5th August in wartime Northern Ireland

On 5th August 1942, No. 22 Mobile Dental Unit parked in the garden of a large house in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim from where it catered to the needs of soldiers.

A dental orderly takes details from military patients awaiting treatment at No. 22 Mobile Dental Unit in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim.
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A dental orderly takes details from military patients awaiting treatment at No. 22 Mobile Dental Unit in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim.
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A patient receives dental treatment inside the van of No. 22 Mobile Dental Unit in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim.
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A patient receives dental treatment inside the van of No. 22 Mobile Dental Unit in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim.
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A patient receives dental treatment inside the van of No. 22 Mobile Dental Unit in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim.
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Facilities for washing and sterilising medical instruments at No. 22 Mobile Dental Unit in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim.
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A patient receives dental treatment inside the van of No. 22 Mobile Dental Unit in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim.
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