This field medical card, dating to 12 February 1942, belongs to Private Albert Riley who served in the 196 Field Ambulance Unit of the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II. Riley arrived in Singapore on 29 January 1942 to provide medical treatment to the soldiers of the 54th Brigade and the Singapore City troops. While treating the sick and wounded, the members of the 196 Field Ambulance Unit also suffered injuries. This medical card records that Riley suffered gunshot wounds to his back and head, of which he was given a quarter gram of morphia (also known as morphine) to alleviate his pain. He would have recovered from his wounds later, as he was taken as prisoner of war to Changi, then sent to work around the Burma-Thailand Railway, and even returned to Changi towards the end of the war.
