An Australian soldier, George “Dick” Whittington, is aided by Papuan orderly Raphael Oimbari, at the Battle of Buna-Gona. Whittington died in February 1943 from the effects of bush typhus. [1330 x 1600]

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ElurSeillocRedorb

Scrub or Bush typhus was second only to malaria for tropical disease causalities in the Pacific theatre.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3273264?seq=1

Yeah, fuck having to deal with that shit as a soldier.

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