19th Australian Field Ambulance

The 19th Australian Field Ambulance was stationed in North Queensland where it carried out anti-malaria measures and treated soldiers suffering from tropical diseases.  In June 1942, the 19th also provided medical support to the Australian force that made an ill-fated amphibious landing north of the Porton Plantation on Bougainville Island.  Of the 15 medical orderlies from the 19th that landed at Porton, 3 were killed, 2 went missing, and 8 were wounded.