Previously unread documents shed light on the crucial role played by a Sydney man in healing Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped, as services are held on Remembrance Day.
A treasure trove of previously unread documents reveals details of the crucial role a Sydney man played in healing Hiroshima after the dropping of the atomic bomb that instantly killed an estimated 80,000 people and hastened the end of the Second World War. The contents are revealed today, on Remembrance Day , as a stark reminder of the horrors of war as services are held around the country.
Clockwise: A Japanese artillery box containing archives material from David Harvey-Sutton, and smoke billows from the Hiroshima atomic blast on August 6, 1945. The papers tell how former Cranbrook pupil and Sydney University medical scholar Major David Harvey-Sutton, who was born in Melbourne, personally organised 1.5 million doses of penicillin and other medical supplies to combat the scourge of TB, cholera and other diseases in the devastated city. Serving with the 20th Australian Field Hospital, he was a member of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force and appointed as one of two reconstruction advisers by the mayor of Hiroshima, with responsibility for health and sanitatio
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