyay families.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.313a,b

Item type

Objects

Material

Cotton

Paper

Width

75 mm

Height or length

45 mm

Depth

30 mm

Themes

War and Conflict

Inscriptions and markings

b) Printed on the front of the package: ‘FIRST FIELD DRESSING / Tear apart the uncemented corner as indicated / by the arrow and remove the paper. / Take the folded ends of the bandage in each / hand, and, keeping the bandage taut, apply the / gauze pad to the wound, and fix the bandage. / In the case of head wounds when respirators have / to be worn, care should be taken to adjust the pad / so that it does not interfere with the fit of the face / piece. / DO NOT HANDLE THE GAUZE OR WOUND / Johnston & Johnson / PTY. LTD. SYDNEY / MARCH, 1942'.

Year

1940

Year End

1945

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance