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DRESSING, SHELL - BANDAGE JOHNSON & JOHNSON

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1943

Overview

Rectangle cloth bag that contains a field dressing. Text on front inside a black rectangle. Bag sewn across top with pink thread.

Full text under dressing title [TO OPEN { Outer cover. Tear cover open at top between stitches. / Inner Waterproof Cover. Tear apart at the corner / indicated by arrow. / DIRECTIONS FOR USE. - Take the folded ends of / bandage in each hand, and keeping bandage taut, apply the / gause pad to wound and fix bandage with safety pin. / 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 WOUND OR PAD / Johnson & Johnson Pty. Ltd, Sydney / JULY, 1943]

Historical information

A shell dressing that was used by the Armadale Women's Emergency Corps (AWEC). One of the skills that members of the Corps. trained in was first aid and members were issued with first aid kits. The field dressing was made by Johnson and Johnson during World War II. The Commonwealth of Australia commissioned production of this dressing during World War II in 1943.
The AWEC was formed and run by Constable Roy Fletcher, local police man and 10th Light Horse veteran. The Corps consisted of around 40 local girls including Sylvia Bailey (later Anderson). The Corps. was trained in first aid, stretcher bearing, did marching drills and was instructed in rifle shooting.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2009.10

Item type

Medicines

Themes

People
Social History
War and Conflict

Material

Cloth

Width

60 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Depth

80 mm

Inscriptions and markings

[Johnson & Johnson Pty. Ltd, Sydney]

Keywords

World War Two

FLETCHER Denzel Roy

Armadale Womens Emergency Corps

ARMADALE

JOHNSON & JOHNSON Pty Ltd

Commonwealth of Australia

Place made

Sydney
New South Wales
Australia

Year

1943

Statement of significance

This collection of objects is associated with the Armadale Women's Emgergency Corps (AWEC) which was a volunteer organisation formed as part of a local defense and support system in the Armadale Kelmscott Road Board during World War Two. The Corps was created and run by Constable Roy Fletcher of the Armadale Police Station and was made up of local single women from the district.

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