NgaToa: New Zealand medical officer attending to a patient's back at a regimental aid post, Western Desert, Egypt. Photograph taken circa 1941. DA-00774-F

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New Zealand medical officer attending to a patient's back at a regimental aid post, Western Desert, Egypt. Photograph taken circa 1941. DA-00774-F

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New Zealand medical officer attending to a patient's back at a regimental aid post, Western Desert, Egypt, during World War 2. Photograph taken circa 1941

This aid post was part of the network of underground offices and concealed positions dug by New Zealanders in the Western Desert.

Reference Number:DA-00774-F: Alexander Turnbull Library.
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.