Physical description
1. Shell dressings for field wounds, designed to be carried on the person and to be used in the first instance on a wound. There are basic instructions on the dressing pack of how to treat the wound.
Items 1. 2. & 3. have identical markings except for the Manufacturers date.
1. September 1941.
2. April 1941.
3. January 1944.
Inscriptions & markings
1. “COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SHELL DRESSING "See attachment for directions to use".
“DO NOT HANDLE WOUND OR PAD. JOHNSON & JOHNSON Pty Ltd Sydney”
2. & 3. Markings are identical except for Manufacturers date:
1. September 1941.
2. April 1941.
3. January 1944.
