An improvised ambulance stretcher used by the St. John Ambulance Association in December 1901, prior to the establishment of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in 1902.The stretcher was made of two clothes' props two crosspoles and two cornsacks.Carrying the stretcher and patient, weighing 18 stone on a bicycle.Two clothes props, two cornsacks and a bike - a Sydney ambulance in 1901. December 28, 1901. (Photo by The Sydney Mail).