The Royal Australian Army Dental Corps is a corps within the Australian Army. It was formed on 23 April 1943 during World War II as the Australian Army Dental Corps, before being granted the 'Royal' p
A humorous photograph of an Australian Chaplain acting as a dentist near Fleurbaix, June 1916. He is trying to operate on an Australian Captain while another officer, also Captain, is holding the "patient".
An Australian dental team works on a patient during the Siege of Tobruk, 1941.
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Major General Sir Neville Reginald Howse, was an Australian Army officer, medical doctor, and politician. He was the first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallan
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…for deployment against German possessions in the Pacific. However, the senior Australian medical officer, Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) Neville Howse, approved the attachment of John Henderson, a fourth year dental student, to deploy with them. Henderson later transferred to the infantry and was…
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Portrait of Howse in uniform taken by a studio in Cairo
Group portrait of 1st Division staff officers at Mena Camp, December 1914. Howse, then a lieutenant colonel, is in the front row, fifth from the left.
Undated photo, c. 1920s